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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-02-09
Juggling with tho Dollar.

The republic Of Honduras has odopt-
ed the gold dollar OF the United States
as its standard coin. For the purpose
Of efecting the change to the new
standard the old currency Is redeemed
by giving fifty cents for one dollar.
When governments go into the cheap
money business, says the Philadelphia
Record, they usually manage to get .
dollars worth for half dollar; and
whom they go into the business after
the Honduran fashion they get two dol
lars for one The swindle of demon
citation and reconciliation bears
with equal hardship upon the unhappy
people who are the victims Of this form
Of leEulized robbery.
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New Use for Indian Grass.

Sweet grass has been put to q new
use. It is woven and made into cush-
ions in which pins can readily be
stuck with ease. In this guise it be-
comes a useful as well as decorative
object. Those seen SO far are quaint
in the extreme. There is small doll
which makes the foundation, and the
woven grass becomes her gown. This
last is somewhat elaborate and shows
bows and ribbons enough to stand for
the model of winter fashion plate,
but all are made from the grass. The
ample skirt is stuffed, and SO the cush-
ion is formed. The whole hangs upon
the wall and is very charming, at the
same time that it holds pins in safety
and by the score.
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literature teacher and examined as to
their memory of last years work, and
the sweet-voiced youth was asked for a
quotation from Scott. He started
bravely enough, but mixed his authori-
ties before he finished:
Oh, woman. in thy hours Of ease.
Uncertain coy. and hard toplease;
But seen too oft, familiar with thy face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
The conclusion was entirely too much
for the class, the red-headed corporal
from D company exploded in regular
vacation laugh, the rest of the room,
including the teacher, followed suit,
and the sweet-voiced youth collapsed,
vowing he would never memorize an
other quotation so long as he lived,
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House Unssrtnsd Near FonspslL


A valuable discovery has been made
at Pianella-Setteimini, near Pompeii,
on the property OF . certain N. Vim
cent de Prosco. A house has been mn
earthed which was covered at the time
the city was buried, and it is said to be
in q more perfect condition than any
building yet discovered. It contains
several large apartments, and three
bathrooms with the basins in sculp-
tured marble, and with leaden pipes
ornamented with bronze faucets. The
three rooms correspond, says q writer.
in describing the discovery, to the
'scalidarium, tepidarium, and frigi-
darium, which were always to be found
in ancient houses OF the first class. In
consequence Of the eruption OF vesu-
vius, A. D. -, the Poznpeiian houses
brought to light heretofore have been
rooness, almost without exception.
Fortunately, however, that ON tho
property Of II. de Presco i perfect, and
archmologists are happy over that fact.
The roof measures almost torty-four
feet in length"
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] TIE Krxyfoxt Il fhs soIs rips6ssptaatss
OF the Great Upqer Wood River. 6aw>nptA
!and smoky mining regions. and, asoatsA
ias It IN In the very heart of'ths most prom
ising mining country OH The face Of Tie
earth, and leaving nothing nndone to pre-
sent..its readers . oanphte synopsn II MI
mining news and developments, - wsatsA
matters Of local Importance fn and sSosl
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for csp-
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe for =, read
it, and let your friends read it.
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Metal and E.rth~nwar ,o,dored.

A new electrolytic method OF great
use to plumbers is the joining Of metal
to earthenware. The earthenware
should have an unglased surface, but
II otherwise the glaze is removed
and the surface coated with plum
bago and placed in an electro
lytic bath, thus obtaining . metal
lie coating. To this coating the
lead pipe can be soldered in the or
binary way by means Of plumbers
wiped" joint. This process, it is said,
viii probably supersede the use of
rubber sleeves, washers and putty,
With which imperfect joints have often
been associated.
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THEY WE'RE TWICE MARRIED.
Once 10 Please Themselves and Later -
Please the Family.

Onoo 10 Please Themselves and Later -
Please the Family.
Very funny are some OF the ex-
periences Of minister" said = 'Califor>
mia clergyman recently. When asked
what particular experience had called
forth the remark, he said:
IA little while ago worthy young
man, well known in this town, accom-
panied by q very sedate young lady,
called at my house with marriage
license and asked me to perform the
ceremony. knew them both, and was
naturally very much surprised at their
hurry. was also curious to know how
they would explain their haste to their
friends and relatives. But that wasne
business of mine. Everything was in
order and committed the deed.
II was enjoined to secrecy and 20
was my wife, and I have never yet
breathed word of that ceremony. But
now comes the story.
IA short time after the marriage In
my little parlor met the young hus-
band, and greatly to my surprise he
told me that his wedding was fixed for
q certain date, about two weeks ahead,
and that he expected me to perform
the ceremony. / thought he was wan
dering in his mind, and reminded him
that he was already tied up as tight as
the ordinances of God and the laws OF
California could tie him. He only
laughed and said that the other little
affair was all right as far as it went,
but it did not go far enough. All the
young lady's relatives had been looking
to the event and it would never do to
disappoint them, as the first wedding
ha6 been kept q profound secret, and
only the four of us knew anything
about it. So on the appointed day I
went to the house of the bride, and, in
the presence of the guests. married the
husband and wife q second time.
Everything went smoothly, the groom
looked usually distressed and the bride
assumed the regulation blush, notwith-
standing the fact that several weeks
had elapsed since they were made one"
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MIXED THE POETS UP.

The High school Pupirs Error and tho
Confusion Which Followed.
Now that the "sweet little girl grads"
Of last years normal class are being
crystallizcd into the prim schoclmarms
OF years to come, the never failing sto-
ries, true and otherwise, funny and sup
posed to be, Of class bulls and b1unders
are cropping out and being added to
the already great volume Of English
as She is Spoke" One Of the latest
comes from the high soheol and il last
ened by the Washington Post on .
sweet-voiced lisping youth, with an In
cipient mustache and . Survive glance
that will wander toward the Gia1s' sikle
OF the study hall They were being
called up the other dnysby the English
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possible corner OF the house. Bat rs
soon as he has taken the bearings OF
his quarters he subsidies into . condi-
ton of quiet content and will allow you
to try to teach him tricks. Everybody
who possesses diamond back speaks
Of the readiness with which they can
be tanned.
A well-known New Yorker declares
that he has succeeded in teaching his
terrapin to do the danse du ventre.
But this cannot be verified.
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40 }. T. FULLY. his heirs and assigns
l0u are hereby notified that have ex-
pence the sum of one hundred lOO) dol
'0fs IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG A ERICA
ande 400 mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
sirsstrlct, nrs, Alturas county. State of Idaho. in
muer ,,;s; 10 hold said premises under the pro-
snG United States, being the amount re-
5ulrSo M 10 hold the same for the year end
,S ,;pn december 81, 1892; that your proper
ana muh o. OF the same is SO. being one-tenth /;
nu sern; Il within ninety (90) days from the
Strnice Sanl OF this notice, or within ninety (90)
asaSs ssS after this notice by publication you
,an nf ot refuse to contribute your proportion
nnhEh hSuch expenditure. including costs of
ppIinIhfeatlon, pin your interest in said claim
signeS rn SSecome com the property of the under
1924. ''0 pioViFlons FnmN or nnpH sa1H sees1oi'
FIRST publication, June II. 1888.
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Prices = Century Aeo.

One hundred years ago beef sold in
New York city ut 3Hd. to 333ld. a pound;
nutton, AID; veal 5A to 51ld.; live
pigs, 24d.; butter, Is. 111d.; new milk,
315d. to 3Nd. q quart; chickens, 1Od. to
Is; hay, 60 SIS. to SO los, Sd. q ton;
wheat, IS. 71d. bnshel; barley, 3s.
11fd.; corn, 2s- o9<d.; rye, ss. I'D; oats,
1A 8Ad. The average yield Of wheat
per acre in the state then was 12 bush
els; Of corn, Is bushels and Of buckwheat
Is bushels.
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years Of arduous, patient toll, at last
succeeded in cutting whole ring out
OF a block OF diamond. The ring il
perfectly round, with . diameter of
nineteen milliters (about three-quar-
ters of an inch). It was exhibited for
some time in Antwerp, and was very
much admired. It's value is not given,
as the maker will not sell 1t. Outside
of this ring there is but one other ring
known to be cut out Of one stone, and
that is the beautiful sapphire ring In
the Marlborough collection.
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STAGE COACH DAYS.

= ~ 5.sl + 4 4
How People Travelled In tho Middle States
Forty Years Ago.
Forty-two years ago last New Years
day the last through United States mail
arrived by stage coach from Baltimore
at Wheeling, w. Va, says the Balti-
more Sum-. John E. Reside, now q
resident of Baltimore, was in charge
of the stage which made the last trip,
arriving in Wheeling New Years day,
1858.
Mr.. Resides father, the late James
Reside, was pioneer in this travel.
The son entered the same business
when about fifteen years old, and con-
tinued extending stage-coach lines
westward until they reached the Pacific
coast. Railroads followed IN the wake
Of the coach lines and took away their
business Of carrying passengers and
mails.
Probably the most interesting of Mr..
Resides experiences were in connec-
tion with the national road, or ''old
pike" projected by the national gov
ernment in 1906. This road extended
from Cumberland, Nd, westward over
the Aueghanies to the Ohio river. 1t
was the main artery of travel for pas
senger, mail and freight traffic until
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad took its
place.
From Baltimore to Cumberland the
turnpike was older, having been con-
structed by private persons and conpa-
MES
"The stage-coach headquarters in Bal
timore," said Mr.. Reside, ''were at old
Barnum's hotel and the Fountain inn,
which stood on the site of the Carrollton
hotel. The coaches used were open at
the front and sides, with seats for
eleven passengers besides the driver.
All seats faced the front of the vehicle
Saddlebags, which were carried in that
time for baggage, were hung on the
posts supporting the top of the stage.
A small rack behind for trunks was
seldom used. A tin lantern, with a
.allow dip, placed over the driver was
used at night.
''Four strong horses drew these
coaches, with relays every ten or twelve
miles at stages or stations, from which
probably came the name of the vehicle.
The average rate of fare was six cents
mile. At first travel was only in the
daytime, with stops over night at the
numerous excellent inns or taverns
which lined the road.
''One of the great distractions to
travel along the road were large droves
of cattle, sheep and hogs being driven
from western plains to eastern markets.
The cattle especially, with their long
horns pointed toward the oncoming
coach, made formidable obstruction.
"The two hundred and seventy-two
miles from Baltimore to Wheeling were
first made in four days, with nightly
stops. The best stage coach time was
afterward reduced to fifty hours by the
old Eclipse line, established by James
Reside"
Mr.. Reeside is probably the only sur
viving stage coach contractor of ma
tiOnal prominence. He is a native of
Cumberland. Samuel Lurman, said to
be the oldest living stage coach driver,
now lives in Cumberland.
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PROFESSIONAL.
wu. HYNDNAN,

rropNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho.
A practices in all the Courts and Land
Offices in the State.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
HINTS FOR HoRsEMEN.

ALWAYS give your horses plenty of
good, dry bedding.
Too MUCH care cannot be given In
the shooting of horses and attending to
their feet
SOME bran and oil meal should be
given the warehouses while they are
shedding their coats.
ACTION, quality and size are the
three essential points for the horse
breeder to keep before him.
In Europe the industrial horse Is the
chief production, while the racing or
sporting horse is only produced Incl
dentally.
WHEN two and O half or three years
old the foal may be broken in, but
should not be allowed to take its place
at regular work at once, but gradually
increase its labor.
RAISE horses of some special class
large, heavy draught or light draught
express, large, stylish coachers or
handsome knee actors for harness,
well-trained saddle horses or ponies.
Something else may suit you better,
but II you want to sell you must raise
lust what the markets want-N. Z.
World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14

one to do makes charge on your rear,
she can m owe f;>5ter than You can. and
If she does not get a mouthful out of
the seat of your trousers, will at least
send you ont hea first faster than YOU
want " go.
10 enable you to ventilate the house
well when the weather is hot, have
the upper third of this door cut off
and hinged separately, so that it can
BE opened when the lower part is shut.
The windows, W, may have either
sash or glass, or sliding board shutters
to be closed in bad weather. and left
open most of the time. 5, 5. are
spouts through which swill is poured
INTO the troughs. In building this
house, corner posts inches square
are used, and a nail-tie spiked down
on the top to serve as a plate. One
tie will be needed between the floor
and plate at the rear, and two at the
front, and these can be either gained"
into the posts or ''ship-lapped. In
stead OF AKA posts in the middle, at the
front and rear, set two 2x4, TX inches
apart. This is to enable you to put in
partition without mailing it, when
you wish to divide the house into two
apartments, as we usually do for our
sows to farrow in.
The boards can be dropped into this
slot and rest on each other, and a pin
above the top one will hold them in
pl ce. There should be notch cut in
the bottom board large enough for
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
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FIG. J..

good-sized pig to pass through, and
small slide door made to close it when
not needed, as when the pigs begin to
eat (Which is at or weeks old,
the mothers should be shut out from
one side and the pigs fed there sepa-
rately.
We try to breed our sows so that two
or more will farcOw about the same
time, and if one SOW saves but three or
four pigs and another eight or ten,
we transfer from the large to the
small litter. To be successful, this
must be done when the pige are but a
day or two old, and care should be
taken not to excite the sows or they
may trample and kill some of the pigs.
l haye found one way in which pigs
can be lifted without struggling or
squealing, and that is to lift them by
the tall. have done 1t scores Of
times, and always with the same re-
suit. II you catch a little pig by the
legs or body he at once struggles and
squeals, and his mother rushes to his
rescue; but reach over and get hold of
his tail, and he goes over the partition
without struggle or protest.
The boards for the partition should
be carefully fitted so that they can be
put in and taken out without any
trouble, and there should be long pins,
or a rack, on which to place them when
not in use. If you expect to store a
heavy weight above, put good joists
under the floor and bridge them well.
AS young pigs at birth are easily
chilled to death, the lower story of the
house should be double boarded, with
building paper between. This will
cost but little, and one litter of pigs
saved will more than pay the extra
cost of the extra lumber and paper fol
an apartment s feet square. If one
wants house large enough for from
30 to 40 or more hogs, two of these
houses can be made, each 80 feet long
-four apartments and stand then
facing each other, or 10 feet apart
and roof over the space between. Thi
will enable you to finish off one more
apartment at the back erd of tn,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

IT is better not to select trees for
planting that have grown rapidly on
very rich soil.
ScAB is the common black scurfy
spots on fruit. The remedy is good
cultivation and spraying.
TREES sometimes bloom in the spring
while the ground is frozen because the
air is sufficiently warm to cause
growth.
GROWING apples, as farmer remarks,
Is more In line with the farmers gen.
eral work than is the growing of any
other fruit. The work is done with a
pillow, spade and manure fork.
In planting an orchard, says an
orchardist plant different varieties in
close proximity, or better still, crab
apple occasionally, to assist and per-
feet fertilization of the fruit germs.
A WISCONSIN apple grower said be-
fore one of the institutes in that state
that clay soil on well elevated land
where limestone comes near the sur
face, is the best place for an apple
orchard. Farmers Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14

The advantages of wide tires, for
both the team and the road, are
thoroughly demonstrated. To by law
compel the adoption Of wire tires is diff
ficult because of the danger of injustice
or hardship to individuals The Penn
sylvania house of representatives has
passed bill that aims to bring about
this result so gradually that there can
be little objection to the measu re-
Other legislation in behalf of good
roads is on the docket in several states,
but most important is it to entirely
abolish the system of paying ones road
taxes by work on the roads. This
wasteful practice has prevented good
roads wherever permitted, because
such slipshod methods can never build
or maintain good roads. -Orange Judd
Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

OF all our meats, mutton is the freest
of disease.
AS MUCH as breeding and growing
animals need exercise for their pros
perity, the hogs for fattening need
rest and quietness.
WHATEVER the character of our wool
legislation may be sheep must always
be conspicuous element OF our ma
tional development.
The quicker the sheep reaches ma
turity the less food it consumes. Early
maturing sheep, therefore, means low
er cost of production.
If wool is low in price it will add
something to the profits of sheep hus-
bandry. But now, as never before,
mutton is the standby
THE cheapest food for hogs that we
can raise is clover or grass, and in corn
we have perhaps the best food for fat
tening that can be found.
The best thing the sheep breeder
can do is to recognize that conditions
affecting sheep have changed, and pre-
pare to conform to them.
AS THE American people come to use
their brains more and their mlscle
less, fat meat-mutton included-goes
out of favor. People want flesh and
not fat more and more.-FarmerS
Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14

heavy head, fine horns-usually bent
forward and downward-long, deep
body, broad hips, short legs, thick and
rather hard skin, well-covered with a
coat OF various shades of red, white,
roam and reddish brown In spots, and
brindled streaks The cows have we'll
developed milk veins, and large, we'll
formed udders. 1t is claimed for them
by Norman farmers that they are the
best dairy cows in the world, and
they unquestionably hold the lead
ing position among French breeds
of cattle. Twenty-Five to thir-
ty quarts of milk day is not
an unusual yield for Norman COW in
fall flush, and Is sometimes consider
ably exceeded, while 5000 pounds
within year is not above the average.
1t is mainly from their milk that the
famous Camembert and Brie cheeses
are made. The butter, known in Paris
under the trade name of buerre
dIsl9ny commands the highest prices
at the semi-weel1ly auction sales Of the
Halles Centrales, the great market
place of the French capital. AS beef
animals Norman. cattle are noted for
early maturity and great weight
rather than large net weight Of
dressed carcasses. Cows which have
served their purpose in the dairy are
fattened until they attain weights Of
1900 to 1880 pounds. Steers at ages OF
two and half to three years weigh
from 1,600 to 1000 pounds, and there
are authentic records of Norman oxen
which at six years of age weighed
4,1s5 to 4,335 pounds. This general
purpose" quality is of great Importance
to the small proprietors of France, as
it enables them to turn to profitable
account their "dowager" cows and
surplus males. The beef is of good
quality, but there is larger proper
ton of bone and offal than in the
British breeds of beef cattle. They
are heavy eaters and require an abun.
dance of nutritious food. The strong.
est claim to public favor made in be.
half of this breed is on the ground OF
its hardness and freedom from all
tuberculous faint. In Normandy great
numbers of these cattle are kept in
thriving condition, without shelter,
winter and summer, throughout the
year.--American Agriculturist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
PLAN FOR HOG HOUSE.
Any Intelligent Farmer Can Build !
without a Carpenters Aid.

Any Intelligent Farmer Can Build 81
without a Carpenters Aid.
In building house ON the plan de-
scribe you will not need to employ a
carpenter unless you wish, as any man
who can use level, square and saw
can put up the house.
Fig. shows house 6X16 feet, with
rear posts feet high and front 9 feet.
This house is made with loft above,
but it will usually pay to make the
rear posts feet high and the front
ones l2 feet; this will give six-foot
story below and room to store hun
bred bushels or more of corn above.
Even If not wanted for corn, such lofts
are always convenient for temporary
storage for fruits or vegetables, or to
spread anything you wish to dry or
cure, and would advise that the upper
story be always built.
The door should be made high enough
for man to enter standing up, as
when it is necessary las is sometimes
the case) to go into the house, 1t is not
convenient to crawl througha window,
and not safe II the house is occupied
by SOW with litter, to be obliged to
get down on all tours to make your
exit, for If the SOW las l have known
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-06-14
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space between the buildings, and will
give you sheltered place to feed from,
and storeroom for meal and other
ground feed.
If one needed still more room, the
length could be increased at pleasure.
The house should be located con.
veuient to water, or cistern can be
made to receive the water from the
roof Of the hoghouse.
Fig. gives an idea how one of these
double houses would look. The spouts
and windows are inside, and the doors
do not show, as they are on the back
side, and it would be necessary also to
have some small windows at the rear
for light, If the central space was all
closed. The illustration shows it with
one end open.-Waldo F. Brown, in
Ohio Farmer.