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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
FROM HIS STANDPOINT.
The Crowd Could Not Justly BE
Blamed for Not knowing
the Barber.

The subject was one that il close to
every mans mind-about six inches
away from 1t, in fact. 1t was shaving.
says the Louisville Commercial.
"Well," remarked the thin chap,
whose face looks like a disappointed
pickel, 81 confess that l cut myself
pretty frequently. The trouble is al
ways get up late and have to hurry. I'd
brave half-dozen hicks in my physiog-
nomy for one minute more sleep in the
morning. Consequently, go through
life like Heidelburg student. But [
can't help it."
"Why don't you use safety ?" asked
the fresh-looking young fellow with the
waxed mustache.
mo, thank you; lawn-mowers were
meant for grass, not whiskers."
"Well," continued the fresh young
man. 81 have been shaving for the last
ten years and ! have never cut myself
once in that time-not once"
The others took breath.
'1t's true as I live" reiterated the
freAh young man. II have never cut
myself once"
~ can't believe that" remarked the
fat man. as the young man walked
away. 81 don't believe the man lives
who has ever made such record Here,
waiter. who was that chap who just left
us?'
"Jones. the barber, sir" said the
waiter.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
GLASS SKATES.
They Are the Latest Feature In Ice
Kinks This Winter.

They Are the Latest Feature in Ice
Kinks This Winter.
The newest feature OF interest in the
New York ice rinks is the use of glass
skates. 1t is found that skates with
glass runners are far better, both for
speed and ease in gliding for pleasure,
than e.e the skates with metal runners,
and several pairs are now being used in
one of the metropolitan rinks. The in
ventor has succeeded in reducing the
glass to hardness that insures an edge
which practically never becomes blunt.
The tempering process remains Sc
cret. but it is fact that severe contact
with hard ice does not fracture the
glass. To look at these skates one would
not suppose they were made OF any
thing else than metal. for the runners
are always colored in order to disguise
the substance Of which they are made.
The coloring process is arbitrary. and
tints in the case Of ladies' skates are
always made to correspond with the
colorf OF the wearer's costume. The
runners of these glass skates are at
tached directly to an especially made
shoe which laces from the heel up the
back. The combination not only gives
q skate which il perfectly easy in mo-
ton. but the high shoe stiftens the ankle
to an extent which greatly aids in the
enjoyment and adds to the safety Of the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
A RISING FAMILY.
They Live I'm q House Whose -Four
Corner Posts Are Growing
Spruce Trees.

Bangor has an eight-cornered house,
a house shaped like piece OF pie,
house with no front door, and half
house Zone side having been burned
OFF,; but the queerest dwelling in all
Maine is in the town of Dennysville,
Washington county, says the New York
Sun. 1t was built about six years ago
b. poor man, who was obliged to go
to the edge of the woods, where land
was cheap, for his lot, and utilized the
trunks of four big spruce trees, that
formed square OF 16 feet, for the cor
ner posts. Pretty soon the poor man
went west to make his fortune, leaving
his family behind in the queer house.
In five years he returned as poor as
when he left. He found that in the
meanwhile his family had risen in the
world. The four live corner posts had
just grown up about four feet and car
ried the house with them. 1t ia good,
solid house, but unless the trees stop
growing the man will soon need fire
escape ladder instead of the plank
steps that now lead up to the door.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
HIS EXILE AT AN END.
After Many Years Executive Clemen-
cy II Exercised In a Singular
Case in south Carolina.

Gov Ellerbe has pardoned L. T. Cor
bett, a member of one of the best fam
lilies in South Carolina, and now citi-
zen of San Francisco, Cal. In the spring
of 1886 young Corbett, then lad OF Is,
.was superirte nding a store on his IA
ther's plantation in Sumter county. It
was charged that the boy sold liquor to
the negroes, and, having no license,
prosecution followed. The boy fed the
country. without giving any intimation
of his intentions. Immediately after
ward he was tried, convicted and in his
absence a sealed sentence was left by
Judge Kershaw, who has since died. II
has never been opened.
1t now transpires that young Corbett
went to Colorado. where he worked
bard and met with success. Then he
went to California and prosperity fol-
lowed him. He then married and is now
a highly respected citizen in his new
home, and deacon in the Presbyterian
church.
Some time ago he heard of his con-
viction and then Of the failing health
of his father and mother. He wished to
return to see his parents alive, but the
sentence stood in his path. When the
people about his home heard Of the cir
cumstances they prepared strong petit
ton. Gov. Ellerbe granted pardon
within an hour after the receipt of the
petition. The self-banished young man
was telegraphed to hasten across the
continent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
MET TIE WRONG GIRL.
Swain Got In an Unf0rtun.
ate Complication.

Comedy is not confined to the stage.
Second avenue belle who graduated at
an eastern seminary has former school
chum visiting her. It-goes for the say
ing that they are carried back to the
days of their comradeship and having
lots of fun. says the Detroit.Free Press.
The other evening after dinner the
visitor threw on the cape and hat OF her
hostess just to run to the nearest store
and procure supply of bright ribbon
she wanted to complete her wardrobe
for party that night. As she neared
the house on her return the dusk was
deepening and she was startled at the
approach of a gentlemanly looking
young man who lifted his hat and said,
pleadingly: Cant you walk for just
Eve minutes, little one?"
She. sprang past him with scream
and rushed for the front door, from
which emerged on the run the father
and brother of the chum. The youth in
front took to his heels and there was q
stern chase covering several blocks
The old gentleman examined the tracks
In the snow the next morning and
vowed that the william" must have hail
wings. as he only touched the pave
ments at street crossings.
Both the laughing girls knew by this
time that the fleeing youth was he resi-
dent girls favored beau. who was not
in the good graces of the father and had
tc carry on catch-as-can courtship.
That hat and that cape misled him.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23

She Says She Travels Better Driae
When v0ya9inG On the Gng-
t lish Channel.

In crossing the channel there II every.
thing in knowing how, writes Lillian
Bell, describing her yachting experi-
ences on the English channel in the
Ladies' Home Journal. have dis
carded the private stateroom. It IL too
expensive, and am not bit less un-
comfortable than when occupying six
feet Of the settee in the ladies' cabin,
with my feet on the flowers of another
woman's hat. In fact, l prefer the lat
ter. The other woman is always too i'll
to protest or to move. l have now. by
long and patient practice, proved to my
own satisfaction what serves me best
in case of seasickness. I will not stay
on deck. will not eat or drink any
thing to cure it. will not take any,
thing to prevent it. I will not sit up,
and will not keep my hat on. WhenI
go on board of a channel steamer my
first act is to shake hands with my
friends and go below. There present
the stewardess with modest testimo-
nial of my regard. l also give her my
ticket. Then l select the most desir-
able portion of the settee, near port
hole, from which can get fresh air.
I take of my hat and lie down. The
steamer may not start for an hour. No
matter. There am. and there stay.
The channel may be as smooth as glass,
but l travel better fat. Like manu-
script, l am not to be rolled. Some
times am not i'll at all. but I freely con-
fess that those times are infreQuent ana
disappointing.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
RAILROADS IN CHINA.
ealtiSs UAaeR Which They
Are Conducted.

A missionary writing from China to
. friend In this city recently described
the. difficulties under which the newly
completed railroads are conducted in
that country. says the New York Sun.
Passengers In the nrst-class coaches,
ne said. exhibited 20 strong . desire
to carry Oh various articles from the
cars a. souvenirs of their trip that the
coaches were speedily stripped of those
things that contribute to the comfort
of the passenger. They took away with
them hat and bundle racks, mirrors,
lamp brackets, hooks, small tables, and
even doors. They were considerate
enough to leave the car frame and
wheels. And the purloiners were gov
ernment officials and people belonging
to the wealthy classes.
The stations along the railroad over
which the writer travelled were rude
sheds, very uneleau and without a
chair or bench. The cars, too, were
very dirty. While this was especially
true of the second-ciuss coaches, which
were oftentimes crowded with half
naked, unwashed people. the first-class
coeches also became very unclean in
= short time. 1t soon became necessary
70 take out all the upholstery and re-
place 1t by plain seats.
When the railroads were being built
reports were spread that the foreign
contractors were stealing Chinese chill
dren and burying them in the roadbed
SO a. to propitiate the god who rules
over railroads. These reports greatly
excited the people, and in one instance
q mob attacked two missionaries near
Peking and would have killed them had
not detachment of soldiers rescued
them. Under guise of these reports
children were really kidnapped and taken
into the cities for immoral purposes.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
pERs1ANs LIKE CIGARETTES.
The Shah'a Subjects Are 0alA 70 BE
Rapidly Acquiring the Dmok.
ing Habit.

It appears that the smoking of~<g-
arettes has of late years spread almost
as rapidly in Persia az in this country,
says the London Mail. Cigarette to-
bacco was first introduced as an ag
ricultural product into the province OF
Ghilan in 1876. The seed was imported
from Samsoun, in Turkey. and the In
PRODUCTION of the planb into the north
ern province Of Persia has had the effect
of introducing the practice Of cigarette
smoking throughout the country. 1t
has become 50 general that even the
lowest peasant now goes about with
cigarette case and cigarette paper. Un-
til quite recent years only kalians, or
nubble-bubbles, and chibouks, or long
wooden pipes with red clay bowls, were
used-the former generally by the high
or classes and the latter by the peas
antry, laborers, mule drivers and other
people constantly on the move and.
therefore, requiring . more portable.
apparatus. The chibouk has now been
to very large extent replaced by Gig
arettes, the tobacco for this purpose be-
ing cheaper than the Shiraz tumbekeo.
which u required for kalian and CHI
bouk.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
HUNGRY BUT PROUD.
And the Poor Fellow Had to Resort
to 6trataGem to Hide the
Situation.


Late in the afternoon day or two
ago young man might have been no.
ticed passing through certain street
not far from the Plain Dealer building,
says a writer on that clever Cleveland
paper. He might have been noticed.
although it was plainly evident he
didn't wish to be. He passed along rap
idly for awhile and then slackened speed
and gazed about him furtively. Then
he walked on again. When he reached
the corner he turned and sauntered
back again. Again he slowed up to GER
tain point and stared about him. Three
times did he go through this perform
ance, each time something appearing
to thwart his mysterious purpose. Once
it was a group of approaching ladies.
once it was a pair of faces at win
dow. Finally he seemed to muster
courage. Walking briskIy back, he
slackened his pace only slightly. Then
II. turned abruptly and bolted through
the doorway of a cheap coffee-and-
doughnut restaurant.
You see, al that allied him was vig-
crous appetite, an emaciated pocket
book and desire TO avoid the wonder
ing attention OF aristocratic friends
who do not patronize co6ee-and-dough-
nut restaurants.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
IT WAS THE WRONG MAN.
The Soundly Slun bering Passenger
Was Awakened, But He Didn't
Thaak the Young Lady.

It was the last suburban train for
that evening. and when the girl stepped
aboard Of it she saw before her man
whom she knew. Later. seated in the
car, she noticed him sleeping soundly.
some distance in front OF her, with his
head on the back Of the seat. AS his
station drew uear she became decidedly
nervous on his account, says the Chi
cago Times-IIerald.
THAT gentleman asleep over there
ought to get OF at Kcnwood," she told
the conductor. presently, and the OFF,
cial reluctantly yielded to her persua-
sion, and aroused the slumbering pas
senger. !.
young lady says you ought to get
off here" he explained briefly, and the
erstwhile sleeper lazily turned q cham
paene-1ush face about.
what in thunder does 1T matter to
her where I get OFF, he demanded,
noisily.
And the girl nearly tainted where she
sat; for 1t was the wrong man.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
FRENCH AND GERMAN TRADE.
o Very Diseouraging Outlook
for France.

Under the title of ''The German In
vasion," M. Jules Roche, formerly
French minister of commerce and in
dustry. writing in the Paris Figaro,
draws a very discouraging picture OF
the present position of French com
lnerce. Taking the statistics OF the
custom-house administration just pub
lished for 1897. he shows that the I'm.
ports last year amounted to 4, ZOO, ,000. 900
francs. and the exports to 1876, ,0OO. 900
francs, which was an increase compared
with 1896 of 2Ol, 100000 francs in the
Imports, and 275,0OO,0 900 francs in the.
exports. M. Jules Roche admits the
progress is considerable, but he con-
tends that to form a just opinion of
the commercial situation of France II
is requisite to compare it with that OF
other nations. and especially Germany.
Taking the year following the Franco
Prussian war as a starting point for
his comparison, NJ. Jules Roche points
out that in 1872 the exports of France
amounted to 3,762. 100000 francs, and
those Of Germany to 2.900, ,O0o, 900 francs
In 1896. however, the exports of France
were only 3,401 100000 francs, while
those OF Germany had increased to
4,892 COO, 600 francs. Consequently. be-
tween 1872 and the end of 1896 the ex-
ports of Germany had increased by
1922 ,0O0, 600 francs, and those of Fra nee
had diminished by 361 100000 francs
that is to say, an increase of over 68
per cent. for Germany. and decrease
of nearly ten per cent. for France.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
TITLED LADIES AS FARMERS.
Ar0 Engaged I'm Raising
Ponies and Cattle.

Lady Dorothea and Lady Estella Hope
are demonstrating that peers sisters
can be successful in the practical busi-
ness Of pony and cattle breeding. Their
farm is at EGenbridge, near London,
where they WORK away regardless of the
fact that they have no chaperon to
guard them, says an exchange.
I'VE started with one pony" said
Lady Dorothea Hope, "and showed him
successfully, and 20 we went On. OF
course, we bought largely from Lord
londonderry stud farms in the north; ;
although our first pony did not come
from him, as matter of fact. We only
go in for Shelties, not at all for Gallo
ways, and we only breed show ponies,
and not-as does Lord londonderry
pit ponies, although, Of course, we sell
to all buyers. We are very successful
with our ponies, and we take the great
est possible pleasure in breeding and
showing them. It is very nice, if one is
fond of the country, being able to live
the greater part of the year there. al
though l like being in town, too.
"At Edenbridge we have also small
herd OF Jersey cows, which we have
shown rather successfully. Atone time
we went in for fox terriers. But the
fashion in these dogs changes 80 rapid
ly that we found we could not quite
Keep up with it. So, as we only like to
have the very best, we gave the dogs up.
We take great pleasure in our farming
and are very proud of it, and glad that
people should know how successfully
we have proved that ladies can make
this sort of thing pay-if they have a
taste for it."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
DOCTOR A BAD NE1cHBoR.
On Account OF Hin the Man In the
Other Half Of the House
Moves Out.

ssWhy, man." said the landlord to q
tenant whom he had recently secured
for q house that had been unoccuNed
for several months, according to the
Detroit Free Press, you're not going
to vacate 80 soon? You've only been
there a month" -
II know it. and month more would
be the end of me. ! am going to get
a house way out in the suburbs and in
the center Of big lot. You'll never get
me into double house again as long az
I live. I'd rather take the family and
camp out"
"The place Is all told you it was,
sir; good house, good neighborhood and
every thing in good repair. III look to
you for the rent until the end OF your
term"
That's all right, and I'll pay it. I'm
not mean enough to try to sublet it,
either. One thing you didn't tell me
was that the man in the other end OF
the house is doctor and that he seems
to have trained his patients to call on
him at night. haven't had any sleep
worth speaking of in the whole three
weeks. Coming up on the porch they
reach my door first. They ring the
bell as though it were fire alarm and
then begin pounding on the door. When
I'm forced to go to the door to prevent
its being broken in and to give the rest
Of the folks little show to sleep, it's
Get into your clothes, doc, and come
right over to the house. or Jimmie has
the Group or 'Raby's having an awful
time with his teeth or why didn't you
call this evening as you agreed to-? If
] put my head out of the window and
try to explain they get hot and tell ne
I'd better retire from business. or some
thing worse. I'll bring you the keys
this evening""
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
BAD COUNTRY FOR THIEVES.
How . oalprat Was MsfcilssslS
LasAeA Dovvn the Traal In
the Chillra4 Pass.

Mr.. II. D. AnnAble, Of Montreal, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, received
. letter containing the following de-
scription Of the way in which Justice
10 meted out In tho Chilkat pass re-
Rion:
.This IL . bad country for . thief.
There were two chaps just tried here
for stealing an outfit from man on
top OF the summit. They were caught
in the act and brought back to Sleeps
Head, and tried and sentenced to be
hanged. The younger of the two, by
the name Of wellington, put gun to
his head and finished himself. The,
other fellow, named Hanson, was tied
10 q tree, all his clothing taken Oh,
and then lashed with two big ropes
fastened to q stick. The man who in
ficted the punishment was supposed to
be the ablest man in the camp. was
close to the affair; 50 close, In fact,
that l had to hold my face back to
keep clear of the ropes while he was
swinging them. It was hard-look-
ing sight. After they had done this.
they painted him with the words Thief.
Pass him along and then started him
down the trail. Rr
"He had been examined by doctor
before the punishment, and they
whipped him until the, doctor signaled
for them to stop. In almost every
place the ropes struck him they drew
blood. When q man 10 caught stealing
up here they call miners meeting,
and whatever they agree to do they
carry it out"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23

Tie KE7sroNE Is the sole representative
of the Great Upper Wood River. .sawtooth
and enoh9 mining resiona. and. located
a It il in the ysry heart Of the. most psom
ising mining country q, the face of the
earth, and leaving nothfng undons to pre-
sent Its readers . complete synopsis Of all
mining news and developments, aswsll ~
matters of local importance In and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
itai and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe forit, read
it, and let your friends read It.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23

Oae WoaAa and Her Doctor.
A wealthy San Francisco woman who
had undergone an operation success
fully performed by the physician she
employed wss surprised when bill OF
only $50 was presented to her. She
demonstrated, says an exchange. say
ing that the sum was not sufficient for
the work done for one in her circum-
stances. But the doctor persisted that
$50 was his charge for that sort OF
operation, and her circumstances had
nothing to do with it, She, however.
sent him . check for $500, and was sur
prised when she later received q re-
ccipted bill for $3.50 for itemized serv.
ices rendered to the poor humanity OF
the city. This pleased her 80 mucn
that she sent another check. which II
being worked out in the same way
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
-. Hoyv.rd Might wsrry.

A woman in New York city lost both
Of her servants the other day. says the
Evening Sun. A friend OF her recon-
mended maid, and message was sent
to the maid to call. She did SO and was
engaged on the spot. When asked when
she could begin her duties she pointed
to big bag in the hall and said: Il
brought it along, as l thought you
might want me at once"
At the end of . week the mistress,
who found her satisfactory. said one
day: "Mary,, do your people know
where you are now?
mo. ma'am," was the reply; Il came
right away"
"But won't they worry aboutyou? ~?
"Well, ma'am, Mr.. Howard might be
.. little anxious That's my husband.
ma'am."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
DRYING DAMP WHEAT.

New Process Tor Ext1ecting Moisture
from. Grsln UnA~S . Vacuum.
A new process for axtihcially extract
ing rnoisture from wheat was put to o
careful test In Berlin recently, says the
London Times. The trial was carried
out at the instance OF Mr.. Yerburgh,
MI whe Gout tovee 80 quarters OF Eng
lish wheat to be Submitted to the proc
- The 1enaE 80 entirely satisfac-
tory, over ok Per caot. Of moisture be-
ing taken from the wheet, which was 9
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
Telling By the Color Of Their Clothes.

Telline By the Color Of Their Clothes.
According to tailor who has had
nearly life experience, it is possible,
with little study, to tell within little
what part of England man comes
from simply by the color of his cloth
ing. Fawn is in great demand among
Lincoln people. In the southern coun-
ties. such a. Cornwall and Somerset,
tho preference is for navy blue. In
north Wales the native choice il for
light cloth OF yellow tint, but further
south you meet with dark shades OF
brown. There is more black cloth sold
in Lancashire than in any other county.
excepting Middlesex, and yet in the adj
Joining counties north the public fancy
runs to drab and tweeds. Men who
wear clothes Of reddish4brown tint
are invariably Yorkshiremeu.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-23
1tative OF the Great Upper Wood River Mining Re
KETCHUM SATURDAY

The plaintiffs counsel, Maitre Goudi-
net, made tremendous onslaught in
his opening address. "Who are you, to
pretend to deny us the right to speak p
This after the man had roared away
for three hours! "By what right do
you condemn us to silence?" The win
dows were rattling at that moment
with his believing. "Is this France?
Is this the end Of the nineteenth CEN
tury? Was it our grandfathers who
razed the Bastile p