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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
The Dude and the Mad Dog.

"You cannot always Judge .
book by the cover" said Major Ton
Speedwell to q st. Louis Globe
Democrat reporter. "If any mar
despises q dude I do. I am preju
diced against any man who use.
perfumery, wears q silk hat, a stand
up collar or carries a cane. When
find man doing all those ridicu.
lous things at one and the same
time it is all that l can do to re-.
frain from personal violence.
yearn to hit him just on general
principles. Add to those offensea
against the cannons of horse sense
q button-hole bouquet, a curled
mustache and a lisp, and my fin
gers fairly ting@e for a grip Of his
neck, my toes for coup de grace.
\ Yet saw just that kind of a
Ibiped perform an act of heroism
that made me think better of man
kind.
II was walking down Madison
street, Chicago, last summer, when
there was suddenly raised that most
appalling of all cries Of terror, Mad
dog An old lady and Z little girl
were crossing the street down the
centre of which q big mastiff
was plunging, bloodshot eyes and
foaming mouth, pursued BY
couple of officers. He made straight
for the old lady, caught her dress
and pulled her down. He then
sprang at her throat, but before
he reached it q youngster tricked
out in tho toggery that | abhor, had
him by the neck. The beast ragged
like q demon, but the dude held
him fast until an officer came up
snd put q bullet through his head.
He then picked up his silk tile,
brushed it with his elbow, and said
with an idiotic lisp: Every dog in
the thity thould be killed; every
body that keepth . dog in the thity
thould be hanged His philosophy
was sound a. his nerve. went
homo and wrote with ! piece OF
chalk across the headboard Of my
bed: "A man may dress like . id
fool. and still have aand and sense
to give away"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
The Presidential Succession.

Correspondent is informed that
should Mr.. Cleveland die before the
second Monday in January next
the electoral colleges would have
to elect some other person to the
presidency. They have q legal right
to do that in any event, as there is
no restriction upon their choice ex.
cept in regard to the qualifications
laid down in the Constitution.
Should Mr.. Cleveland be elected
President by the electoral colleges
in January and Mr.. Stevenson Vice
President, and the former should die
between that time and the first of
March, Mr.. Stevenson would be the
President. This contingency is pro-
vided for in the 18th amendment
to the constitution, which declares
that in case Of q failure to elect 4
President or in case of Z vacancy
in the Office from any other cause
the Vice. President shall act.
Article 2, section l, Of the Con-
stitution confers upon the Congress
the right to declare what officer
shall act ~ President in case of
vacancy in both tho Offices of Pres
ident and Vice President. This was
done by the act of Congress ap-
proved February 3, 1887, and The
succession is in the following. order
Secretary of State, Secretary Of the
Treasury, Secretary Of War, Attor-
ney General, Secretary Of the Navy,
and Secretary Of the Interior.-Bal.
EimurA Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
A pair of boots has 1000 stitches

A pair of boots has 1000 stitches.
The population of America In
creases by 1000 people . day.
The progeny Of two rabbits will
amount in two years to 1000, 900.
Every president Of the United
States has either been . lawyer or
soldier or both.
Pet dogs arc now furnished with
shoes for the purpose of protecting
polished floors.
Out of . total Of 513 known spe-
cies Of snimals in Africa, 472 Of
them are to b found in no other
country.
The ordinary folding fan Il said
to have heen invented In Japan in
the Seventh century By . native
artist, Who derived the ida from
the nay in which the bat closes IL
wings.
When . child dies in Greenland
tho natives bury : live dog With i.
The dog 70 BE- used BY the child -
. guide = ~ othsr world. vi
queatiqpad II regard = this eupef
atition, they uill only anfxee:
dor cen Ard Ms y4y enyuhsee."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

I waB very much Interested at I'll
funeral Of Jay Could to- note til
wonderful collection Of nopes whicl
gathered about tho biet Of the grea
fnancier. They were noses of me,
who had been ths atcAHacte Of Niei
own fortunes and who have bhildet
piles Of large dimensiops.
If you have = ssnippy nose, thI
physiugnomistss will tell you thor
is no use for you to try and max,
a fortune. 1t is not in you. Th'
men who possess great financierin{
genius possess strong and promi
nent nasal organs, with prominen,
bridges, noses of the aquiline type
like an eagles beak. It is not 8
question of nationality at all, but
Of character, and the company a,
Jay Gould's funeral-a very typical
one-proved that the physiogno.
mists are right.
The nose Of Jay Gould himself
was prominently "moneymaking
nose," and in the coffin its charac.
teristic showed even more markedly
than in life. It was clean cut and
finely chiseled, and showed strong
courage and infegible purpose in
its possessor.
But in the room there were a
score of noses just as strong and
full of the power of acquisition.
Russell Sage has the moneymaking
nose, though it is not 80 finely
modelled as was that of his dead
friend. Austin Corbin's nasal organ
is as full of strength as . locomo-
tive. Henry Clews has the eagles
beak, but it is somew hat more deli.
cately chisseled and indicates more
generous traits of character.
We are all familiar with the
strong, fine member which DR.. De-
pew wears between his eyes. Al
though he is not a great money
maker, as compared with those I
have mentioned, there is no doubt
Of his good sense in matters per-
tanning to finance. nor any doubt
that he has been a bulwark for the
younger Vanderbilts, who, by the
way, have noses of the aqueline
type themselves. l do not think
there is any danger that DR.. Depew
will 60 to the poorhouse betwixt
this and Woodlawn.
There were many other noses at
the funeral of the same type. The
names of the owners have escaped
my memory. 1t was an interesting
study in nasology, and when I went
home and saw my poor little turn
up proboscis in the looking-glass 1
sat me down and wept as one with
out financial hope. 'Tis clear l
was not cut out to be q millionaire.
IN. Y. Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
A Queer Mail Contract.

There is a man in Sugar Grove,
Penn, who is 50 anxious to engage
in the government employ that he
wants to work for nothing and pay
$53 year for the privileges. His
name is Sevant Rickers, and he
asks to carry tho United States
mails from Sugar Grove to James
town, N. Y, and back, nine and
4 quarter miles, six times week,
and he wants to pay $53 year for
the contract. Under tho present
contract the mails are being carried
on this route at 4 cost of cent
year. When the bids were invited
for the next four years Rickers and
another bidder each offered to do the
work for one cent. They must
have compared notes, however. for
before the bids were opened, Rick
ers' opponent submitted 4 supple
mental bid, offering to pay go q
year for the contract. Rickers then
offered $50; his opponent raised to
$40; Rickers finally raised to 453.
at which figure the contract will Be
awarded. The willingness of these
men to work for nothing aud pay
for tho privilege is explained By
the fact that the mail-carfisr can
make handsome profit BY carry
ing passengers, baggage, express
and light freight. There arc many
mail routes throughout tho country
where the service IL done ct cost
to the government far below the
actual expense Of doing tho work If
but the mail Was carried,
and yet tho contractors, as . rule,
find the business profitable on ac-
count Of the other business they
arc enabled to carry in connection
With it. The route from Sugar
Grove to jamestown il the only
one on which tho Government 40
tually receives money from the
contractor.-Washington Corr. st,
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

that is, on incomes Of between 500.
and 5000 marks. 0uly 10, ,698 per-
sons have incomes Of over 50, coo
marks, or about 81 600 = year. The
highestincome'd declared is s, ,760, 600
marks, and from the locality whera
it wassrogistered the person is sup
posed to be Krupp, the guamaker
Of EssSn.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

A special to the San Francisco
from Waahin0ton dated

A special to the San Francisco
Chronicle from Washington, dated
January 4th, says: Senator Stew
art made an exhaustive argument
in the Senate to-day against the re-
peal Of the act Of 1890 and in favor
Of free coinage. He said that half
the gold produced came from silver
mines and that the entire output of
gold Was annually used in the arts.
The repeal Of the act would 90 Grip
pie silver mining as to cut of half
the supply Of gold. The arts would
then rapidly absorb the coin gold
and the contraction would be
ruinous.
Every attempt to buy gold ftona
Europe by selling wheat and cot
ton cheaper than they could be OBJ
tanned elsewhere would, he declared.
be met with sales Of our securities.
of which Europe held $4,000, ,OOO,-
600. The price of commodities
would be runiously low before W
could get out of debt to Europe
and make q contest on equal terms.
The gold advocates admitted there
was not gold enough, but preferred
their profits on the rise of gold to
honest money and financial pros
perity.
The people at the last election.
Stewart said, voted for no princi-
pie but change. The republicans
would not agree to a change, while
the democrats promised to change
the tariff schedules. The voters de-
cided that no change could be for
the worse and that any change
might be beneficial. Over l 200, 900
voters, without hope of success,
by voting for Weaver.
Others stayed at homo in apathy
or disgust, but enough voted to
defeat Harrison and elect Cleveland.
If the democratic party would re-.
monetize silver and give relief ito
lease of power would be indefinite,
but if it failed and the corner on
gold was maintained both the old
parties would be overwhelmed at
the next election. The demand
for the repeal Of the act of 1890 was
TO degrade silver, destroy its market
and prevent it's reconciliation.
"The silver cause" continued
Senator Stewart, sis struggle for
liberty against the usurpation Of
the gold kings. The success of the
gold combination means fudal lords
and dependent serfs."
The success of the gold party, he
believes, had been achieved by q
which was no more iusti-
fable than brute force. The peo.
pie would FIRST try the force of bal
lots against this cunning and If it
failed the gold kings must take
Accumulations Of cum.
hing were always in danger Of
physic force. It was . part Of
wisdom to do justice. obtain wealth
,y fair means and avoid dangerous
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

"Whisky i very tight" says the
beading Of "A article in a OK.
change, on the corner IN whisky.
Well, eyen = worm viii 1onaetimas
turn: whisky has long been MAX
ing men sstight."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
4 RussiAu ROMANCE.
"A Beautiful Daughter Of the Regiment
Married 70 One u Her Fathers.

n Marie Keksholmaskala is mar
,ried, says the Warsaw Journal. OF
!, January IL, 1877, the grenadiers 0
Keksholm, who had taken part ii
the battle Of Karagatch, were pass
ling in q snow storm through th,
VALLEY of Toundja en- route 70,
,,fAdrianople. The road was strewI
with the half frozen bodies Of dead
men and horses, over which flock,
of raven were soaring. The last
3fcompany of the regiment was leav.
ling the valley when the soldiers
heard the faint cry of a child. They
Ehalted; a searching party was
Fformed, and in q heap of ruins they
came upon the dead body of a rich.
ly dressed and singularly beautiful
Turkish lady. Her features were
of the Circassian type, and the por.
tions of her long and crispy hair
which wero not covered with the
snow futtered in the wind. In her
arms she held baby still alive.
The Captain picked up the little
waif, wrapped it carefully in a
blanket, kissed it, and handed it
carefully to q Lieutenant, with or
ders to have it carefully placed in
one of the warmest wagons and
cared for. Company cooks are re-
nowned the world over for their
skill in improvising a meal. The
cook of this company was in q fix.
He didn't know at first what to give
to the baby, but at last, with tho
aid of the Doctor, he got over the
difficulty.
At the end of the campaign the
staff decided to adopt the little Or
phan, and later on the Empress,
who heard the story, had the little
one placed in the Alexandra Marie
Institute for Young Ladies, at War
saw. She graduated with high hon
ors, and on leaving the institute
was taken to the home of General
Panioutine, the former Colonel of
the Keksholm regiment, where she
became a cherished member of his
family, on account of her amiable
disposition, her accomplishments
and her extreme beauty. In 1890
she was presented to the Empress,
who attended to her marriage por-
ton, which was also increased by
gifts from the Emperor of Austria,
who is an honorary Colonel OF her
regiment, and by the subscriptions
of the officers.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed at Warsaw, and, strange to
say, the bridegroom is one of her
fathers, an officer in her regiment.
The bride received the good wishes
of the Governor-General and of
Mime. Gourko. The Colonel of the
regiment offered toast to Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria, the hon
orary Colonel, who honored the
feast by the presence of his aid-de-
camp, Colonel Klepsch. The toast
was received with cheers, and the
band played the Austrian national
hymn. Colonel Klepsch then pre-
sented the bride with q present from
his Emperor, splendid bracelet, al
genuine imperial gift. kilograms
from officers and non.commissioned
officers came from many quarters
and everybody was happy.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
The Protection OF Aged Parents

There is no more pathetic object
in life than an old, dependent per-
son, whose life il finished; who
lives from day to day withlno spec
ial purpose or ambition to stimu-
late life simply waiting for the grim
messenger, whose certain call 10
constantly expected by them. Some
people seem to think that the sens
Utilities of such old people become
callous; that they are Indifferent
to sights and inattention; that
they can put up with inferior &C.
commodations and few comforts
with much less Inconvenience than
the younger members of the fami-
". But instead, l think the feel
ings of such ones become painfully
sensitive. Their dependent condi-
ton is CALLING to the last degree. If
they do not complain it is not from
Indifference, but because they know
complaining would be unavailine.
The lessons of patience they have
learned in the hard school Of life
stand them in good stead in the
final trial. Is it not enough that
old persons must bear. the pain
full consciousness that life is about
over; that the once. vigorous body
has become feeble and inactive; /;
the quick mental faculties dark
ened by a cloud and the physical
beauty that charmed the eye has
withered at the touch of age? Is.
it not enough that all this should be
borne, without being made to feel
that there is no welcome spot or
willing care for them in life? The
protection of aged parents by their
children is one of the beautiful and
just claims Of nature. And the
son or daughter who, through greed
and selfishness, refuses to bestow
such care when needed is an ungrate-
full and unnatural exception in the
human family.-Boston Transcript.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14
stopping > Htccough.

"Why don't you stop that hic-
coughing~ said . gentleman to a
friend, who for some moments had
been subjected to the annoying con.
vulsive movement of the diaphragm.
II wish I could" CAPPED the VIC
tim, "but its no 60. A fellow tried
to scare me-said my coat Was on
fFe-knew it wasn't-awallowed
nine times nine swallows Of water
no go-feel like : washed out
hand engine," be CALCULATED, an
grily, having told his woes in dis
jointed utterances and between
coughs.
well, you are = chump,' re-
marked the FIRST speaker. "Come
with me, and be led his friend into
IN adjoining restaurant apd ordered
. hsaping spoonful Of powdered
sugar.
"Coms, hs said, Swallow this I'll
at ones" Tho victim did % slow
~, and found to his intense surprise
and relief whom the operation was
completed that the hiccouths had
vanished.
"Now," remarked tho 6rst gen.
tleman, "for tsaohiae yos that
remedy I'll take just ono cigar With
you. It is not = part Of the pro-
= 4 NAA ~ a
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

The MARRIAGES s. sinots ats 8
pr can't ot thS whole nhmbst.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-01-14

Notice of Forfeiture.
To NJ. R. EVANS, his heirs or legal repre-
sentatives:
You are hereby notified that We have ex-
pended two hundred (200) dollars in labor
and improvements upon the ShNtty
Cup East and Shutty Cup West
lodes. situated on Trail creek, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district. AlturAs
county. Idaho. in order to hold said prem
ises under the provisions of Section 1924.
Revised Statutes Of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
for the year ending December 81. 1891; that
the proportion Of said expenditure due
from you, n. K. Evans, is $33 1875, lawful
money Of the United States, and II 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
hon 1924. l.. J. BARNARD.
S. J. FRIEDMAN.
HALEY, Idaho, Jan. IA, 1892.
FIRST publication. Jan. 80, 1892.
The record-union., 1893-09-08
ELECTRIC FLASHES
Brief kilograms From Various Pc
tions OF the Globe.

tions OF the Globe.
Emma Converse, the well-known as
tronomer and writer, is dead.
The gunboat Castine, on a four-hours'
trial on W ednesday, averaged 1916 knots,
beating the record OF the Machias.
Pierre Lorillard's famous 4-year-old,
Lamplighter, has been sold to George
Nolbau1n of the Gutenberg track, for
$4,000.
At Seattle, Tuesday night, when re-
tiring, Miss Alice Belden upset a lamp,
which exploded. The flames were COM
munlcated to her night dress, fatally
burning her.
The Manchester and Sheffield Railway,
on account of the scarcity of fuel caused
/ by the miners strike, has suspended
/ ntty-tve trains. The Midland Railway
has taken of fourteen in addition to those
already off.
The Gar of Russia has directed military
maneuyers on large scale to be held in
autumn near the Austrian frontier. The
regiments are ordered to maneuver from
Podolla, IN spite OF the cholera epidemic
IN that province.
Melville 2. Frasier, owner Of an alb
Stract Office at Nisalia. was sand -bapped
Monday night and robbed OF $50 and a
gold watch. He recovered the watch the
following day, it having been found in
the vicinity OF the robbery.
An afternoon paper in Chicago saws the
Merchants National Bank has discoy-
cred shorta Q Of 81, 200 in the account
Of us confidential clerk, Robert McEvoy,
who has absconded. Enbezzling has
been going on Tor several years.
Cashier NJ. J. Bolterding of the Bank of
Minneapolis shot himself dead at Mime
apolis yesterday. 1t is supposed the deed
was the result of broOdiag over the action
OF Paying Teller Scheig, who absconded
Saturday with $4,000 of the banks
money. Botferding's accounts are all
straight.
President Carnot has been a sufferer
! from gastrltus since March, and has un-
dergone an operation which is often re-
+ sorted TO in such cases. His condition
has been more serious than those about
him would have 1t understood, and he is
now evidently far from strong. but he
goes out frequently at Fontainebleau,
taking carriage exercise and even some
! times walking.
Three Judges of the County Court of
st. Clair County, Missouri, have returned
to Kansas City, and went back to jail for
contempt Of the United States Court for
refusing to order a tax levy to pay a
/ bonded Indebtedness to construct a rail
road never built. They We're released
| from jail on Through last spring, pend
Ing an election 70 compromise the matter.
| The proposition was defeated. The Judges
| will remain in Jail until 1895, when their
sentence Will be completed.
The record-union., 1893-09-08
THE CONVENTION.

The Road Convention now in session
in this city is a strong, very representa-
tive body of citizens. 1t is gathered
wholly out of public spirit, and is ami
mated by desire to benefit the State. If
it did no more than to assemble and de-
clare in favor of road reform, it would be
a success, the beginning of what will
early culminate in great good.
1t is divided in sentiment as to ways
and means, and this was expected, and is
not at all to be deplored--on the contrary,
it insures conservative action. 1t is not
convened to teach the members how to
build good roads; that is a mechanical
and engineering matter. Its great pur-
pose is to plan ways and means to the
accomplishment Of road reform. What
ever it does will, therefore, move in that
direction whether or no, for the age is
not going backward.
1t IS very gratifying to know that so
large number of intelligent, earnest cit
liens are so public-spirited as to come to-
gether from long distances to counsel
each other upon a public question in
which no other matters are involved than
the greater happiness to the people, the
development of the State and the promo
ton Of economical government.
The Sacramento County Humane Soci-
ETY. is entitled to the thanks of all the
people of the State for having called the
convention. 1t deserves to live and sue
ceed if for no other deed than that.