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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
CURIOUS eUR,AL CUSTOMS.

Peovanse ox France In Which 0oralls AfS'
Pat In Boxes.
Think Of q land so crowded that only
the rich can afford to have q grave!
And that land Is not China, or Linda,
but modern, prosperous France.
Down In the quaint little Basque
province, among the people that lived
there centuries before the rest of
France and Spain were settled, and
whose language had q closer resem-
blance to the North American Indian
and Chinese than French or Spanish,
they have curious ways. One Of them
Is, after man has been dead year on
so, to take up his bones aud throw all
except the skull into a great pit dug In
the floor of a chapel and grated over.
The skull they put into queer little
box with steeple ON it that looks like
one of those birdhouses you see perched
up among the branches, and through
the heart-shaped hole in front the eye
socket staring out.
All around the bare little chapel are
shelves from floor to ceiling with these
little houses neatly arranged side by
side, the occupant of each staring
fixedly through his little front door at
his neighbor. If a skull crumbles, the
dust is shaken into a pit, and the little
house has soon new occupant. They
have . quaint custom in this same
queer country on All Saints day. A
great many of the relatives live at q
distance, and so have no time to come
and say a prayer over the grave, or else
are rheumatic and find kneeling on the
damp, chilly ground not conducive to
comfort, so they hire a small boy for 80
much a quarter of an hour to say their
prayers for them. In consequence all
over the cemetery you may see small
boys devoutly digging their little bare
toes into the ground and repeating tho
prayers in a businesslike manner, that
must give the powers above a curious
impression of human love snd remem-
brance.
In Paris they have the same custom
of exhuming the bones after a certain
time, but there they throw them all in
the common trench, where the poor are
crowded together in death. as they are
crushed together in life. There is also
a curious survival of French feeling in
our own country-in New Orleans-on
this very subject. There they have
catacombs above the ground, and the
coffin is put in one of the inches. which
Is then filed with quicklime and sealed
up. Just as soon as the lime shall have
destroyed the contents of the niche it
is opened and made ready for the re-
ceotion Of new occupant
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
IN THE WRONG PLACE.

~ THE WRONG PLACE.
A.esas Cseld .Nsvrr ny with shs winos
WAars Artists Plaoe Them.
Did you ever notice flying angelf I
do not mean the animated article, but
the winged and robed creatures you
see occasionally in frescos and friezes.
If 60, you have doubtless marked the
horizontal and unearthly position Of the
body.
The hands are gracefully disposed
along the sides, just rs if flying were
no particular effort, and the feet are
trailed straight behind, though no man
has ever found out just what holds
them there.
It has been 20 9ince the time of
Michael Angelo and Raphael, says the
New York World. Those old masters
were probably among the first offenders
against physical possibilities. They
frescoed the wall and ceilings Of an
cient cathedrals with ethereal beings
with enormous wings sprouting from
their shoulder blades and their feet
trsiling straight out behind
Since then every artistic Tom, Dick
and Harry in the world has followed
the impossible lines laid down by the
old painters, and although science has
been developed and human ideas have
changed greatly since Athens was in its
prime, the absurd form of the ideal an.
gel has not changed particle.
Anybody can see at q glance at the
pictures that this position in fight is an
impossibility. Possibly at speed of
mile . second, and with the wings beat
ing 1t the rate Of one hundred thou.
sand times . minute. the position might
be maintained.
The point Of support Il the shoulder
biades- The center Of gravity il no
where, apparently.
It may be possible that painters de-
sire to represent an angel doing some
thing that human being would find
impossible to do. At any rate, they
have done %.
With tho wings at the shoulder
blades the center Of gravity would ex-
tend directly downward from the points
of support. It is not very graceful, but
1t is true to science and the law Of grav.
itation. It viii be = long time, howev-
er, before painters consent to paint
angels In other than impossible posi-
tions.
Everybody remembers how reluctant
artists were to accept the. positions Of
running horses developed by the cam
era They were 20 absurd that it was
with difficulty that the negatives could
be believed.
In order to carry the body in hori-
zontal position the wings Of an angel
should be placed In the small Of the
back and tho vertebre stiffened with q
board. Then, perhaps, there would be
some sort Of an agreement between art
and physical possibility.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
PROFESSIONAL.

xyM. HYNDMAN,
nopvEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho:
4 AT1pvc.ct;ces in all the Courts and Land
oa,ces n in the State
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
Connecticut,s Road Law.

Under the road law passed by the
late Connecticut legislature so towns
have applied to the state highway COM
mission for the authorized aid. The
state pays one-third of the cost, the
county one-third and the town one
third. The appropriation is not equal
to the demands made on it. The Con-
necticut law differs from the New Jer-
sey in levying no special assessment on
the abutting property holders, so that
poorer localities which need the benz
fit most will not be deferred from APP
plying for aid. BY this legislation
Connecticut is brought into line with
New Jersey in the good-road move
ment, and in advance of New York and
Massachusetts, while Pennsylvania,
says the Philadelphia Press, has no
rating as n good-road state, having not
yet made even beginning.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
Maintainine the MIlk Flov.

When cows are given shade and cool
water in abundance they will require
less food to make the necessary milk
and flesh, hence the great value of a
shady pasture. When the grasses fail
they should be supplemented with fod-
der, corn, oats, rye or some other grain,
SO that the normal flow of milk may be
maintained. If this be done no COM
plant will be heard about the ingrati-
tude of animals, the milk shrinkage
and the losses of dairying. The cows
will not merely respond at once to bet
ter treatment, but they will be in good
condition for the fall campaign, in
stead of requiring till winter to re-
cuperate from the summer heat, flies,
scanty pasturage and insufficient wa
ter supply.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
Hercules and the Hawk.

Some passengers over one of the Ber-
lin canal bridges the other day noticed
the sudden appearance of two black
points in the sky at a considerable dis
tance away, which developed into two
ducks. Behind them, at lower Level,
flew another bird, which suddenly rose
into the air above the ducks and then
shot Gown upon them like an arrow.
One of the ducks flew sideways toward
the Thiergarten; the other, closely
pursued by it's enemy, flew slanting
into the canal, and, reaching the water
exactly behind the bridge, dived, while
the hawk, in his blind haste, struck
against the head of a statue of Hercules
and, fell, once more Tapping it's great
wings, dead on the pavement of the
bridge. The bird was splendid speci-
men, the wings having an expansion of
more than three feet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
EARLIEST ONIONS PAY.

There's a market gardener In
Minnesota. He is prosperous, makes
his money on earliest vegetables,
gets his seeds from Salzer, fol-
lows Salzer's instructions how to grow
1000 bu. per acre and sells Salzer's
King of the Earliest onion already in
July and gets $3.50 bu.! Catalogue
tells all about it and of lots of other
seed for garden and farm! a5 5packages
earliest vegetables $1.0o.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
it with 12c. stamps to John A. Salzer,
La Crosse, Wis, you will get free his
catalogue and package of yellow wa
termelon sensation. (K)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
WIDE TIRES AGAIN.
For Many Farm Purposes They Are {
Positive Advantage.

For Many Farm Purposes They Are of
Positive Advantage.
A few days ago l was talking with
man who hao given wide tires a thor
ough trial, aud he was loud in their
/ praise, though he did not claim as
much for them as some people do. He
said that he found them of no advan-
tage in time of very soft roads, as the
wheels would sink into the road at such
times if they were Il foot wide, and the
larger amount of mud they would
carry would make up for any difference
in the depth they would cut.
When the weather IS very dry and
the ground hard, they are of no par
ticular benefit, either; but at all other
times they save horse-fesh and time,
by allowing heavier loads and requir-
ing less power.
This man told ME that for nine
months in the year he finds the wide
tire positive benefit, and for the other
three it is about an even thing. For
hauling over meadows and corn fields
the wide tire is very much superior
10 narrow ones; and at times when
the roads are soft enough for the or
dinary tire to sink from six to eight
inches into the road-bed, he can go
along easily with his wide tires.
1 asked him if he thought the roads
would ever get as bad as they do if
everyone used wide tires. His reply
was that the roads in the country dis
tricts of Illinois would be bad if no
one drove over them in soft weather,
but narrow tires, no doubt, made them
| worse.
"Fhey suit me-" he said in conclu-
sion, land a good many of my neigh
bors are getting over to my way of
thinking; for l can haul as big loads
as any of them when the roads are at
their worst, and much larger ones at
almost any other time."-Farm and
| FireSidp.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

breed, actually "does sums;" one sus-
poets some hidden trick by which the
trainer causes his horse to make certain
signs that look like the result of
thought. But whether or not his train
er employs these artistic" means, the
result is certainly most striking, and if
trick there be, it is concealed in most
marvellous manner.
Alpha also plays the harmonium, and
his rendering of "God Save the Queen"
on an enormous keyboard is a start
ling performance, and more correct
one than in many other cases. The
clever creature also selects letters from
the alphabet, tells the time, plays a
game of nap, and fires gun, for which
latter feat, strange to say, he shows
{. decided predilection. The perform
ance ends with n grotesque transforma-
tion of the beautiful horse into a nurse
in skirts, white apron, tartan shawl and
gorgeous poke bonnet. Little Beta, a
fat two-year-old pony, which is only
just being trained for an artistic career,
is caused to sit on its launches in q
perambulator, and the nurse Alpha
wheels him across the stage.-N. Y.
Herald,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
BUT HE CAN'T ADVERTISE.

"a physician sits In his office chair,
And there broods on his face n look of care
While he groans and walls and tears at his
J hair.
f'Alas! and alas and alackr he cries.
l'Surely fame and fortune would both arise
IL old Ethics would let me advertise"
AT last a bright thought comes into his
brain,
Says he: II must try that old racket, It's
plain,
pt worked o. *. once, and I'll work 1t
again."
He wrote half a page on 1.-The Evils of
Pork"
,And the case Of man who swallowed
a cork,
And a spoon and knife, but got stuck on
a fork
Told how he cured an imprudent fellow
WHO swallowed entire n gingham umbrella,
And brought It intact from the patient
patella.
THE newspapers all extended their thanks;
He opened accounts at the various banks:
He'd baited with Ethics and caught all he
Chemist and Druggist.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup OF Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
THE.woRLp OF ART.

A monument to the late Bishop Wy
man (colored) will be erected in Balti-
more.
Twenty-one sculptors competed for
The statue of Sarah Siddons to be erect
ed in London. The model chosen is by
q Frenchman, Chevalier.
"The Sleeping Cavalier" by Meis-
5onier, which belonged to the late Mrs.
Paran Stevens, has been sold for SO, 500,
sum much below its supposed value
No other painter has home Of such
artistic cluxuriousness as Alma Tadema
Perhaps it's most remarkable feature is
the wall, WHICH is pnneled with tall,
slim pictures, each of them by differ
ent painter. Leighton, Boughton, Sar-
gent, Calderon and full score Of the
artists friends have contributed to this
remarkable embellishments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

q road in repair is not nearly so great as
the expense of rebuilding a road that
neglect has allowed to sink into state
of decay.
The poplars along these French roads
are trimmed to certain height so that
sun and air can dry the surface, which
is high in the center, thus allowing wa
ter to flow off at once, after a shower.
This is then conducted by channels cut
through the turf at each side, into the
deep bitches outside of the row of
trees at the side of the roadway.
All in all the French roadways have
much to recommend them to the care
full study Of Americans who are so
much interested in the subject of i'm
proving our highways.-Good Roads.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
CHARLEY, THE MASCOT.
The Feline Pet of the United States Cruiser
Yorktown.

The Feline Pet of the United States Cruiser
Yorktown.
Col. John A. Cockerill, the New York
,Herald's special correspondent, writ
ing from Chemulpo, Corea, sends an in
teresting story about the sports of the
naval officers who happen to be at
aached to the Asiatic squadron in
'Corean waters, and also of the mascot
of the Yorktown, Charley" Col. Cock
erell writes:
1 found the United States steamer
Yorktown here riding at anchor mile
and half out in the harbor, and by in
vitation L visited her this afternoon.
She arrived ON this station ten days ago,
and Commander Folger and all his
officers declare that dull as Chemulpo
is they prefer it to Cheefoo, China, their
pate billet. The October weather here
is superb, and the officers of the York
town find the shooting excellent, By
going up the river in n sampan few
miles they can make nice bag of snipc,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
A HOG-POWER MINE.
How q Californian Made His Porkeri
Earn Their Living.

How . Californian Made His Porkers
Earn Their Living.
81 was riding through the mountains
in Trinity county few days ago" said
California miner, "when l happened
to take n trail that led by old 'Burlap'
Johnson's cabin. / took dinner
cold corn-bread and bacon-with him,
and then sat down for a smoke.
"'Wouldn't you jest as soon do your
smokin' outside, podner?' he asked.
Certainly said 1, but you don't
object to the smoke of a cigar, do you?'
! was naturally surprised, for he was
already putting away at an old corn
cob pipe.
"'No, course not, seein' as I've
smoked nigh on to so years; but want
to keep my hogs to work.
"My curiosity was aroused, but said
nothing. He took down u double-bar-
relied muzzle-loading shotgun and his
powder horn. Then he went out to q
shed and got n pan of shellej corn.
"He sat down on bench at the cabin
door, rammed down couple of charges
of powder, and poured n handful Of
corn in each barrel. He put on a per-
cussion cap, pressed it down with the
hammer, cooked both barrels, and
hlazed away at the side hill across the
little gulch.
1.-The roar had not died away till q
drove of hogs came running, gEunting
and squealing, and commenced to root
the side hill for the corn. Whenever
they Stacked up in their work the old
man fired another charge of corn.
That's moan trick said I. why
don't you feed it to them in trough?'
"'Feed it to 'em!' he repeated, in
amazement. Then they wouldn't work.
Besides, they don't need it,
"'What do you want to make them
work for, and why do you waste corn
on them if they don't need it?'
"Why, man alive, they do as much
work as four men would! They root
up the dirt, and when the rain comes,
all have to do is to sluice IT,
"Then understood that he was US
ing the hogs TO help him mine."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

geese and edible birds in few hours.
Game of all kinds is abundant, and fur
ther up the country pheasants of the
most delicious flavor are plentiful. The
Yorktown, despite her steady years Of
service, is in excellent trim, and offic-
ers and crew are proud of her.
While on board the Yorktown was
presented to the feline mascot, Char
ley" the most famous of cats. "Char-
ley" Joined the Yorktown in 1889. He
has travelled something like 10000
miles in her, and is the oldest member
of the crew, with the exception of one
seaman, Martin Foley. Officers and
sailors come and go, court-martials are
held, desertions take place and penal
ties are inflicted, but Charley" re-
mains the pet of the ship and the most
exalted cat, marine or otherwise, on the
globe. The hundreds of scattered peo-
ule who have served on the Yorktown
will be delighted to learn that "Char-
ley" is still ION deck" so to speak. He
has lost his hearing on account of the
heavy firing in target practice, but he
is still amiable and lovable.
They tell funny story aboet this
famous cat. When the Yorktown was
on Behring sea duty she moored one
day at dock on the opposite side of
which an English gunboat lay. AS
was his wont Charley" walked out
on the dock to take view of things.
Some English sailors, observing his
swagger, remarked that "GinSer"
should be brought out and introduced.
One of them went on board the Eng
iish gunboat and brought out Gin
ger" lusty cat of lofty British preten-
lions and aristocratic mien. The two
eats met on the dock and touched noses
in n disdainful way, when, all of sud-
den, Charley" let fly his right paw,
striking the Briton on the jaw and
knocking him overheard. This act
performed he strutted back to his ship
as if to say: did you see me do irp?r
His performance was cheered by the
Yorktown jaclIies and that cats stock
rose so per cent. then and there. The
picture of the Yorktown's pet which ac-
companies this is in the possession of
nearly every officer and sailor on the
ship. Scores of them have been sent
home and thousands of people in the
United States know about the York;
towns feline mascot. All such will be
pleased to know that Charley" is fat
and hearty, despite his weight of years,
and the most beloved cat afioat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

While Mrs. McFadden was working
for Mrs. Dixon she came frequently to
her saying she could not find things.
On one occasion she could not find the
poker, high or low. Mrs. Dixon joined
in the search.
"Why, here it is, Mrs. McFadden,"
called Mrs. Dixon, fright on top of the
stove"
"Shure an I didn't see it there,
ma'am," replied Mrs. McFadden.
"Pll tell you what it is" said Mrs.
Dixon, "you are near-sighted, Mrs. Mo
Fadden."
"Indade and I'm not, ma'am; ] can
see as far as can look," was the reply
Rams Horn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
TYPICAL FRENCH ROAD.
A Thing of Beauty and JOY to Travellers
md Tourists.


A Thing of Beauty and JOY to Travellers
and Tourists.
The illustration accompanying this
article is one that shows the admirable
qualities of the average public highway
in France.
The picture from which this cut was
made is photograph taken by thc vet
eran wheel tourist, Marriott C. Morris,
of Philadelphia, and shows a bit of
road between Tours and Vichy, near
Chaleauroux, France.
AT the roadside is heap of stone
ready to be used for instantly repair
ing any defect in the road, for the
French have learned the important
lesson that the way to have good Dads
is to keep the roads good. ga stitch in
time saves nine," and the cost of keeping
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
WONDERFUL MORSE.
Plays the Harmonium and Also Acts as a
Nursemaid.

Plays the Harmonium and Also Acts as a
Nursemaid.
The horse Alpha has astonished Lon.
don theater goers with his intelligence,
A blackboard is brought upon the stage,
and he is asked to show his arithmetical
powers. The animal turns to the fig.
ures, thinks moment, apparently,
and then paws out on the floor figure
after figure, till his subtraction or adj
dition or multiplication sum is correctly
done. Sometimes he makes mistake,
and with an impatient shake of his
name and a vicious light in his eyes, he
begins again and rights the wrong.
Somehow, the British mind refuses to
believe that a horse, even of the Alpha
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
Not a Matter of Morals

Ethel-So Gertrude de Montmorency
Fitz We're de We're has lost her good
name?
Sybil-Has she? Well, there, Tn not
surprised. How d'you know?
Ethel-It says 80 in the paper; says
she's married u Mr.. Bloggs!-Ally Slop-
per.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
To California.

Study all time cards and you will find
quick time as the Phillips Rock island
Excursions. One hour and thirty minutes
quicker time than any other route Chicago
to Los Angeles.
A. Phillips & Co. have carried over
$4,000 patrons to and from California.
Why2 Because every well-posted Cali
fornia traveller understands Phillips has
the best regulated tourist system.
JNo. SEBASTIAN, G. P. A,
Chicago Ill
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
A Riskx Experimant

"You cant tell whether man is a
bachelor or the father of family sim
ply by his looks"
Certainly not; but there is one infal-
tble method of finding out"
'What may that be?"
"Give him young baby to hold
N. Y. Recorder.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11

Tho perfumed tea Is scented with
the essential oils Of different flowers.
The most popular for this use are those
OF the tea olive, or the Cape Jessamine,
though others are used. The flowers
are generally packed with the tea while
the latter is in process of curing and
nre afterward picked out by hand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-01-11
An About western Farm Lands.

Tho "Corn Belt" is a monthly paper pub
lished by the Passenger Department of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
1t is designed to give reliable information
concerning western farm lands, what can
be raised on them successfully, and the ex-
periences Of farmers who live in the west.
Copies of the paper will be sent to any ad-
dress for one year ON receipt of 25 cents.
Postage stamps accepted. Address 1.-THE
Corn Belt" 209 Adams St., Chicago.