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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
IL Closely Follows the Line OF an. Pros..
sional dame.

IL Closely Follows the Line of the Prof..
sionsi Dame.
The history OF college baseball fol-
lows the line of the professional game
very closely. At times the college men
have been rather more conservative
and have clung to certain rules for a
season or two after their abandonment
by the professionals. In the end, how
ever. in nearly every instance, they
realized the advantage OF the change.
and followed the lead set them. In the
early days OF the sport the collegians
coped successfully with the majority
OF the semi-professionals. but even then.
when they were pitted against the
strongest. the college mines met with
defeat The first game of note be-
tween a college nine and professionals
was in the spring Of 1868 between Yale
and the Unions OF Morrisania. The
Unions were at that time the champions
OF the country. The game was intense
ly exciting. At the end of the fifth in
ming Yale led, 8 to 4. but by the end OF
the ninth inning the Unions had tied
the score and eventually won the game.
16 to IA. Frequently the score sheets
of college mines show excellent fielding
but when these same men are brought
To face the sharp. hard hitting OF the
professional batsmen their errors begin
TO multiply, and. in an inverse ratio.
their hits diminish. The Increase OF
errors Is due To the difficulty they find
in handling the fast drives of the
trained batsmen, and also to the ner-
yoasness produced by the knowledge
that they must play u quicker game.
A professional gets to first base lar
more rapidly than college player. aud
the first sensation OF college intield on
meeting professional nine il one OF
hurry. A short-stop or third baseman
finds that he has no time to .juggle'
the bail and then throw the man out.
as he often can do with college runners.
The ordinary college pitcher Is no
match for League or Association bat
ters. and they find an easy prey In him.
On the other hand. the skill OF the
professional pitcher readily balks the
attempts OF the college batsmeu 10 find
the ball, and only the best men handle
the stick with any effect. The rest OF
the nine become nervous over their
failure 10 judge the delivery. and before
the end OF the game apparently dread
TO come 60 the plate for their turn
Walter Camp. in Century.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
DEATH eY oulLLoTli.E.


The Awful Suspense of Criminal De-
scribed bv Ab0s Faure.
The recent double execution OF Al
iorto and SELLER at La Roquette has
again given rise to a considerable
amount OF discussion as To the moral
effect OF the "guillotine" on the Grim
inal classes. 1t Is quite possible that
President Carnots severity In accord
ing few reprives has had deterrent
effect on the cut-throats. who had
learned 10 expect so much from the
misplaced clemencY OF NJ Greyy. This
would seem TO be borne out by the OBJ
servations of the Able Faure. chap
lian OF La Roquette prison. who has
communicated a report on his minis
tratlons TO the government The Abbe
believes that no other punishment
which may be substituted for execu-
tion by the ''guillotine" will have so
fear-producing an effect as the terrible
instrument OF justice a. the service OF
the public headsman.
In his report the Abbe draws n real
istic picture OF the suspense In which
the doomed murderer lives from day
10 day. until he hears either his sum
mons 10 the scaffold or the news OF a
reprieve. Nearly all the murderers
seek consolation more or less In re-
ligion, according TO the degree OF
education which they have received,
and none OF them give up the hope OF
repricve until the last moment The
condemned criminals rarely or never
sleep when they know that their time
Is approaching. or II they do II Is only
10 doze OF into a horrible dream. from
which they jump up all iyid with Tear
and dread. Sleeping or waking the
''guillotine." the lunette. the heads
man and his assistants are for ever
present 70 their imaginations. Out Of
eleven persons whom the Able attend
ed during his six years OF office only
three were really asleep when the
summons came.
On the whole, the French system OF
keeping criminals in suspense for
weeks or months Is severe one; but
neither the prison chaplain. who con-
siders il his duty always to buoy up
the doomed man with hope, nor the
magistrates and police officials who
deal with the dangerous classes. are
inclined TO recommend its alteration
In any of its details. London Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
THE ROCKING CHAIR.

NY grandmother SIS In this old rocking chair:
but she was not my grandmother then.
Ana her swetthttle a e was bewitchingly fair.
As u laughed a defiance To men
her sun bonnet fiuttered nke bird on its string
heF iresses trailed free on the breeze.
And gniiy ween did my grandmother sing,
Underneath the o.d gna narled apple trees
My grandfather rode through the white orchard
Kate
Ana ieihered his steed 20 q tree;
ne had curls growing thiek Der his silly young
pa'e,
And high Hessian boots TO his knee
FROM ihe pink apple blossoms that over him
hung
He brushed on the dew with his hat.
TIL he came TO the spot where the rocking chat
swung
And my merry young grandmother sat.
The kingcup and cowsip bios med round fal
and widie,
The bees from their sweetness did sip;
But my grandfather biushed-aud my grand
fath,r sighed,
A. he nickei OF their he ads Win hts whip.
Then my grandmother hnmmed her q cunnin,
old song
Faint heart never won lady fair,
So he sighed and he sued and before very lon.
There sat two in this old rocking chair
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
winaow-washers. Peril.

The primitive plan of washing win
dows by sitting out on the sill to clean
the outer sash killed one woman. who
fell backward into the street yester-
day II Is always a marvel. seeing
this perilous plan for cleaning upper
windows. that more of such nnaccus-
toned gymnasts do not lose their bal
ance, and, with it, their lives. Moth
Ing can save them when they once
topple over. because their hands are
otherwise employed than in holding
on. A fashion Of sash that hinges. in
stead OF being raised by weights and
pnlleys. l. de=ideraInm There are
contrivances for this purpose. but il
will probably take a number OF funer-
ais befors house builders and owners
conclude to adopt them. Even when
the window-washer does not fall out
backward. the strain upon nerves and
muscles Is most injurious by this bad
old plan. .--Philadelphia Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14

On the arrival Of a passenger train
at Derby the other day the carriage
Taper found In the spring of horse
box thrush's nest full OF eggs In pro-
cess OF incubation. This IL an instance
OF the migration OF birds which even
White. Of Selborne. had not the oppor-
tunily Of observing Tho passion for
travel has been hitherto supposed 10 be
confined to the fca,hcrless bipeds. and
even among them II Is usually repress-
ed when they are expecting IN aSdi-
tion 10 their families. What could
have been the train OF circumstances
which led the bird 10 bui.d In railway
trainP Il is possible thai they may
hare been deceived ~ ~ ;;ssss ;;ssss carriage
tapper. The woodpecker. says the
poet. makes stiller by his saund The
inylolahle qaictne~s. and perhaps hey
confused his note with that OF the n. {
way Official; 1.-THE spring" OF the Nurse
box may also have contributed To their
mistake. Perhaps tho naturalist. how
ever may havero some other explanation
" ofisr. Pail Mali Gazette
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
WhAT MOI 10 DO.
Eight Mistakes Made by Farmers In All
Parts oI the Country.


Parts of the country.
To think that any one can farm; that
"a man VINO has starved ~ canyasser
for patent churn or has been nnsuc-
cessfni a. a carpenter can jump into
farming "A business requiring high in
telligence and persevering efforts
and. being utterly unfamiliar with de-
tails, b. able Ia make money on farm
To entertain the idea that large
farm half stocked and poorly cultivated
l,ays better than few acres we'll and
carefully titled.
To pay several dollars for good farm
tonls aud allow them. for want of
proper shelter, To become useless "A
year or 80 sooner than they shoulds
To lei year after year pass by with
no attempt Ia Improve the quality of
the iarm stock BloOdad cattle and
horses pay. The cattle make beef
,luic .er, the COWS give more aud richer
milk aud the horses are OF better
temper.
To st foolish pride or narrow.
mi ded prejndiea prevent the adoption
~ new methods when they have been
proven by practical men.
To get up after the sun, lean on fork
handle and speculate FOR an hour OF
two upon what the weather i going 10
be. while the weeds get start, and
then wonder why farming doesn't pay
To leaye lot OF unchopped wood
wet or half.split al the pile. lot OF old
harness hanging IN the Kitchen and
muddy tracks in the dining room. and
expect u -. the women good -nainrea
To have lot Of half-fed. emaeiated
l1lesome-iooking fowls roosting de-
.ectedly Ia some old tree. when faA
good healthy chickens properly housed
'uid make the poultry yard AN honor
instvad ol disgrace. Furmers' Cali.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
LAND LEAGUE BALLADS.


They Are Crude. nut Catch the Fieetinr
Impulses Of the celtic Race.
That the land agitation In Ireland
should be accompanied by ballad
literature OF its own was foregone
conclusion. The Irish are, and always
have been, a song-loving people. The
ballads In which the peasantry find
vent for their feelings. though often
rude and rough. are still interesting.
because. like the Corn-law rhymes,
they are the genuine outcome OF popu-
lar emotion ut the time The laws of
rhythm and rhyme are frequently set
at naught For these no one cares a
straw; doggerel does just as well. or
even better, than the most poetic die
ton; the great aim Is to catch the
fieeting impulses which ripple over
the surface OF the popular mind. and
10 throw in little salt of advice from
Land League point of view. II we
saunter down the principal street OF
an Irish town on a fair day, we
are almost sure TO see two bal
lad singers. They generally draw
up In the center of the town
after the business OF the day
Is over. Their stock in trade con-
sists OF handful of sheet ballads.
The lady vocalist usually has a shawl
thrown over her head. and her hair.
which never seems to have made nc
quaintance with brush o9 comb. hangs
over her eyes In tangled mass. She
begins by droning out the first verse
OF a political ballad. or .ballat." as IL
is generally pronounced. in n shrill
monotonous treble; her companion
chimes In second with a nasal drawl.
aud this goes on for at least seven
verses. sometimes with the accom-
paniment OF n concertina, sometimes
not by this time crowd has assem-
blcd round the singers. and II the bal
lad Ii approved Of every one Ii eager
10 pay halfpenny to secure "a copy OF
It. These copies are carried away TO
many farm by the lonely mountain
side or TO the depths OF many shell
tered glen, and there. by the turf fires.
during the, long winter evenings. they
are diligently read aud often learned
by heart Meantime the vocalists.
with their pockets we'll lined with
coppers. set of for the next fair or
race course to pursue their vocation
and to dispose OF the remainder OF
their stock. II would be impossible
TO overestimate the influence OF these
ballads op the excitable Celtic mind.
They stir up the passions and make all
the right appear to be on one side. -
National Review.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
oIMI=uTlvE MACHINERY.


y tertoct luW tfulff q twenty 1--WE
tent Gold piece.
The engine makers, like the watch
makers. have tried to attain distinction
In the matter OF the diminutive. la
1870 John Penn. the eminent maker OF
great steam engines. who resided at
Greenwich. England. came into posses
sion OF what was then the smallest
steam engine In the world. Ii stood
an three-penny piece. II really
covered less space. for its base plate
measured only ythree-eighths OF an inch
by about tlree-tentfFs. From the ex-
treme smallness OF the model some OF
the details were omitted. but not enough
10 interfere in any way with It's going.
The screws were only one-elghtieth OF
an inch in diameter, and these were
duly furnished with hexagonal nuts.
which only could be loosened by aid OF
a tiny wrench made for that purpose.
The weight OF the whole model. with
out the three-penny base. WAS less than
the weight Of the coin itself.
Six years later. at the time OF our
Centennial exhibition. Penn would
have felt ashamed of his .Threepenny-
piece engine" had he had II on exhibit
ton at Philadelphia. During the prog
ress Of this great exposition Levi
Taylor. OF lndianola. la, placed on
exhibition side by side" with the
great Corliss engine an engine. perfect
in all its parts. built ON twenty -five
cent gold piece. and with some OF its
parts 50 small as 10 only be seen BY aid
Of powerful microscope. The entire
engine weighed but three grains. In
other words il would have taken 40
such engines To balance an ounce avoir-
dupois. Three of the Penn engines
would have weighed more than lag like
that made by Taylor. The engine made
by ID. A. Buck. of Waterbury. Conn.
10 usually given. in lists OF small things.
as the smallest engine In the world;
but this is mistake. The one men
toned last above SO far takes the palm
for smallncss. The writer cheerfully
admits that the Buck engine il more
perfect In its details than the Iowa
wonder. but the fact that its base plate
Is gold dollar forever kills It's claim
10 being the smallest. as the Iowa en-
gine, a. mentioned above. uses
twenty-five cent go piece for the pas-
pose. Bucks engine has las distinct
pieces OF machinery. held together by
- screws. Three drops OF water tilled
ihe ho. lsr to oyerilowing. The diane
Ter Of it, cylinder Is ene-tweaty eighth
of an inch; the length OF stroke. three
thirty seconds of an inch; its entire
arigAt. four and half grains. s.-West-
ern Manufactures.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
VERY APPREcIATvE.
An Eastern Mans Exalted Estim ate of
Callfernln Hospitality.

California Hespitaiity.
When friend comes from the East
and you take him out 10 see the sights,
you show him every thing with an air
OF proprietorship. The place seems 70
belong 10 you i. does not matter
whether you have been here since iSi9
or whether you only came month be-
fore your friend lou take him thrsu{h
the park and you point out all Its beau-
ties with that seif-satisfaction which
seems 10 say: Il did all this You drive
him 10 the Cliff House and show him
the seals. and smile rs II you owned
them. You dwell upon the beauties OF
the bay, and the shipping seems TO be.
long 10 you. You even direct his ut
tention 10 the elegant mansion OF some
millionaire, and speak of 1t In tone
as il you had made the millionaire and
paid for his house. Your friend is CRATE
full He feels as II California was all
your doing. and he would not have en-
ioyed ii II IL had not been for you But
he does not often carry IL as FAR as .
gentleman who came out from The E,st
lew months ago. lie had been shown
every thing; he had the marvellous
beauty and wealth OF the State elabor-
ately explained to him; he had been
dined and wined and made 10 enjoy
himself He had been enthusiastically
entertained one night with an elegant
dinner and plenty OF good wine. and
great deal OF lively storytelling. and
he Was In an effuslvely admiring cam
dition. IL was about one o clocx In the
morning. and merry and mellow he
found himself in circle of friends,
joking and chatting. when suddenly
the house began 10 shake. the windows
10 rattle. the globes TO jingle. He Was
happy and gay. and he merely looked
up and said:
That must have been a pretty heavy
wagon passing''
THAT! That was an earthquake"
An earthquakep You don't say
soi' he said. as he arose and X asped
his friends hand. Thank you! You
have given me the best time | ever had
In my lie. You have shown me the
most beautiful scenery. You have
given me the best dinners. the best
wine; and now you have given me an
earthquake IN obliged 10 you deep
ly obliged 10 ycu shall never for
get your kindness never. - San Fran
eisan GArantrla
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
puNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

--,Tohnny Mamma. is bat dam
gerousP Mrs. Treat don / know.
my child. Ask your father Texas
Siftings.
A swallowtail coat may be just the
proper thing for the bridegroom ut
fashionable wedding. but for an eiope-
meut the!e is nothing like cut-away.
Puck.
--sceptic--''Did you ever know tive
doctors 10 agrGe?' Medical Student
taf,er retleetlon) -''Y -e-s; onceP" Sccp-
Where was it2' Medical Stu
ient--"At post-mortem. IN. Y.
Weekly.
-Physician-. must have made
some big blunder Ia cleaning my watch
II won't run at all now" Matchmaker
ttakiug the wHtch) ~ will pui II In
good order. A jewelers. blunders are
easily repaired. Punch.
peterson--.'why are you always
kissing that girls photograph" dude.
~ Well. you see fellow has TO do
something when he is engaged. aud one
OF the advantages in kissing the photo
graph is that the paint doesn't come
| oil. Life.
Little Mamma. why are
YOU so cross at me all the timer
Tired Mamma Because you keep
doing wrong. aud ! want 10 make an
Impression on your mind" Little
Roy-''Wcll. mamma, guess II you d
be good-natured just once. IL would
make IA bigger impression. ."--Golder
DAYS.
Miss Slyppe-"Mr. Penfeather l,
Sd ensily embarrassed, don't you think
| asked him yesterday TO tell me JUS
what he really thought of me and h,
was so taken by surprise that he couldn'
say word" Miss Flyppe-''Tha
was not embarrassment. 1t was merely
politeness. "-Terre Haute Express.
Anxious parent ito keeper Of pri
vate lunatic asylum Has my daugh
ter writ en- any more poems OF pas
sionp keeper (reassuringly)-"No
sir. She seems to have got entirei,
over that iniirmity and Is now writing
what she says Is modern societ,
novel. Anxious parent (turninG
away sadly) She'll have to stay her,
awhile longer. r."-Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Litawaite." said that lRdy'i
husband. In tone of solemn warning
''do you know that the newspaper,
speak OF cases where women have
been tried Ms common scoldsp' ''And
do you know" said she. with deliber
ate emphasis. ''thet there is growing
popular impression to the effect that q
ioolkiller Is preparing FOR effective
work P'-Washington Capital.
DR. McQuack are foolish v
think your wife is likely to die. She /,
not dangerously i'll. and will be up Il
"A day or two. Your love for her all,
you with unwarranted fears" Hus
band-"Ah! II you but knew her
doctor, you'd know that when she stay
away from millinery opening as sh,
cid to-day, she Is in dangerous con
aition. Omaha World.
| 'Wh hat Is the refrain OF the SOM
you are singing? said Jinksby. inter
rup ing his roommate. But the lei
tsr that she longed for never came.
was the reply in "a tone OF annoyance
Well. keep still minute. maybe tn
pOstInan' around the corner nov
waiting Tor you To get through singing
Why don't you give the girl chanc,
for her letter?"-Merchant Traveller
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14
NEW ENGLAND ,pioMs.
rosne Of the NoticsAble Pecnsimrssism OF ths
Yankee Dialect.

Yankee Dialect.
The drawing and twisting OF vowels
Is by by no means characteristic OF Ver-
mouters, nor OF YANKEES In general.
II is true that the offensive sounds are
heard here, but IL Is also true that they
belong to tho more illiterate people. a.
specially imperfect speech always does.
and that they are by no means confined
TO the six statea This peculiarity VI
speech. the one thing most insisted
upon by writer's upon YANKEE dialect
from first 10 last. and commonly .c-
cep,ed as the great characteristic OF tho
people. Is to-day heard more In New Jer-
sey than any whe g In the six States so
tar as know. and Ia found more or less In
almost all parts II the country. Again.
while IL Is true that some genuine YAM
KEGS. and whole communities OF them,
drop the IN la such w.rtis as '.when
80 far ~ NV observation goes. they are
not many.
The country around Boston shows
this peculiarly. but have never met
II elsewhere in New England. and here
II Is utterly unknown. This. however,
Is an English thing that Is preserve in
England. as we'll rs here. and
may be met with In many
parts Of the country. Another mat
ter OF u lager sort than mere pronuncia-
tion. which Is found among Yankees as
we'll as other people. In the redundant
use OF negatives. Some members OF the
race in this section are very ingenious
In piling them up. ms may appear by d
couple OF instances taken from life. i"
thus:
don't s'pcse there amt nobody seen nothin
o NJ old felt lat nowheref
fnon't spose you don't know of nobody thai
don't wan, 70 hire nobody to do moth n.
IL will be observed that both these
instances are questions. and that each
begins with the Il don't s'pose." which
comes SO very ofien in Yankee speech
But this Use OF negatives Is not peculiar
10 the Yankee any more than the drawl
although IL Is much more common Il
this locality. And In relation 10 th,
misuse OF vowels ono curious thing tina
have noticed IL "a tendency 10 revcrs,
the proper sound OF "a" In some eases
Thus great many people In this sec
tion. II speaking the path TO the pas
ture." will have the IA In the frs
word as In the ''last,' and In tho last or,
as In far" exactly reversing th
proper places The thing holds tru
with a great many similar words =
Providence Or I) journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14

Barber TO bald-headed patron)-
Shave. sirP' Bald-head Mo. you
. ldioi. hair cut pompadour. Life
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-12-14

A very good liniment for sores and
bruises Is made Of one.half pint OF
sweet oil. one ounce Of laudauum. and
piece Of camphor gam the size Of q
salnut Housekeeper.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-01-26
Clean Hands.

According to the fearful experiments
OF DIR. Foster, of tho Italian Medical
Gazette. there is no such thing as the
possibility of clean hands on any body.
Washed tn soap ana with carboiio
acid, with anv and all the sinfections
in common use, our hands will still
remain scientifically unclean; that is to
say. that preparation called steral-
lied gelatine, destitute Of living organ
isms. on being touched by the fingers
thus washed and supposed to be clean.
Immediately develops living organisms
acquired from the fingers. But if the
hands are washed in dilute solution
of bichloride of mercury or corrosive
sublimate, one part to one thousand
parts of water perfect cleanliness is
obtane and no living organism viii
be developed by the touch of the Tin.
gers. 1t is pltiful to think thrt we are
really so palpably made of the dust of
the earth; but it seems we must endure
it, since corrosive sublimale can hardly
be made the adjunct of our daily toilet,
and If it were. then the next time we
shook hands. or took up hook. or
went INTO the street We should but
develop a fresh crop of mnro-organ.
isms. The fact is that these Il scover.
les of science show MS. if we do moth.
ing else, how fearfuly aud wonderfully
we are made, AID if we regarded them
seriously there is nothing we couId do
which would not make death seem 20
hang imminent in the air. There
one refuge for the uascientiflc. and
that is in whisLling the whole matter
down the wind, keeping clean to the
best of our belief. and thus taking care
OF ones self, letting the micro or gan
isms take caro- of themselves.