17 Dec 1887
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Newspaper
The Ketchum Keystone
Location
Ketchum, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1887
Page
1
The article discusses the deteriorating physical and moral effects of morphia use in the nineteenth century, citing experts on addiction and deception. It then surveys Gen. J. H. Wilson’s description of China’s Great Wall, praising its height, thickness, parapets, and impregnable defense across diverse terrains.
An Illinois Watch Company associate showcases a remarkable watch dial where eleven silhouette figures mark each hour. From 7 am the hunter departs with gun and dog, through 4 pm when a fish hooks the line, depicting a full day of sport and activity.
In a sleeping car tale, passengers suspect a gambler to be a robber. An old rustic offers his $200 for safety but discovers the man is safe. Morning reveals the stranger is the rustic’s own brother, defusing the fear with a family twist.
A curious Uruguayan method shows a dairyman turning warm milk into butter by churning on the road. He ties an inflated pig or gonteltin to a rope, gallops five to six miles into town, and finishes churned butter before selling door to door with a wooden dipper.
A 19th century overview explains patent petitions to the commissioner in Washington with specifications and drawings. Oaths claim original invention and non-use prior to filing, plus citizenship or residence. Fees total about 15 on filing and 20 after allowance, with attorney costs 25 to 100. Patents run seventeen years. caveats cost 10 and require renewal. The text also notes caveat notices and timelines if later applications arise, and references prior patent terms before 1861.
A gallant gunner tells his wife he will be away and a friend from the lancers visits to ease her nerves. The husband returns late and asks for a match, but the wife exploits the moment. He rushes to the mess, ends up in cavalry attire in a brightly lit anti room, realizing the deception too late.
In 1877 a number of wild turkeys were sent to Santa Cruz Island off the California coast. The island’s terrain supported the birds, with initial crop sizes of 61 and 120 through successive seasons. Over time the turkeys shrank in size, making mature cocks under six pounds, suggesting inbreeding. The writer believes this indicates inbreeding but does not claim it conclusively.
In Paris life a late night scene unfolds in a pavilion near a country house. A lover seeks to prove magnetism by summoning a wife via somnambulism as the husband observes. The experiment succeeds, awakening belief in animal magnetism and leaving the husband convinced of its powers.
The piece argues that support for government control of telegraphs and railroads must coincide with thorough civil service reform. It cites that patronage currently grants 48 offices to party workers, and adding 75,000 new appointments would strain the political system, echoed by Congressman Herbert of Alabama as reported by the Boston Herald. The text ends with an odd tailed remark about a pig and two buttons on a coat.
A St Louis Sunday Sayings item recounts Mrs. Pipe leaping from a firehouse pole during an alarm and landing with a thud, leaving her lame from rheumatism. Ada Dodd, sixteen, shows marksmanship fending off a tramp with a rifle after a chicken is shot. Various adages and poems follow in a collage of clipped notes.
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