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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
EMoL,sHMEN At TIE rHeATER

EnxlasA Women Are the Worst-
DreaseA woMen In the World.
Lillian Bell, who is writing from Lon
don to the Ladies' Home Journal, gives
some remarkably interesting descrip-
tions of the Btftishers. Here. for in
stance, is the way she pictures an audi
ence at London tbeater: The play
was most amusing. yet my sister and
I couldn't help watching the audience.
Such a bored-looking set, the women
with frizzled hair held down by in
visible nets, lningEng with their eye
brows and done hideously in the back.
Low-necked gowns, exhibiting the most
beautiful shoulders in the world. Cor
geous Jewels in their hair and cleaning
all over their bodices, but among half
q dozen emerald, turquoise and dia-
mond bracelets there would appear q
silver watch bracelet which cost not
over ten dollars, and spoiled the effect
of all the others.
English women as a race are the
worst-dressed women in the world. ]
saw thousands of them in Piccadilly
and Regent streets, and at church pa
rade in the park, with high, French
heeled slippers over colored stockings.
And as to sizes, should say mines
were the average. There are some
smaller, but the most are larger.
''rhe prince of Wales was in the box
opposite to ours, and when we were not
looking at him we gazed at the impas-
siye faces of the audience. They never
smiled. They never laughed. The SUBJ
tlest points in the play went unnoticed,
yet it is one which has had a record run
and bids fair to keep the boards for the
rest of the season."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
THOSE BACHELOR o,aLs.

Rev xAsy RadAoes Ha1plns0 - Haus
Fun.
The world has improved In one To-
apect. There WAS q time when the
woman who did not marry was sup
posed to be subject tor jest; when it
was concluded that she rssn1fned un-
wed because she could not doRythiug
else.
Nowadays It 10 all changed, and tho
woman who does not marry has .
recognized position socially, and We
have all grown wise enough to know
that any woman who wishes caA
marry, says the New York correspond
ent Of the Pittsburgh Press. 1t is true
she may not marry the man she most
admires, but always she can marry
some man; 30 that If she stays.ou* her
life alone Is by her own choice.
Then, too. the beautiful friendships
that may exist between women are
recognized, and the possibility Of =
home being made without man In 1t
is certainty. In fats, in dainty little
houses, two or three bachelor women
(they don't call themselves 2irlA.
whose lives are 20 arranged that zone
can be the homekeeper while the other
is out in the world, are happy and COM
Portable from day to day.
And better still. they are not only
happy themselves, but they make less
fortunate women glad by bringing
them in to share some Of their pleas
ures. They give agreeable little dinner
parties, they entertain in quiet ways,
and always these women whose names
are not heard in connection with votes,
nor whose pictures are seen In the
papers, rs among those who intend to
remodel the city government.
The editor of well-known literary
paper is one Of those women, and she
makes for all nephews and nieces .
lovely resting-place, managing to give
it all the attention required in . few
hours before and after business. An
other, . very abode of beauty, is the
homo of two women friends, enc .
well-known actress, the other the only
woman dealer in plays in this country.
And there are innumerable little homes
where women are bound by ties Of
blood.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

a gentleman, over so, says: II culti-
vated the habit of sleeping o6hand
when was q youngster," he says, "and
have kept it up ever since. I don't go
TO bed or lie down when want nap,
but as soon as feel drowsy / put my
elbow on the back of my chair, rest my
head upon my hand and 60 on sound fer
Ave minutes. When wake up am in
first-class trim again. have got 30
used to that way OF mapping that II I
lie down l am wide awake in an in
slant"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
HAVE FAITH ~ FeT,cHEs.

Maay Co1oRed People Believe TAAt
Snake Skin VIII Ward On EVIL.
Belief in the efficacy Of fetichesis still
prevalent among q certain class Of col
ored people in this city, and probably
no one has the superstition brought 20
forcibly to his attention as Head Keep
er Manley, OF the zoo, says the Phila-
delphia Record. Constant applieations
are made to him for materials for love
charms by both sexes. Most often the
request is for little piece OF snake
skin, which. when powdered by witch
doctor AID put In iocket, to be sus-
pended from the posseseor's neck, -
considered to be q sure winner of a6ec-
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

California Divine Teeehes . NotoRi-
oas Bully . sunday Lesson.
Rev. Stanley Wilson, Of Ramona, CAL,
is perhaps the only clergyman in the
country who has . record Of fpreaching
a sermon and thrashing . bully all in
the same Sunday forenoon, says the
Chicago Chronicle MT. Wilson is an
athletic young man, being considered
the best boxer dn the mountain region
of his county, and in addition to rid
ing the circuit embracing the various
hamlets in the hills is editor of the
Ramona Sentinel He preached the
other morning in the little Baptist
church that stands among the pines
sermon Mr.. Wilson was accosted on the
streets by Dave Putnam, q bully, who
has been in many scrapes, who demand
ed q retraction of certain item that
lately appeared in the Ramsna Sentinel
rejecting ON himself.
IBID you write that article about
me?" asked Putnam. s.r
II am responsible for it, if I did not
write it," replied the preacher.
"Well, if you are responsible for
it, take that" said Putnam, striking at
the eloquent young parson. -
The blow failed to land. The par
son sailed into the miner, and they
clinched. Then the dust of the streets
arose in q cloud. The miners gathered
around and cheered the preacher to the
echo. Within five minutes Putnam was
knocked out and the preacher wascalm-
ly dusting off his plug hat.
Even before this occurred Mr.. Will
son did not lack popularity, but since
then his stock has gone up hundred
fold. Putnam has been laughed out of
the county
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

TAs KeTssoss Is the sole representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River. eawtoo&A
and smokY mining regions, and, located
% it il In the very hepat q the most prom
isios mining country On sass lace Of the
earth, and leAsing noaAing .,ndons 10 pre-
sent it, readers 2 complete synopeis Of all
mining news and develop<penta.se - wellss
matters of local importance in and abeat
Ketchum, IL is m invaluasaes snide for cap
itai and infornant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe fof 1t. resd
it, and let your friends read It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

tions. To supply the demand number
Of skins taken from the reptiles that
die in captivity are always kept on
hand. The soft breast feathers from
the. African gray parrots are saved for
other wooers, who prize, them just as
highly. Keeper Manley is called upon
to supply fetiches to insure success in
combat as well az in love. Several negro
prize fighters wen known in the local
ring carry a little bunch of.hair clipped
from the tuft on the end of the oh lion's s
tail. These bristles are thought to give
the wearer unbounded courage and
strength.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
ONE LIGHT THAT NEVER FAILS.

A Tiny Gas Jet whose Flame IL Con-
tinuoas Year In aAA Year 0ut.
Everyone must recognize the beauty
and many advantages possessed by the
electric light, but, perhaps, few have
thought of the discomforts to which a
large part Of the population wpuld be
put if this most modern and perfect,
illuminant were to supersede all the
older forms in use.
An excellent example of this is to be
found in the large workroom of the re-
porters I'm the New York Sun Office. In
this room, says the paper, are.scores of
incandescent electric lamps, and no one
lacle light, but at an odd corner there
is always burning one little gas jet,
whose light is Insignificant, but dearer
to the men who work about it than all
the electric lights in the room. Day
and night, year in and year out, this
gas Jet burns with a. fame not more
thar half an. inch high, and quarter of
an inch broad, and day and night it is
the Mecca Of every man who resorts to
tobacco smoking to soothehis nerves or
kill idle moments. Everybody knows
where to find light for cig1r, pipe, or
cigarette, but this was not 4rne years
ago when the electric lights took the
place of the old gas jets which lit the
room. With these open lights in pro-
fusion no one had ever found it neces-
sary to keep stock of matches at haut,
for starting smoke. For many day
and night after the electric lights were
established there were great hunts
through the Office for matches, and then
finally it became the fixed custom to
keep a gas light going at a corner near
the sporting desk to accommodate the
smokers. 5 d
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

Down to as late as the middle ages
cats were comparatively scarce in Eu-
rope and were go highly priced thatnny
person who killed one was obliged to
pay fine. This penalty sometimes was
required to be paid in the shape of
pile of wheat big enough to cover the
slain animal when it was held vertically
by the tip of :ts tail, the nose touching
the ground.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

Much interesting and conclusive evi-
dence that Knox county, Me-, was once
the seat Of m immense volcano has
been discovered by Prof. Bayley, Of
Colby university Some of the evidence
h In the presence to-day Of great sheets
Of lava stretching over the northern part
Of vinalhaven. How long ago the
Maine volcano was active has not yet
been determined. The subject j. being
investigated BY many geo1ogiats from
universities outside the state.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

Literary fame does not always mean
wealth in France. In the list of tobac-
co shop licenses just published appears
the names of the widows of John Lee
moinnc and Camille Rousset, the Aca-
dcmiclans. and of the novelist, Leon
Cladsl. while the Soliel makes an ap-
peal to charity for the two sisters Of
Lecontc de Leslie, who are old and had
been entirely dependent en- the poet
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
QUICKEST HANGING ON RECORD

Legal Execution Performed Inside Of Four
Minutes to Accommodate Reporters.
Capt. j. B. Patten, warden of the. In
diana state prison at Jeffersonville,
has the record for experimenting the
quickest legal hanging ever accom-
plished in this or any other country,
says the st. Louis Republic. The laws
of Indiana prescribe that the death
sentence mnst he executed between
midnight and the dawn of the day set
by the court. Aman named Stone had
butchered whole family in Davis
county, of that state, and had been
condemned to death. The case was =
Nelebrsted one, and newspaper men
frdn Indianapolis and Louisville went
down to Jacksonville in perfect
phalanx to witness and report the
famous criminals exit from this yale
[ tears. They arrived in the early
evening, expecting to return to their
homes on.a train leaving Jeffersonville
shout one O'Clock, by which time they
Expected the e1scntion to be over. To
their intense disappointment and
chagrin thy discovered that the last
train they could take departed from
the prison town ct twelve o'clock 1T
night.
Having determined this they set
about arranging matters 80 they could
see the hanging and yet catch the
train. They telegraphed the circum-
stances ahead to the conductor, aakinG
him to hold the train until after tie
execution. He consented to head It
hve minutes only. They were Allied
with despairl Who ever heard of q
hanging, including prayers, speech
making, etc, in Ave brief inmates?
But, nevertheless, they commenced TO
work ON Warden Patten. The result
was that everything was at once gotten
ready for sending The murderer to
eternity. Promptly at the stroke of
midnight the pAxson finished his
prayer; In Eve more seconds the moose
was around the econdemned mans neck,
the black cap drawn. the trap sprung
and in two minutes and twenty-five
seconds the attending physician pro
nounced the murderer scorpse. CaR-
riages waiting outside the inclosurs
bore the reporters to the train in -
other minute, and with nearly seventy
seconds to spare the train pulled out.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
RiCN, BUT STOLE A SAUSAGE.
Qaeer Case of Kleptoma1ls Recently
Brought 70 LAgAt In Paris.

a v.eer 0ese :. A.epso.sa'e 1seeae'S
% Aaess = ~
we 81 neve ne@lu N our uves OF
kiePeoman1s' put 90 NOT tnink tnat
.nyone ever re.Ay Deneveo IN IL, says
sne r11A.1eaPnlA Aelegfepn. we Know
vaHus1y en.e : nan VINO s.eals wnoie
as sno .oles . mi,nonane Is :
sle. nnsnc'el' .no We s.so x?O" tnss
z m"n ~ wno :.esI . ioa1 OF Dreea 70
ss;s. ss:s n.s .. ilum ssaIvsslon "
1s1! .nu 80 70 Jsu' Dus ~ = asfo 20
.ai1e .nss 'nele a1e people VINO sseai
.lnos pun ~ from sPec,es OF insan-
Ivy aiming eemPle O TINS mas
JUST COME 70 agns IN r's. Inc iaay'
wnoee neme lor OBVIOUS reasons It is
noS wen 20 mens'on, u = wen known
ngurs IN Fsras society.
She u extremely handsome and
dresses sePeroly, out is never seen in
ppollc alone. Some member CT her
..,-.,
: -.ly Hvs s:soup penles NJ sns
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
where Fish Garnet Live

The forms of sea life in the upper
portion OF the ocean waters may de-
send to depth Of 1900 feet orso from
the surface. but tAen succeeds barren
zone. which continuesto witiin $50 feet
to 800 feet from the hot tom. where the
deep sea creatures beein to appear.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
ARE WOMEN ABUSED az MENs

a General Feminine Dasposation to Gran.
BILE 1t Their Hard Fate.
Do you think women are really
abused as much as they claim to be?
asks the ''Quiet Observer" in the Pitts
burg Gazette.
1t seems to be fact that a majority
Of them, married and single, believe
they are abused by the men just be-
cause the latter happen to have control
of business affairs, run politics, and do
the courting.
The woman of manageable age who
is still living at home feels that men
are not doing right by her. She natur-
ally wants to marry, have big we'd
ding, and go on q tour of the eastern
cities, or western, as the case may be.
But she has to 60 on waiting because
no man asks her to join him in these
festivities. For this reason she feels
that she is an abused creature.
The old maid who has settled down
to earn her own living just hates the
men because they allow her to wear
her finger nails of scratching for bread.
The sight Of man walking comfort
ably along the street, or driving, or
even lounging around some resort,
causes her indignation to rise to the
top notch. Why do they thus continue
to abuse herr.
The shop girl wonders why the boys
do not gather around and ask her to
choose one of them to be her defender
and supporter. She is quite certain
that she should not be permitted to
live by the sweat of her brow, and the
whole of the blame is placed on the
young men who are earning money
enough for two and spending it for
their own comfort.
Married women are the loudest COM
planners and their complaints are gen.
orally against their husbands It is all
right during the honeymoon, but when
that is over and they turn to face the
realities of life she feels that she is be-
ing abused. Her household duties are
heavier than when she was at home;
her husband is not the signing lover
who filed her heart with joy, and her
days are not as thickly interpreted
with picnics as when she was girl.
AS she thinks ever, this she becomes
more deeply convinced that she il q
much abused woman, that husbands
are not half as nice as beaux, and is
quite certain she never would have mar
ried had it not been for the mcn.
Yet, in spite of all this, the abused
woman is most inveterate match
maker. revels in gossip about prospec-
tive unions and reads the paper
that publishes the longest list of
marriage notices. No matter how un-
happy her life, nor how much of it she
blames on her own marriage, she finds
her greatest delight in getting others
to do the same thing she feels like kick
ing herself for having done.
No doubt some women are abused,
and saaly abused, but how about the
men? Think of the life of the man who
has bcen 90 unfortunate as to get
wife OF this stripe. He may be no good
and fully deserve his punishment, yet
it often 50 happens that he does all in
his power to stop these complaints
Suppose we call it standoh or agree
that both parties are greatly abused.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

An Old Beverage. E
! Next to our grape wine jtis believed
that Japanese sake, or rice wine. 10 the
Oldest alcoholic beverage known to man.
its use in Japan dating back over 1000
years. z9
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

Last years Swiss exposition at
Geneva lasted six montha. and daring
all that time there were anly .3s days
when it did not rain. The result was
. deficit of $4,000. which the city
paid.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

Kangaroo tails for Bonp are shipped
from Arstralis to London, whese thav
sell for three do!ls<s ger dozen.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05

vrysroNE is the legal Newspaper Of
ine snrinys Creek, Wood River and
,~,ooth Mining Districts.
rEexs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
.tpostage Prepaid) 400
one !n.hs 200
Three months ~" ~
Single copy
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
.u.;sinp ras furnished on application
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
tatiye Of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Re

uniforms and caps repaired and cleaned
SO often that the traAespeople had 10
declare at last that the garments would
bear no more renovation. The imperial
measure is always kept in stock by the
tailors, so that only the minute details
are sent when an order is given. A
tunic for the kaiser costs on an average
between forty and ffty dollars
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-02-05
Hon. ". j. Bryan'S Book

All who are interested in furtherinR tho sale
OF Hon. ". J. Bryan' nev book should correspond
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-03
Worthy of Your Attention.

This little pointer is thrown out by
the Marshall, Mimi, Reporter: 1T
would be an eye opener to farmers who
ship their grain as it comes from the
machine and stand the dockage for
dirt, to see the thousands of sheep in
the stockyards near the Twin Cities
fattening on the screenings which the
elevator men get out of their wheat,
and it would be a revelation to them to
see with what ease four or five men
take all the care necessary to keep TO-
900 sheep thrifty and gaining in flesh.
1t takes brains to devise economical
ways of feeding and these stockyard
feeders haYe the business down to the
finest possible point
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-03
Seed Grain.

A circular upon seed grain contains
the following points worthy of careful
consideration:
The question of seed wheat for the
coming season is attracting much at
tention on account of the poor quality
of the last wheat crop. Most farmers
agree that change of seed is Of great
benefit at any time, and this year when
many will be compelled to SOW very
inferior quality unless seed is obtained
from other localities, it is doubly i'm
portant. No argument is necessary On
this point.< .-....- .-..
A fair crop may grow from poor
seed, but the chances are all against it.
All experts agree that poor seed OF
any kind should never be used. A diff
ference in yield of one bushel per acre
will probably cover the cost of chang;
ing seed. If three to five bushels per
acre more is grown and a better grade
is secured, the. percentage of profit is
very great. To sowing poor seed con
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-02-03
w. C. T. U.
Social Purity a Topic for General Discus
:. sion.

Social Purity a Topic for General Discus
So. sion.
We boast of our christian civilian
ton, we talk with pride of our foreign
missions and the conversion of the
heather; we imagine that the glorious
millennium is just beginning to dawn,
while at the time a malignant. ulcer is
eating at the vitals of our society.
We vainly seek to hide it. If one VEN
lures to talk about it we say FLUSH,
such topics are indelicate-these
things are not to be recognized in good
society,""
This vile monster of iniquity, un-
chastity, rears it's vile head in every
stratum of society and among the fair
est results of modern culture. personal
impurity is sapping the vital energies,
debasing the mental faculties and
bunting the consciences of thousands
of youths, who are ignorant of the
present and eternal ruin which thew
invite. If could unfold to YOU one
! tenth part of the iniqu which is
covered by garb of decent respecta-
bllity in every community, it would
seem to you that the days of Sodom
and Gomorrah had returned. The in
curry which is of the greatest impor-
lance to us is: What are the causes
which have led to this condition of af-
fairs? The influence of evil compan-
lonshlp is one of the most powerful
agents for evil against which those
who love purity and are seeking TO
benefit their fellow men have to con-
tend. No community is free from these
vlpers. Vile. thoughts leave scars
which even time will not always etface.
Your mental vileness is not hidden
even from human eyes.
Nothing can be more fatal to purity
of life than the idea that young man
may SOW wild oats" and still be
good fellow and worthy OF positions of
trust and responsibility in society," It
will be a happy day for the cause of
tAA0' SS'SICoy oeSfS-E+tO VIC
young man who lapses from virtue as
it does to the young woman under the
same circumstances, ''you have for
feited your right to honor and respect
and unless you repent and reform and
earn d right to the confidence of the
good and pure you must be an outcast
from society, subjected to a social
quarantine which will effectively pre-
vent the contamination of your fell
lows" Let young women demand of
young men the same unblemished
purity which is required of them and
we may hope for an improvement at
least in the manners and morals of the
youth of the rising generation.
MRS. E. G.. TOUSLEY,
Press Supt.