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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
MILD WINTER, SURE.

Hornets' Nests Are Low, Nuts Are
Scarce, and Weeds Are short.
We'll have mild winter. unless my
signs fail me-" says Henry Rife, the old
est farmer in Laltukenny township, \.
Y, according to an exchange, who has
all his life been noted as a weather
prophet among the folks along the
North mountains, land guess this
from the hornets, the nuts, and the
woods. notice that the hornets have
built their nests low. They would be
high up out OF reach, were we going to
have a hard winter. / can't explain
this, but my father and grandfather al
ways gauged by this. Then nuts of all
kinds are scarce. There are hardly any
chestnuts, shellbarks, or acorns. If a
hard winter was coming the Good Man
would have provided for the animals
that must istarve this year if the snow
lies deep. A big crop of nuts is always
followed by hard winter, and this also
works the other way. Then notice
that the weeds have grown up short,
and their seeds hang near the ground.
Were hard winter coming the weeds
would have grown up tall. so that when
the snow would lie deep the birds could
hop along on the snow rand get the seeds
from the top OF the plants. If the weeds
are covered with snow for a long time.
the birds can't get any feed. The Good
Man looks after the Birds. too, and
don't believe they will starve this win
fer on account of the berries and seeds
being covered with snow. For these
three reasons think We'll have mild
winter"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
GOVERNMENT SALOONS.

Their Proceeds Pay for Public Ina-
provements I'm Norway.
Winding away over the hills that
overlook the beautiful Norwegian city
of Bergen is a magnificent highway.
bearing the curious appellation of the
Drink road" inquiry developing the
information that it derives it's name
from the fact that it was constructed
with a portion of the profits of the
sole of liquor by the municipality, un-
der system inaugurated 13 years ago,
and which has proved in every way SO
successful, both from moral and Pc
cuniary standpoint, that it has been
adopted, with but three exceptions,
in every city in Norway, says the Phil
adelphia Record.
Under this plan the municipal author
tiles, after deciding how many licenses
are required, grant them, not to indi-
viduals, but to stock company, which
is not allowed to receive more than
five per cent. on the capital invested,
the remainder being appropriated by
the city to schools, parks. roads. hos
pitals and other public improvements.
The liquors are carefully selected and
inspected, and are always pure; the
barkeepers and appointed by the gov
ernment, and ear'uniforns and num-
bers; the bars are plain rooms without
seats; only a small quantity. not over
six cents worth, of liquor can be sold
at one time to anyone; children are not
allowed to act as messengers, and the
saloons are under government con-
troll and the books always open to in
spection.
The average profits are about 1875 per
cent, of which 100 goes to the city,
and the sales have been reduced from
12.50o,000 Norwegian quarts to $780,
900, and the scheme is found to be
more promotive of real temperance
than iron-bound prohibition enact
mont
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
The Secret. of . Miner in the Klon
dixie Gold Fields.

The Secret of . Miner in the KlOn-
dixie Gold Fields.
The Klondike is responsible for the
concoction of chemical compound
which promises to revolutionize mining
methods in every section where winter
puts q stop to operations every year.
The nature of the chemical is a Sc
cret. which the inventor will divulge tc
no one. The chemical is simple and
cheap, however, and can be manufac
tured upon the ground where the mine.
is located. The discoyerer will locate
several mines in the spring, and devel-
op them the following summer and
winter. No matter how cold the atmos-
phere, it will not interfere with ths
thawing properties of the wonderful
fluid.
The value of such a discovery is
readily apparent 1t practically con-
quers the inconvenience Of cold and ex-
treme temperatures, and does away
with the necessity of thawing the
ground by the slow and tedious meth
cd of building fires and allowing them
to thaw out the frozen earth. The in
ventor estimates that the chemical will
melt the earth to the depth of two
feet. Continual application of the fluid
will allow the miners to keep continu-
ously at their labor.
Besides using the fuid for developing
whatever mines he locates, the in
ventor will take up enough material to
supply the other miners at reasonable
prices.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
PEACHES rs YEARS OLD.

LabOrer Diac0vers q Can of Preserved
Fruit In an Old Cellar.
Canned peaches at least IS years old,
which, like wine, seem to have improved
with long standing, were feast few
DAYS ago for the family of Charles
Zeilman, of Haddington, reports the
Philadelphia Record. It was while dig
ging with fellow workmen for the eel
lars Of a row Of new houses on ground
that was once part Of the old Dalton
farm that Zellmsn Gtruck his pick into
a cavity. Investigation revealed sort
of stone lined well not more than six
feet deep, which had been covered over
and concealed. There was foot of
clean cold water at the bottom, in
which stood an old-fashioned glazed
earthenware jar, with the lid sealed
tightly on with wax. It was not with
out some difficulty that the jar was
opened, but it was finally done by
forcing it with the edge of spade. The
men had expected to see treasure OF
some kind and were surprised. not to
say disappointed. when only bright yei-
low peaches met their gaze. The fruit
was perfectly preserved. Zcllman
claimed the prize by right OF discovery,
and his family devoured the contents
of the jar, about two quarts, without re-
gard to historic value. Close by the
covered well is the now leveled site OF
the old Dalton farmhouse, abandoned
early in the present century. How the
good wife who put up the peaches hap
pened to forget them in the spring IS
more than can be told, nor does Zellman
oroafly care.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
HIS NOSE WAS HIS EYE.

Strange Result Of An Accident to q
Sixteenth Century Man.
Several authors of the sixteenth CEN
tuTy mentioned the existence of a man
who, having lost his eyesight, could
see through his nose, says the Philadel-
phia Record. The story, much doubted
at the time and pronounced fabulous
by physicians, is nevertheless true if
the researches of E. Douliot prove cor
rect. It seems that the victim had lost
his right eye early in, life, and later
on while climbing On cherry tree fell
upon fence, the pickets horribly mutt
lating the left eye, the cheek and the
nose. The surgeon called in consid-
cred the eye entirely destroyed, sewed
up the wound and it healed in time,
forming large scar where the eye
had been. A year later the man, then
considered stoneblind. lay in the grass,
when he surprised himself by discov-
ering that he could perceive through
the cavity of the nose the sky and the
color of the flowers on the meadow
around him. From that time On he
practiced for five or six years to see
with his nose, which to him became
practically the organ of vision. He
gradually became more proficient in
seeing in this way and could see every
thing beneath him while he remained
quite insensible to the light from above.
The condition of this man can be
explained scientifically. Although the
lens of the eye had been torn from its
socket by the fall, the optic membrane
and the nerves at the rear of the cavity
of the eye had retained some of the
seeing power. When the eye had healed
together small hole in the~bone oven
the ntse must have formed which acted
as lens in the same way as rinhole
can be used to take Photographic pic
ture. This also proves that the retina
of the eye acts like a camera C,bscura
where the objects from the outside be-
come visible when the rays OF light
arrive there after passing through
small opening.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
IRON DISSOLVED BY WATER.

Fluid Containing More CaPh01Afc Acid
Than Lime Does the Work.
Some interesting experiments and re-
searches into the ability of water to ex-
ercise a destructive influence on iron
pipe, which have recently been made
in Europe, have yielded results not gen.
orally expected, reports the Philadel-
phia Record. It has been ascertained
that waters containing little lime,
but an appreciable quantity of dis
solved carbonic acid, were observed to
exercise solvent action upol. the iron,
and the course of the action was traced.
A known quantity of iron filings was
placed in each of three vessels, which
were respectively filled with ordinary
river water, and the same water after
carbonic acid has passed through it for
a few minutes, and after the addition
of sufficient lime to just neutralize the
carbonic acid. The vessels were sealed
by mercury from contact by the air,
and after the lapse of certain time the
iron dissolved in each case was deter
mined. In the first case the water
had dissolved about 0.0003 per cent;
in the second, o.02 per cent, while in
the third only traces of iron could be
discerned. The water in the second
case was clear, but on standing ex-
posed to the air ferric oxide separated.
1t was therefore inferred that waters
containing carbonic acid and very little
lime dissolved iron as ferrous carbon
ate. The latter is then decomposed by
the oxygen, of the air, and ferric oxide
is deposited and carbonic acid formed.
The latter can again attack the iron,
and thus water containing little car
bonic acid may have powerful ac-
ton upon iron pipes.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
WILD BIRDS SEEK FARMYARDs.
Turkeys in Virginia Roost with tn
Domestic Fowls.

Turkeys in Virginia Roost with the
Donestic Fowls.
Turkeys are 90 plentiful that it is
nothing uncommon to hear OF their
coming to roost at farmhouses, along
side the domestic birds. Nj. P. M.
Yeager, living at Travellers Repose, W.
Va, and IS miles west of Monterey, has,
according to Che Richmond Dispatch,
six wild ones running with his tame
flock. These, however, have little ro-
nance connected with them that does
not often come into the life Of turkey.
One day East spring Mr.. Yeager and
his daughter, Miss Pearl, went from
their home to q clubhouse" several
miles distant and situated in the soil
tudes of Cheat mountain. Fishing down
one of the mountain streams for trout,
they unexpectedly flushed covey OF
wild turkeys, consisting of the mother
bird and a nest full of little fellows.
The old one few away to safe distance,
while the little ones, true to their ma
ture, scrambled away and hid among
the ferns. Six of them were made cap
tives, and it was decided to take them
home, but how was it to be done sue
cessfully? Miss Pearl dropped them
into the capacious and mysterious
depth of her bonnet and bore them in
triumph to the farmyard, where they
were again to see the light and make
their future home. The tiny fellows
took kindly to their new existence and
soon made fast friends Of new neigh
bors. Months have come and gone and
they are now full-grown, noble fellows,
fit to grace the table of king.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
THE cH,NAMAN's PioTAlL
II 10 Often Cat on by the HoodluRs
of san Francisco.


II IL Often Cat on BY the HooAl1ns
of San Francisco.
Among the real injuries that can be
offered to. Celestial is to- cut OF his
hair, which he wears in plait down his
back and 10 which disrespectful western
nomenclature has attached the name of
pigtAil, says the Washington Post.
Sometimes the hoodlums in San Fran
cisco and the Larkins in Sydney, N. 8.
W., in an overflow Of animal spirit and
in unresorved contempt of the heathen
Chinee cut OF the pigtail, and the un-
happy victim OF this outrage has to go,
like the messengers OF David, who, be-
ing .shorn by the Philistines, were told
to tarry in Jericho till their boards did.
grow, and, asthe old Hebrews did, dwell
apart until the pigtail became observa-
bic.
It is reserved for the administration
Of the public works prison in Torontoto
show consideration for the pigtail under
circumstances not usually considered
as sources of tenderness, and the Chi
nese who come there as convicts will
hereafter retain their pigtais. In this
country in state prisons the hair is cut
close and no national custom will save
it, though it be as sacred a. China
mans pigtail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
KNOWS THE BIBLE BY HEART.
Deaf and Blind COlOred Boy Who Can
Quote Scripture Correctly.

Deaf and Blind COIOFe0 Boy VINO Coa
Quote Scripture Correctly.
"While visiting an old friend on the
Tennessee river, near where Shannon's s
creek empties in. the larger stream, not
long since," said a country minister,
reports the Louisville Post, Il saw
negro lad of IL who is as great won
der to me as Helen Kellar, the world
famous blind girl and deaf mute. He
lives in typical Kentucky backwoods
community, and has had no advan-
tages. My friend asked me it I would
like to see the youth, and Iassured him
/ would. We went to the child's home,
if the little hut might be termed home,
and before left it opened my eyes
wide in astonishment. The boy was
born deaf and blind, and with one arm.
He was for years, while mere tot.
called the freak by the negroes who
unfeelingly poked fun at the unfortu-
nate. This child was given raised
letter Bible by an old nomadic mis-
sionary, who happened to see the pick
-aninny while preaching to the negroes,
and from it the boy learned every chap
ter in the Bible. He can quote any
verse in the Scriptures and do it quick
". He spends every hour of his time
in studying Gods Word, and says he is
going to teach the blind children of his
race. The lads name is Harry William
Balaam Freeman. and he is cookbook
ing mulatto. I am going to get some
friends Of mine to join me in collec-
tion to be sent the boy to further his
studies. His mother works in the field,
and his father is a a.steamboat rousta-
bout"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
NO MACINTOSH.
Contrary Effects of the Absence o1
One on q Friend of Col. Calhper.

Contrnrv E6ects of the Absence Of
One On . Friend Of Col. Calhper.
81 knew q man once," said Col. Cal
liper, according to the New York Sun,
"a young man who had everything that
heart could wish for, who, notwith-
standing that fact, was apretty sane and
sensible sort of young man, but who,
nevertheless, did at times, in his young
er days, before he had learned the
philosophy of life. occasionally have
periods of depression. In one OF these
on his way home once from Europe
he came to the conclusion that life
wasn't worth living, and he made UP
his mind to end it all right there by
jumping overheard. AS he looked over
the rail and realized how wet the wa
ter was, and how much there was OF it,
he knew that he ought not to go out
in it without macintosh.
"Going below he discovered that ne
had neglected to bring ones On this
occasion of all others when he wanted
one most he had none. But he couldn't
think of encountering the wet inap-
propriately clad, and 50 he deferred
jumping overheard until he could do so.
in proper form. Next morning, with
the res4iency of youth, he was feeling
better, and he arrived in New York
buoyant, hopeful and strong.
"And, curiously enough, while in
other respects he remained as punctili-
GUS as ever about his dress, he never
after that wore a macintosh; and Sc
went out in all sorts of weather with
out hesitation. 1t was his carelessness
in this regard that led finally to death
Out without a macintosh in heavy
rain at the age of 81 he caught cold
that settled on his lungs. developed into
pneumonia and carried him off, and so
it may be said of my friend that ne
owed his long life, and his death, to the
same cause"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
HE AAaDesT-woRkEo WOMAN
IA the Land 10 the Mistress ef the
White H0u0e.

n the LanA 10 the Mistress ef the
white House.
The author of q series of letters, CIV
ing ''The Inner Experiences OF Cab
met Members Wife," In the Ladies'
Home Journal, gives some new and ex-
eeedingly frank gTimpses of Washing
ton ofaciaE life. The letters are un-
dated. therefore the administration
cannot be identified. She says OF a
presidents wife, in letter to her sis
ter, to whom all the missives are in
dited: ''The worst of living in the
white house is the lack of privacy and
room. The first lady of the land
is about the hardest-worked woman in
America in many ways. The present
lovely incumbent has more leisure than
most of those who have occupied the
place, because she knows no more
about the domestic arrangements than
il she lived in hotel. Everything is
turned over to housekeepers who
does not even report to Mrs. President
The presidents wife has not the lux
uries nor, convenience of ordinary
rich people living in large cities. Her
quarters are circumscribed, and she
is besieged by reporters, especially dur
ing the first year, while the mere read
ing of her letters received every day Is
a heavy task, although she has secre-
tary to help her out. This Mrs. Pres
ident does not even receive the reports
of the head steward, the chief official
servant Of the household It is said
that he went to her not long ago to ask
her advice about getting rat poison to
kill the numerous rat and mice occu-
pants Of the white house (be it said in
shame of the nation), and she told him
his province was to keep everything
disagreeable hidden from her-from
rats to ghosts. That settled Mr.. Stew
ard"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22

marks. This, the author estimates, can
only have been made by stock exchange
speculations, based on the knowledge
that the prince derived from his position
at the head of the German government.
and which he confded to Bleichroeder.
That, with the cares OF empire on his
shoulders. he left his monetary affairs
in the hands of his banker is very pos
sible, and equally possible 10 it'th&t his
banker did the best for his client But
/ should require good deal more evil
dence than is afforded in this pamphlet
to believe that the prince sreculated On
state secrets in partnership with He
brew fnancier or that his fortune is
now anything like 10000, 900 marks
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
NEW SLAVERY AT CAPE TOWN.
Bechuana Prisoners Are Bought by
the Farmers.

Bechuana Prisoners Are Bought by
the Farmers.
The "siave mart" judging from an
article in the Cape Times, appears to
be definitely established in. Cape Town,
says the London Chronicle. The slaves,
Of course, are the Bechuana prisoners,
and although there is no suggestion
that these wretched creatures are treat
ed with harshness while in the gov
ernment care, they are clearly .consid-
cred and disposed of precisely as If
they were mere bales of goods or cat
tie. Careful watch and ward is kept
over them and the writer says that
sit is not easy to pass the strict guard
at the gate unless you are a farmer
coming to pick your labor.
Round three sides of the square court
yard men and women are squatting inn
passively or standing chattering in
knots. They are ill-clad and exceeding
~ ilI-favored, but not ill-nourished, like
the first batch of skeletons that came
down to town. A child here and there
is even bonny. There is no very obvi-
Gus detection. The nearest to 1t Is a
moody, passive look"
The farmers, too, quite enter into
the spirit of tie ''slave mart" They 60
round the market scanning the men
and Sorting out those Of the largest
size," as did the walrus and the car
penter with the oysters. The natives
cast expression1ess, sidelong glances at
their possible masters while they are
being appraised like goods in store.
Having selected one or two from a
group, the farmer is chagrined at be-
ing told by harried official: 1--WE can
not break this lot for you," as il the
knot of negroes were a dinner service
or suite of bedroom furniture. Back
goes the farmer and looks the natives
up and down again, and at length de-
cides 'to take the lot" When the na-
tives are duly indentured for five years
their master unhitches his cart and
mules, outside, bundles his labor" in
and drives his bargain home.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
Pat,a Panther.

Three northern men were hunting in
Missouri, and had with them an Irish
man as cook. One evening, after dark,
the cook took q pail and went to near
by stream for water, and in less than a
minute he came running back, all in a
tremble. When he found his speech,
he explained that he had been chased
by a panther. The hunters set out to
investigate, but could find no trace of
the beast. The next evening the cook
was at work when there came wild,
unearthly scream, almost over his head.
'Panther!" howled the cook, letting the
pot drop into the fire. There was gen.
cral shout Of laughter. "You goose"
cried one OF the hunters, at length.
-''your panther il . Bcreech owll".
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22
BAD MANNERS OF SHOPPERS.
SkOw No Courtesy to Clerks ana Make
All the Trouble.


skow No Courtesy to Clerks ana Make
All the Trouble.
We show our best manners in shops,
in hotels, in crowds, as well as in the
most unusual circumstances of society,
declares writer in the New Orleans
Pnayune. How few of us show any
real courtesy to shop. assistants, who
yet have to maintain smiling face and
an unruffled demeanor, insulted as they
may be half q dozen times day. We
march in with the air of conquerors
annexing all that pleases our fancy.
We make our desires known with short,
sharp words of command, with never
'-please" to soften the verbal asperity
we AFFECT. We toss things about the
counter with disdain that expresses
itself as acrimoniously as if colors and
patterns were moral offenses which
gave us righteous cause for anger.
We give ell the trouble we can, with
out thought as to the time to be en-
ployed in putting awav the failures we
so CONTEMPORARY discard, and then
we stalk out of the shop, where we
have not expended shilling, and we
carry our heads as If we were the in
jured party, not they-those poor
snubbed and badgered shop assistants.
This is no fancy portrait. We can see
it realized in good substantial flesh and
blood any day we like to 60 into large
shop and watch the throng passing to
and fro. Whether it be from pride, or
shyness. or downright boorishness, it
is none the less reprehensible, and he
would be true benefactor to his coun-
try who should substitute for our pres
ent bearing something more gracious
and more genial, more courteous and
more cOnsiderate,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-01-22

"b; W. Wstlington, A. H. Rahm and
Neison +. Kinhall, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
a; aoa are hereby notified that the under
H. isned iae mas expended $lUO, in the year 1895,
'Aoof and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
.'ue ~ mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
nouiaer, mining district, Blaine county,
d. dto, ~, IN order to hold said premises un-
Nh, sue provisions of section 1924, Revised
aau.es sn OF the United States, being the
sm1uht snI e required to hold the same during
si,b;r viii ,or SAID calendar year 1885, and if.
,hs h,in ninety days after the expiration of
uubI;s m Ip;u.pllsation OF this notice. which will be
iIsheo iuss ~ ca Tor ninety days, you fail or re-
teps e " contribute Your respective proper
srna,a " such expenditure as co-owners,
said iIui!g sl TO your respective interests in
Yiy,seim slaim VIZ: B. W. Watlington, one
t.su,S tSn.n, S6.3; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
eyhtt no and Nelson F. Kimball, one
VIII ~ slZoo, your interests in said claim
sr,y at oe forfeited to and become the prop
tue os 81 sne undersigned, under and by vir-
VI SAID section 2324.
NJ; EDWARD BRISBIN.
FIRST publication, Feb. Is, 1886.