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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
Fingers All Thumbs.

"Typewriter's Stub Finger is the
name of the newest affiction on the
books of the doctors, and it threat.
ems to become one Of the formidable
evils of civilization. The deformi-
ty has gradually been introducing
itself among its unconscious vic
Tins, until now suddenly a host o1
typewriters. fair aud otherwise, have
awakened to the startling discovery
that their constant playing. upon
the little piano-like machines has
utterly, destroyed the shapeliness oi
their hands and transformed their
fingers into thumbs.
The first to realize this terrible
result were the pretty young type
writer's Of the fairer sex, who beheld
with horror. the loss of their long,
tapering fingers, upon whose charm
they had so prided themselves.
Instead Of their sweetly nodded
fingers tapering gracefully to the
tips and aristocratically curling,
what was their CONSERVATION and
chagrin to be struck with the fact
that long hammering upon the lit
tie round keys had effectually fiat
tened out their finger tips and given
each particular digit above the top
joint q grotesquely and vulgarly
stubby appearance. The doctors
were Immediately besieged by des-
pairing bevies Of bewitching type.
writer's, who hid their distorted and
dattened fingers in the depths ol
mitts and gloves.
Probably 500 typewriters in Phil.
adelphia have become thus unhap.
PLY afflicted and the rest are grow.
ing rapidly panic stricken. The
public in general must feel an in
terest in wondering whether the
affection is liable to spread, and
with the use of typewriters them
selves give rise to future genera
ton which ehall be all thumbs and
no nofingers.-Philadelphia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
Housekeepers Should Remember

combination with its co-ingredient2 is def
nitely known. Nothing is trusted to chance,
and no person is employed in the preparation
of the materials used, or the manufacture Of
the powder, who is not an expert n-his par
ticular branch Of the business.
AS consequence. the Royal Baking
Powder is Of the highest grade Of excellence.
always pure, wholesome. and uniform in quail
ity. Each box is exactly like every other,
and will retain its power, and produce the
same and the highest leayening effect in any
climate. at any time.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
How to Pick Out q Thief.

Glow do I pick out a theft" said
one Of the cleverest detectives at
police headquarters in response to
q question. "Well, there's a whole
lot of things that help man to
pick out q thief, but it's hard to say
in words what they are. Any good
detective will tell you that there is
something characteristic about the
appearance of every thief. And it's
only good sense to believe it. If a
man spends his whole time studying
thieves faces, haunts and habits
he's bound to get the thing down
pretty fine if he has anything of q
head on him, don't say that you
can pick a bunco sharp out of a
crowd, because he's mighty smart
man, and his whole business is to
deceive people by his appearance
and manner but you take q pick
pocket or sneak, and you can tell
him in a crowd nearly every time,
provided, of course. that you've got
reason to believe that there is such q
man in the crowd and you're look
ing for him. There's something
about the eyes particularly that
every common thief l ever saw had.
Then they nearly all have q dissi-
pated look. That's because they're
nearly all dissipated. A thief will
run chances Of getting ten years to
get money, and then will 20 and
spend it as if he had million
usually on drink. l never knew .
common thief that didn't have
some bad habit besides stealing.
Half of 'em smoke opium or take
drugs in some form, great many
are drunkards and most of them
are victims of some form Of deprav-
ity."-New York Mail and Express.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
Notice for Publication.
Land Office at HALEY, Idaho

Land Office at HALEY, Idaho,
May 5, 1891. !
Notice is hereby given that the following
aamed settler has filed notice Of his inten-
l,on to make final proof in support OF his
asa'm and that said proof will be made be-
iore the Register and Receiver AZ Haley
IDAHO, on June Is, 1891, VIZ: Abilah
;;,aAams, for the SW a Sec. IL and W q NV
Sec. IA, TIP. A ". K. II f.
ne names the following witnesses to
prove prove his continuous residence upon, and
.uiayation Of. said land, viz II. NJ. Stew
' sI' John Monks. Frank Mats. of Ketch-
ls In; Idaho; Louis Bourgeois, of HALEY,
W. T. RILEY, Register.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20

power. Says = clever writer on this
subject: Every change in our
growth and development is slow
and gradual. If nature approved
Of sudden changes, she might make
2 man bald in single night. We
cannot stand shocks, and / don't
believe we were ever intended to.n
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20

The great success Of the Royal Baking
Powder is due to the extreme care exercised
by its manufacturers to make it entirely pure,
uniform in quality, and of the highest leaven-
ing power. All the scientific knowledge,
care. and skill attained by twenty-five years
practical experience are contributed toward
this end, and no preparation can be made
with greater accuracy, precision. and exact
ness.
Every article used is absolutely pure.
Chemists are employed to test the strength
of each ingredient, so that its exact effect IA
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
Shower Baths.

Many people advocate the shower
bath, but few constitutions can
stand it; in fact. it is highly dan
gerous to many persons of weakly
habit, for they have no reactive
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20

ACCORDING to the Buenos Ayrea
papers, the land in the Argentine
Republic recently purchased hJ
Baron Hirsch makes him the larR,
est land holder in the world. The
property amounts in all to X ,287,-
760 acres. the cost being about 8
cents an acre.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
Things Men May Not Do.

There is really no reason why
women. should complain Of their
restrictions and envy men their lib
erty. There are lots of things wo-
men do every day Of their lives for
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20

THE origin of "windfall," !" in the
sense of "good luck dates from
the time of William the Conqueror.
It was then criminal offense to cut
timber in the forests. Only such
could be gathered as the wind had
blown down; hence heavy Wind
storm was hailed by the peasants
as so much good luck, and from
this comes the modern application
of the expression.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20

In the parrots beak both man
dibIss are movahe pecuhSTity
unknown in other species Of birds.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-02-20
A Chinese Legend.

In the reign of Hoang-ty there
lived a prince named Lyng-lun, who
was the most beautiful man and at
the same time the most profound
musician in China. Under pain of
severe penalty for failure he was
compelled by order of the Emperor
to arrange and regulate music on
the same principle as Hoang-ty had
arranged law and politics through
out the Chinese empire.
Full of thought, Lyng-lun wan
dered to the land of Sijaung, where
the bamboos grow. Taking one Of
them, he cut it off between two Of
the knots and, pushing out the pith,
blew into the hollow. The bamboo
uttered a most beautiful note, to
Lyng-lun's intense surprise. Sim
ultaneously the river Hoang-ho,
which ran boiling by, roared with
its waves, and the tone was in uni
son with the note of the bamboo.
Behold cried Lyng-lun, "the fun
damental sound Of nature !" Two
magical birds then perched them
selves on some trees near by and
sang, one after another, the seven
notes Of the scale, starting from the
tone which had been roared by the
Hoang-ho and warbled by the bam-
boo. Here was scale at once intels
ligible, musical, inimitable and, best
of all, easily reproduced. Lyng-lun
had merely to cut out seven moro
bamboos, tune them to the pitches he
had heard, and the scale was made.
This he did andthus was the art OF
music founded by Hoang.ty's court
musician on firm and unalterable
basis.-Chambers' journal.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
ONLY ONE ISSUE.
These Are Democrats Only In
Ohe Event.

WINNEMUccA, New, May 27.-The
democratic state convention met here
yesterday. The platform declares in
part: "The democratic party OF Nevada
declares its unatcrablc devotion to
bimetalism and 20 the free and unimi-
ted coinage of silver. Therefore be it
Resolved, that our delegates to the
democratic national convention are
hereby instructed to use all honorable
means to secure the adoption of plank
in the national platform declaring in
favor of the free coinage OF silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one OF gold, and under
no circumstances to vote for any man
for the nomination to the office of presi-
dent or vice president unless he shall
stand upon free coinage platform.
Resolved, that in the event of the
Chicago national convention failing to
nominate candidate who is uncquiv.
ocally i'll favor of thesfrce coinage ofsilver
and upon free coinage platform, tho
nominees of this convention are hereby
absolvcd from all Obligations to support
the nominees of the national democratic
party"
Hon. G. ". Cassiday was nominated
for congressman. At late hour last
night the delegates to Chicago had moi
been elected.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
ABSENTEElSNI.
1t Has Reached the Senate at
Well as the House.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The senator's
and representatives interested in the
river and harbor appropriation bill are
somewhat dcspondent at the ill luck
which has SO far attended their efforts
to secure final action upon the measure.
Attempts to have the bill sent by the
house to conference have so far met with
objections, and it appears that the hill
will have to take the regular course Of
legislation, for it is learned that can
vas made of the last democratic house
caucus discloseS the fact that the rcsC.
luton to give it precedence with regular
appropriation bills over other business
could not have passed if it had been
pressed.
1t also happens that the chairmen OF
both hcommittees having the bill inchargc
are absent from Washington. Blanchard
is in Louisiana and is not expected to
return to Washington before another
week has elapsed, and Senator Frye is in
Maine, where lie will remain until the
9th of June. In their absence nothing
can be done towards advancing the bill,
so that the probabilities arc that it can
not reach the president before the assem-
bling of the national convention at
Minneapolis.
WAsHINGToN, May 27.-Atter small
amount OF morning business in the sen
ate had been acted upon, Mr.. Morgan:
silver resolution, which had led to sucl
an iteresting debate yesterday, wa:
again taken up and Morgan resumed hi
argument,
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
government be open to the public Sun

government DC open TO the puDliC Nun'
day.
A substitute was offered by ". A.
Stone, of Pennsylvania, providing that
before any money appropriated by the
bill is paid, the managers of the Colum-
bian exposition shall file an agreement
to close the exposition on Sunday, and
that no part of the appropriation shall
be available until the board of managers
shall give satisfactory assurance that
no Intoxicating liquors will be sold on
the grounds of the exposition. Lost
43 to 1871.
Mr.. Butler, of Iowa, moved to amend
the substitute by prohibiting the eXhibi
ton of pictures or statues of the nude or
partially nude. This was lost.
Mr.. Scott, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment prohibiting lotteries or games o
chance on the fair grounds or within a
mile thereof, and the sale of cards, dice
etc., within that limit. Lost.
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, then Offered
as a substitute the following "Providet
that the government exhibit at thu
Worlds Columbian Exhibition shall moi
be open to the public on Sunday.
Adopted.
The question then recurrcd on TIN
original amendment as amended by TIN
substitute, and it was adopted.
Mr.. Bowers, of California offered al
amendment providing that the govern
ment exhibit shall not be open to TIL
public ION the Sabbath day, which
Saturday" Laughter]. Lost.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
WOMEN VEtsRIkERS.
The Question Is, Are They DIS
criminated Against.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-In the house
on motion of Mr.. Cochran. of New York,
a Joint resolution was passed to correct
a clerical error in the Mckinley tariff act
1t corrects an error whereby a duty of
from 10 to so cents per pound is in-
posed on swectcned chocolate, and Fixes
the duty at 2 cents per pound.
On motion of Mr. Meredith, of Vir-
ginia, resolution was adopted calling
on the civil service commission tor inior-
nation as to whether there are on the
eligible list of typewritrrs and stenogra-
piers women who have passed an exam
ination and have not received appoint
ments, and whether any department re-
fuses to accept women as stenographers
and typewritcrs.
The house then went into cor1mittce of
the whole Mr.. Lester of Georgia in the
chair for further consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill. The
pending amendment was that offered by
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, limiting
the number of copies of public documents
which may be printed by the heads Of
bureaus without express authorization
by congress. Mr.. Richardson and Mr..
Hatch, of Missouri, were appointed
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
A GAME OF BLIND MANS BUFF

debts, public and private, as existed
under the laws of the United States down
to the infamous and surreptitious de-
monetzation of silver in 1878 by the re.
publican party; and we further favor the
continued coinage of silver and gold bull,
ion in such manner as that every dollar
so coined shall be equal to every other
dollar"
The plank instructng for Grover
Cleveland reads: We endorse the wise
and potriotic administration of Grover
Cleveland as president of the United
States, and recognize in him a great
leader of tariff reform, and express our
continued confidence in him, and hereby
instruct the delegates of Tennessee to
vote as a unit for his nomination at the
Chicago convention which assemblies
June 21, as long as his name shall be be
fore the convention.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE
Italy's New Ministry on Its Last
Legs Already.

ROME, May 27.-Signor Giolitti, the
prime minister, announced to the cham.
ber of deputies today that the members
of the cabinet had rendered their resip:
nations to King Humbcrt, but that his
majesty had refused to accept them.
He therefore asked the chamber to pass
the most urgent bills now before it and
to grant the government vote on ac-
count for the next six months.
The prime minister's announcement
caused great sensation in the house
and is generally taken to portend that a
dissolution of the house is imminent
There is no doubt that the resignation
of the ministry was prccipitated by g
vote taken in the house Yesterday on the
question of confidence in the ministry
The result was victory for the ministry
but the margin was so close that hat
ten of the 3S who abstained from voting
cast their votes against the government
the ministry would have sustained a de
feat. The cabinet was definitely formed
only May Is and its practical over
throw has, therefore, been matter OF {
! few dayS
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
HOT PROHIBITIONISTS.
they Fan Out over Simple Res
OlutiOu.

COLUMBIA, s. c., May 27,-The prohi-
bition convention spent several hours
wrangling over an address to the peo-
pie of the state presented by the resolu.
ton committee. This address advocated
the running of prohibition candidates for
the legislature. Some ministerial dele
gates got pretty hot and finally the ad
dress was modified so that it demand:
that each candidate shall place himsel
on record as to prohibition for informa
ton of prohibition voters. An executive
committee was elected and the convcn
tion adjourned at o'cock this morning
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
SUNDAY AND THE FAIR
NO MONEY FOR SABBATH DEC.
GRAFTON.

The House of Representatives
Takes THAT Position, at all
Eyeuts-As to Nude Pictures
Lotteries and Games of Chance.
WASHINGTON, May 27,-ln the house
Yesterday Mr.. Chcatham of North Caro-
lima, colored, was recognized to ask
consent for the consideration of bill
appropriating $1O0.00o0 for the COM
pilation of statistics showing the prog
ress of the colorcd race from January /,
1868 to January /, 1898. Mr.. Kilgorc,
of Texas, objected and the house went
into committee of the whole (Lcstcr in
the chair on the Sunday civil appropria-
tion bill.
The pending question was on the sub
ject of the Sunday closing of the Worlds
fair with an amendment offered by
Johnstonc of South Carolina, providing
that no part of the amount appropriated
for the Worlds exposition shall be avail
able unless the doors of the exposition
shall be closed Sunday, and that in
no event shall the exhibit made by the
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27

tcliers and the vote was a very close
one. 1t seemed at first that the amend.
mcnt would be carried, the affirmative
having majority of votes, a few strag'
glcrs then passed between the tellers and
the final announcement was made that
the amendment was rejected 81 to 90.
Mr.. Richardson then offered the same
amendment with modification which
expressly excerpts the department of az
riculturc from the limitation. This was
agreed to without opposition.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
A Grandmother at Thirty.one.

COLUMBUS, o., May 25-Mount YER
non claims the youngest grandmother,
She is Mrs. Lizzie Crandall, who is but
thirty-one years old. She was married
at the age of fifteen to Edward Crandall.
Her daughter, Cora Crandall. was mar
ried about year ago to Pierce Brophy,
and to them baby girl has just been
born.-New York World.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
t,arza,s Men weakening.

SAN ANTONIO, May 27.-Since the con-
yiction of Col. Pablo Munoz, several OF
the Garza revolutionists have made pleas
of guilty in the hope of securing light sen
tences. The trial of Garza's father-in
law, Alexandero Gonzales, is set fol
Tuesday next.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
THEY'RE SORRY.
Didn't Mean Anything wrong
by 1t.

MONTREAL, May 27.-Col. Cole, OF the
Montreal artillery garrison, called on
Gen. Knapp, United States counsel-gen-
eral, today and apoligized for the out
RACES committed by some members of his
corps, in ordering the United States
flag down from various stores on the
queens birthday. He said that neither
the officers of his corps nor any of the
militia officers in the city sympathized
with those who had taken the flags
down. Ii the offenders were discovered
they would be severely rcprimanded.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
Fred. Douglas In Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 27.-The
eleventh annual commencement exercises
of the Tuskegce, Ala, normal and indus
trial institute took place yesterday.
Fred Douglas spoke amid much enthus-
iasm to nearly 10000 people, white as
well as black. The school has had a
very prosperous year, enrolling 76s pu-
pills and receiving nearly $4,000 in
cash.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
DID HE TRY
TO COMMIT SUICIDE?

The train which leaves the AsheviIle
depot at 3:05 was rounding the bend
Yesterday when a man rushed to the
platform and jumped off. Fills rash
act created great excitement among
the other passengers-they all thought it
was a case of suicide. Ladies tainted,
men rushed to the platform expecting to
sec his mangled form upon the track,
but the fact was he had forgotten to put
his bottle Of "Buncombe Pills" in his
satchel and would not start on his jour
ney without them. He took kgreat chances,
but he might have taken greater.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
THEY'RE FOR CLEVELAND.
TENNESSEE FOLLOWS AVERY
GOOD FASHION.

State In Line For the winner
Nevada Has Some Curious Dem
Ocrats.
NASHVILLE, Nav 27.-rhe democratic
state convention which met here yester-
day was attended by twelve hundred
delegates. Not in years has such a rep
rcsentative gathering assembled nor has
so many of the heleadlng democratic states
men and citizens come together on such
an occasion. The convention elected del
egatcs from the state at large and the
ten congressional districts, also electors
for the state at large and districts.
The silver plank adopted is as follows
"Wc favor a currency OF gold, silver
and of paper convertible into coin at
the option of the holder, and in such
amount as will meet the business nc
cessitics of internal trade and COM
mcrcc among the people; and we
further favor the parity OF the two met
ais as Commercial, unit of value and as
legal tender for the payment of all
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
Assigned.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 27.-The Louis
vile foundry and machine works as
signed today to the Fidelity safe de.
post and trust company. Libialties
$126, 900; assets estimated $140,000.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27

New ORLEANS, May 27,-The street
car strike has been settled. The terms
of the settlement are that matters are to
be restored to the condition in which
they were May 1S, before the strike. In
the future when any vacancies occur
they are to be filled by the employment
of union men, provided such men arc
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
unwilling tn he Dyuamited.

PARIS, May 27.-The jurors likely to
be drawn for the trial of Ravachol at
Mount Buisen for murder, are pleading
i'll health in order to avoid serving. 1t is
now expected the trial will begin June Ia
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
Memorial Day in Arkansas

HELENA, Ark, May 27.-Confederatc
day was celebrated here with much
pomp After long and imposing parade
of military and civic organizations the
monument OF Gen. Pat Cleburne was un.
yelled. The crowd was tremendous and
the weather beautiful.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
GRANTS PHARMACY.

BUNCOMBE LIVER PILLS are mild,
yet efficient; do not cause pain or gripc,
and act upon the liver and bowels.
They are especially valuable as after
dinner pills. and readily cure constipa-
ton and costiveness, nausea, distress in
the stomach, etc.
They are purely vegetable and we be-
lieve they are the best family pill yet pre-
pared and offer them with perfect conf
dcnce, believing that whenever used it
will be with the happiest results.
Try them and Judge for yourself. Fol
sale only at
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
No Red Flags Wanted,

CHICAGO. May 27.-The jury has de-
cided that the police had right to seize
and retain the red flags which were car
ried in the May Day procession in spite
of the warning given by the chief of po-
lice several days before.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

4 foreign aivcfti er writes "The
CT i'm thus: enclosed please find
che, hDr advertisement, Your pa
per mus, have Il very wide circuIa-
zion as tie applications "rc very nu.
mcrouS in answer to it,"
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-05-27
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