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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
ESCAPED FROM THE COFFIN!

The most remarkable experience OF
aaron Corvo. who was to all appear
ances dead and was then placed In q
coffin and entombed, is told here by
the baron himself. In plain but
vivid manner he describes his sensa-
tions as the priests said the last sad
rites, his coffin was nailed up and he
was carried of to the tomb, which was
about to be sealed up by concrete.
Baron Corvo's thrilling story OF how
1t feels to be buried alive has great
timely interest just now, in view of the
agitation in favor of stricter exam
ination Of persons supposedly dead.
The baron had been a student In
Roman priesthood, but. being Ill, he
went into the hills of San Glorgio, liv-
ing in villa there. Close at hand was
the convent of the Cappucini. In whose
garden the baron used to walk. One
day, frightened by lizard that sud-
denly leaped into his sleeve. he fell to
the ground. apparently unconscious.
AS a matter Of fact, he says. he was
perfectly conscious. The doctors
toiled over him, rubbing and bathing
him and applying revivers OF various
kinds, during all of which the baron
says that he was wholly conscious. OBJ
serving everything that was being
done to save his life. He says he,
even noted the smell of ammonia.
Finally the doctor gave him up az
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
TRICKS OF AN OPIUM VICTIM.
How q Woman Kept Herself Supplied
nth the UruRat O sanitarium.

How q Woman Kept Herself Supplied
with the Urugat q sanitarium.
A Chicago physician gives this ac-
count of colleagues recent medical
experiences: II could give you the
name of the patient" he said, but
that would be breach of professional
confidence, and, anyway, 1t is not es-
sential. She was divorced, but l hear
has married again. She is good look
ing. clever, rich and quite well known
in society, but for long time was ad-
dicted to the Use of opium. The habit
became so strong that her relatives
advised her to go under an assumed
name to a sanitarium for treatment.
She refused, until they threatened to
have her committed to some asylum
for the insane, when she suddenly
yielded, taking q nurse with her.
.sThe sanitarium doctors were sur
nrised to note that she did not seem
depressed as are most patients during
the first few weeks of abstinence from
the drug. One day the doctor said to
her: You don't seem to miss your
opium?
"sNo,' she said with a smile, 1T did
not have such a hold on me az I
thought
Later, however, the doctor discov-
cred by mere accident the cause OF her
cheerfulness. One Of the regular at
tendants caught her in the act of tax
ing opium. When he asked her where
she had obtained the drug she refused
to tell. But after q little urging she
confessed that she had brought a sup
ply with her.
"The matron searched the room and
when she came to the Office to report
she had d strange story. The woman
had hidden little packages of opium
in every conceivable part Of her dress
a. There was opium In the sleeves.
In the rufIles, in the lace. in the lining
and in blind pockets. There was
opium concealed In the papers which
abe used to curl her hair.
.she made 1t q part Of her maids
duty. tho doctor learned. to administer
this opium to her In such . way that
Il you'd not be detected. The maid
- promptly sent home. Her mis-
tras. va supplied with new dresses
ana placed In another room. For sev-
araI weeks she underwent tho deproae-
- experience Of all who break OF the
hahst. But now she Is cured"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04

soon as an engagement is announced
the prospective bridegroom begins In
mediately to weave his brides trous-
seau. The engagement is really .
marriage. AS soon rs girl consents
to marry man he takes her or with
him to the house Of his family. The
public ceremony, however. 10 not per-
feTaed for SIX weeks. During these
six weeks she lives at his father's
house. and he Is busy getting her
clothes ready. He weaves her three
dresses. one of them being white
one for the wedding dress. Then the
public ceremony takes place, and after
that he goes to live at her house and
becomes son of her father. He takes
the name and totem of his wife's fam
lily. and all inheritance is reckoned
through the female side. It Is sur
vival, you see, of the primitive ma
triarchate, which went out among civ
ilized nations when Egypt dropped In
to the abyss Of ages"
The Indians were not pleased to
have white visitors. The most that
could be said for their urtesy was
that they tolerated them. Sometimes
this toleratien broke out into active
hostility. One day the party went
down into one OF the kivas, or under
ground chambers, where the prelim-
mary ceremonies Of the snake dance
were In progress. They nearly paid
the penalty with their lives, and made
their escape as quickly as possible
from the infuriated Indians. During
the progress Of the snake dance Miss
Cole sat calmly sketching the curious
scene, when one of the priests, who
did not like to have his picture taken,
rushed up and slapped her in the face
with his rattlesnake. Miss Cole is an
American girl, and does not like to be
hit by man. Anger conquered fear,
and she brought her big canvas down
smartly on his head. Friends rushed
in, and fresh Indian war was stopped
then and there. But Mr.. Holmes. with
his kinetoscope, had caught the whole
transaction, to his vast delight.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
Awoke In a Comm.

John Clark, an inmate of the Dodge
City (Kan.) Soldiers home, apparent
ly died, was placed in a coffin and
the body was put in room for the
night, ready for burial the following
day. During the night great noise
was heard in the room occupied by
the supposed dead man. Watchers
rushed in and found Clark, who had
kicked of the unfastened cover OF the
casket, sitting up and gasping for
breath. Stimulants were applied and
the man supposed to be dead revived,
and is now alive to tell his experiences
In death. Clark related that he wasl
seized with hunger and that his feet,
were cold. He said he did not believe
he was in heaven, for he would not be
hungry there, and he could not think
himself in the other place, for II he
had been there his feet would not be
cold.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04

We timed our visit so as to see the
snake dance, which is the most famous
thing among the Pueblo Indians, and
the feature that draws the few tour
lists who penetrate that far. There
are seven OF these pueblos, with to-
tA population of about 5000. Each
has snake dance every two years.
The one we saw was that of the Oral
bi. What is the significance of the
snake dance? 1t is prayer for rain.
OF course the Pueblos are in very
hot, parched country, where water is
scarce and valuable. The snake dance
is performed in August, when water
Is the ~scarcest. 1t Is a religious cere-
grant rain. And the queerest thing is
that 1t brings the rain"
Miss Cole gives a graphic description
Of the snake dance, when the Indians,
after conducting ceremonies for nine
days in the underground chambers,
dance with live rattlesnakes In their
mouths. This scene is more or less
familiar to the readers Of travels, but
Miss Cole made some interesting OBJ
servations on the conditions of the
women, which the average tourist does
not.
"The women among the Moquis, and
presume the other Pueblo Indians,
hold far higher position than among
the wandering Indians of the plains.
There Is in every village a medicine
woman, who Is held in very high re-
gard, indeed. She alone in the tribe
knows the secret of brewing the con-
coction which the priests drink after
they have finished the snake dance.
This concoction Is horrible mess. 1t
is a fearful emetic, and it about turns
the men inside out when they drink
It. l suppose the origin of that was to
counteract the poison in case the
snakes struck them. 1t is wonderful
how seldom the snakes do this; but
sometimes they do strike. Then the
ordinary housewife among the Moquis
is well treated. The men do all the
deld work. They have great peach Or
chards and fields of melons and all
sorts of vegetables. They live entire
" nm vegetables and fruits. Their
land Is in common, and their store OF
food after the crops are gathered, is
In common. Every man has to do his
share of farm work, and every family
in the village gets its share OF food.
Besides this, the men do all the spin
ming and weaving. Their cloth Is
woven OF wool, from their great focks
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
6PORTsMEN's FINDS.
Rabbit Chase Which Leads 10 Unexpeot-
ed Good Fortune.

Rabbit Chase Which Leads 10 Unexpeot-
cd Good Fortune.
We have all heard Of the good young
man who, because he was good, one
day found purse containing $4,000
600 in gold and who was thus enabled
to marry the daughter of the rich
candy woman, whom he had long
adored, says Forest and Stream.
Somewhat in this line are couple of
shooting stories which appear in the
daily press this week and which show
how good a thing 1t Is to be true
sportsman. In one case hunter was
chasing rabbit, which took refuge
In hole In stone wall The hunter
reached his hand into the hole, after
the rabbit, but drew forth instead of
the game long-lost marriage certifi-
cate. which had by reason of Its alb
sence caused for some years distinct
family disturbance. In another case
poor but honest sportsman was out
squirrel hunting. He shot and wound
ed a squirrel and in return for his
kindness the squirrel ran into q hol-
low tree. Reaching down into the
hollow, the sportsman pulled out box
full OF gold coin of ancient date but
OF much intrinsic value. There are
many Of us who have hunted for many
years and have never found either q
marriage certificate or box OF gold,
but we should not be discouraged; II
we are good We shall perhaps some
day be rewarded by some such dis
covery.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
Odd Oaths In C0uPk.

In Austria Christian witness II
sworn before cruciflxs between two
lighted candles. and. holding up his
right hand. says: II swear by God,
the Almighty. and All Wise, that I
will speak the pure and full truth,
and nothing but the truth, in answer
to anything I may be asked by the
court" Probably the most curious
European oath Is administered In Nor
way. The witness raises his thumb.
his forefnger and his middle finger.
These signify the Trinity, while the
larger Of the uplifted fingers is sup
posed to represent the soul Of the wit
ness and the smaller to indicate his
body.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
IS A FAMOUS JOURNALIST.

Probably no newspaper woman In
the world Is more noted than Mrs. En-
lily Crawford, who for years has held
the responsible position Of foreign
correspondent for the London Daily
News and London Truth.
She practically began work as q
newspaper correspondent when she
was a girl in her teens. She was born
in Dublin city and was the daughter
Of Mr.. Andrew Johnstone, gentleman
of landed property who suffered re-
verses which left his wife and family
in straitened circumstances at his
death. Emily helped in the education
Of her younger brothers and sisters,
and after the family removed to Paris
she found an unexpected and unsought
opening into journalism. Her mother
brought excellent introductions to
Paris, which secured admission to the
court circles at the Tuileries, and En-
lily Crawford had thus an opportunity
of studying life at the gay French
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
KETCHUM, IDAHO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1895.

curiously at them. When a man Is
brought into this room a statement
10 made of his name, his history, his
religion. his age, the crime he Is there
Tor, and so on. There are, maybe, half
dozen women of his religion on the
eligible list, and he is taken to the
nrst one in the row. II, after talking
with her few minutes, he doesn't
mink he would like her, he goes on
10 the next one. He is always covert
~ casting his eyes along the line to
see II there are any further down that
ne likes better than those near the
TOP. Sometimes he sees one near the
end OF the line that takes his fancy.
and he will walk straight by all the
otners and go to her. II she likes
MIN, too, they go up to the table and
her history is read to him. He may
possibly object to the crime she was
sent up for, and, If so, the affair Is
declared on; but usually there Is no
trouble about that. for If man likes
the looks of woman he doesn't care
how she came to be there.
When they have paired OF as many
as possible the keepers let the differ
ent couples go out and walk about in
the grounds for the rest of the after
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
BRAVE PHILADELPHIA BELL.
6sason's Debutants Who Can Fight ~


Seasons Debutants who Can Fight ~
Well as Dance,
Miss Minnie Fell is one Of the most
exclusive debutantes of the austerely
exclusive set Of prim Philadelphia
this season. She Is a cousin of the
Drexel brothers, and connected by
family ties with almost everyone of
note in the metropolis of Pennsylvania.
But Miss Fell is not only a society
girl, but an athlete as we'll, and If she
makes as good run for the honors
OF belledom as she made last week
In the athletic world she ough to be
leader by the time the Lenten bells
ring. All her friends around town are
congratulating her on her courage and
presence Of mind when she recently
captured a burglar In broad daylight
on Broad street. She and Miss Pauline
Biddle had just left the box office of
theater, where they had been pur-
chasing tickets, when a burly negro
grabbed Miss Fell's pocketbook and
was on with rush. But Miss Fell
was "rusher" too. She pursued him
down Broad street to SAMSON and
around the corners, until at Twelfth
and Walnut she overhauled him, and,
grabbing his coattails, hung on and
screamed until a policeman came to
her assistance. Owing to her desire
not to have the affair made public she
ola not appear against the footpad,
who only got ninety days in conse-
quence; but such an escapade as that
was bound to come out, and now all
'ae town Is talking about it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
RENTS IT'S ELECTRIC MOTORS.
Rsmuneratlvo Experiment Conducted By
City Of Bradford, ENGLAND.

City Of Bradford, England.
One obstacle to the more rapid adop-
ton Of electric power. especially in
the case Of small users everywhere, Is
undoubtedly the want Of capital to
purchase the necessary motor; but
where the power to purchase exists tho
buyer often has little or no experience
with electrical matters to guide him In
his purchase, and II his means are linz
tied he will naturally be tempted to
venture on a cheap line with probably
unsatisfactory results. A solution OF
these difficulties, which has been ap-
piled with excellent results ut Brad
ford. England, Is the purchase Of good,
reliable motors, and Offering them for
hire by the owners Of the electricity
supply undertakings, who, In this in
stance, are the municipality itself. Ac-
cording to figures prepared by Alfred
H. Gibbings, the city electrical engin-
eer of Bradford. they have found there
that rental charge of 10 per cent
upon the initial cost of each motor was
amply sufficient to yield acceptable re-
turns, this charge being made up Of 8
per cent for interest, 8 per cent for
sinking fund, and per cent for de-
probation and contingent expenses.
The Bradford corporation inaugu-
rated their scheme OF hiring-in which.
by the way ARC lamps also are included
on similar terms-in November, 1896,
and up to October of this year had sup
piled ninety-eight motors to consum-
ers. The increase In electricity sup
piled for motive power In 1895, with
only two months of the hire system in
force, over that supplied in 1895, was
a little over 10000 Board of Trade
units; in 1897 the increased sale over
1896 was $4,000 units. and for 1898
the increase over 1897 will probably
be nearly $4,000 units, representing q
more than 80 per cent increase. These
figures show very strikingly to what
extent the facilities offefsd by the
Bradford corporation are appreciated.
Hitherto the supply has been con-
fined to small-power uses, such as for
cranes, hoists. fans, pumping and sim
liar purposes. More recently, how
ever, applications for motor service
have come from a large spinning and
weaving firm, several foundries where
blowers are to be driven, sawmill re-
curing about twenty horse power, and
an engineering shop requiring about
| fifty horsepower, all Of which indi-
Gates growing and gratifying conf
dence in electric power.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
A Flag of Precious Stones.

a new York jeweler has combined
PATRIOTISM with very fine advertise
ment by making copy of the Stars
ana Stripes, which is probably the
uos' - expensive flag in the whole world.
s quite small, only Z inches by 4
,l'nes' Dut Is worth at least $17, 500.
~ @ entirely composed Of precious
ssones' 1t has thirteen stripes and
.of'y-two stars. The white stripes are
VI small diamonds, 800 Of which 60 to
u4Ie them up. The red stripes are
.1D'es, the same in number and size
- ine diamonds. For the blue field
.a %ete are about 300 sapphires, with
.".y-two NJ large diamonds for stars.
uis unique flag is displayed in the
jewelers. window on Broadway. and
'oracts constant crowd.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
Especial Letter.)


Much has been printed about the
habits and customs Of the MoQui In
dams. but many new things are re-
lated by Miss Blanche D. Cole Of Dem
yer. Col, who went down among the
Navajoes and Moquis last summer to
gather information for the Field mu-
scum Of the Chicago university. She
was the leading spirit OF q small party
Of explorers. and her chat with re-
porter few days ago reveals many in
teresting points not found In Official
reports and books.
1T is hard trip In some ways, "
she says. ut Is hard physically; tire
some. mean. and the water Is very
bad, and 1t is impossible to get good
food. We took every pound of our
provisions with us. But one does not
mind that on such an interesting trip
as this. We went 100 miles away from
the railroad and remained there two
weeks, camping in tents. OF course
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
SOMETIMES HAVE A FIGHT.

SOMETIMES HAVE A FIGHT.
noon, to get acquainted with each
other and spark little, maybe. Some
times they don't make more than one
or two matches in a whole afternoon,
for they are very hard to suit, those
convicts, though you would think
they'd be glad to get anybody or any
thing, just for a change of life from
that in the jail. These marriage par
ties always take place on Saturday,
and just week from that day the
man Is allowed to visit the woman
acquaintance. If at the end of three
Saturdays they are still of the same
mind. they are married and taken on
the boat down to the Nicobars, where
they begin their married life. AS
said, they give them hut, few acres
of ground and some provisions, and
let them alone. These couples gener-
ally get along pretty well together,
though sometimes they have fight,
and one kills the other. from mere
force Of habit. In that case the sur
vivor is sent back to the jail at An
daman. But this very seldom hap
pens. II they have children, which
they generally do not, these are left
with their parents till they die OF, for
the Nicobars are SO unhealthful and
full of fever that people don't live very
long there. There is only one resident
officer at the Nicobar colony. for there
has only been one Englishman found
who could stand the climate. He lives
there all alone with the convicts, and
though the government has built him
a fine house, he leads the loneliest
kind Of life, for, Of course, he can't
keep family there. because they
would get the fever and die inside OF
six months The chief commissioner
of Andaman comes down to see him
occasionally. CAPTAIN ROYCE.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
EMILY CRAWFORD.

court in the days of the empire. The
young girl wrote accounts OF what she
saw to friend in London, and her let
ters chanced to be shown to the ed
itor Of the Morning Star, who
straightway requested that the viva
cious writer would contribute week
ly letter to his columns. Her mar
riage few years later with Mr.. Geo.
Morland Crawford of Chelsf1eld Court
lodge, Kent, the Paris correspondent
of the London Daily News, brought
her into the full swing of the literary
and journalistic lie of the French
capital.
An oil painting Of Mrs. Crawford
at this period shows her to have been
a real Irish beauty, with glossy brown
hair, deep blue eyes and piQuant
smile about her pretty mouth. Tho
brown locks are silvered now, but
Mrs. Crawford is still bright and
young in spirit, vivacious in conver-
sation and fond of joke.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04
Iaper Bath Robes.

oa'n robes made of paper are now
,-Auuiactured. = and their use is becom-
e quite fad. The kind of material
oa, aneu resembles blotting paper. 1t
'saiy aries the body, and as the pa
A.. ~. s bad heat conductor the much
..s, ssaeo cold after the bath can b
,0laed. Whole suits are made Of this
k psf stun, including coverings for the
nd and feet. One advantage Of the
..a Is the cheapness OF such ! mr.
~ ~ making it possible for the poor
- oerso" 70 own one
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-02-04

rrasence of any large Quantlty
.o,lv obtainable food is always SUI
sl a. ss 70 secure the undivided atten-
n.' ' ~ the shark tribe. When cut
w. ,np, whales at sea have often
.as .lus amazed at the incredible NUMBER
D. .hsse creatures that gather IN q
" w., space of time, attracted by some
srO mvsterious means. heaven only knows
,.om what remote distance. IL mas
aren occurred to us when whaling III
..s w. ns,gbborhood OF New Zealand 10
'ue snsrm whale alongside without a
e ,n, ~ a shark below or bird above.
w,,h,n an hour from the time OF our
occurring the vast mass of flesh to the
hin the whole area within at least an
sOrs has been alive with a seetnins
multitude of sharks, while from every
a..rter come drifting silently an IN
solcu,ab,e host of sea birds, converting
40 blue surface of the sea into the
semblance of a plain OF new-1aiien
snow. The body Of whale before an
,,c,,on is made in the blubber pre-
cents smooth, rounded surface, al
most as hard as india rubber, with ap-
nareptly no spot where any DARING
cater could find toothhold. But, oo-
,,v,ous to all else save the internal an
or,sb or desire, the ravenous sea
wolves silently writhed In the density
Of their hordes for a place at the
bounteous feast. Occasionally one
pre-eminent among his fellows for en-
tsrprise would actually set his lower
Jaw against the black roundness OF the
mighty carcass and with a STEADY,
siuuous thrust of his 1.-THE tail, gouge
out therefrom a mass OF hunored
weight or so. If he managed to get
away with it the space presented a
curious corrugated hollow where the
serrated, triangular teeth had worried
their way through the tenacious SUD-
stance, telling plainly what vigorous
force must have been behind them
But 1t was seldom that we permitted
such premature toll to be taken from
our spoils. The harpooners and th'
officers from their lofty position on th'
cutting stage slew scores upon scores
by simply dropping their keen-edged
blubber spades upon the soft crowns
of the struggling fish, the only place
where shark Is vulnerable to instant
death. The weapon sinks into the
creatures brain, he gives convulsive
writhe or two, releases his hold and
slowly sinks, followed In his descent
by a knot of his immediate neighbors,
all anxious to provide him with
prompt sepulture within their own
yearning maws.