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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15

Air Charles Fs,ncis Adams contrib
utes an interesting paper TO the April
Scribncr on this subject The railway
interests cf the country have becomeso
vast that a strike ON a road becomes a
public calamity. A railroad company
9ays Mr. Adams. performs immediate
public functions Therefore the culinary
relations between employer and EN-.
pluyed cannot obtain in its case. On
account OF the magnitude of the interests
involved. therefore. every means should
he taken To avoid strikes.
Ia 1856 the Union Pacific railroad, OF
which Ms. Adams was president. with a
api,al of S255. 900 900. controlled $3.50
miles of road On its pay rolls it carrie,i a
na aximum Of 1900 men in summer and
1000 in winter Taking this road as
Iis example. SIR Adams tells how he
would avoid strikes
lie divides railway management into
i've departments. Tho most important
of these il the department which oper-
ates tire road The vast majority of the
employees belong To this department.
such as conductors, engineers. brake
nen, switchmen. etc.
SIR Adams would iuauSurate sys-
ten, Of permanency and regular promo
lions somewhat like tlia: of the army and
aavy. except that the employe should, Of
course. be at liberty 20 resign at will
The employees should be strictly. separated
into the permanent and the temporary
corps. The permanent corps would be
those constantly employed. The tenn
porary one would bc the class irregularly
employed Promotions TO the perma-
| nsnt class should only be made from the
.,IupOrary one. and that only after full
irial THIS system IS at present in sue.
cessful operation in the United States
postal railway service.
Further. there should be gradually in
creased pay with length OF service. II a
conductor had becn in company's serv-
.cc five years at 500 month. then his
pay might bc raised 10 Si05 month.
With each tive years OF service s. q
month could be added u tho pay.
Then a fund Glould be raised, contrib
sued 10 partly by emplVycs, pcrsly by
Iho company Oaly rlan Of tho peruia.
nent corps shoulI b. allowed 20 contrib.
utc. THIS fund would be Tor psnsioains
retiring msn and for paying expenses in
case Of sickness, accident or death.
/ Finally. board of counsel and arbi.
trasion should be chosen from both en-.
ploycrs aud employed. In this board
the president Of the road would meet on
equal terms representatives OF his EN-
ployes. A permanent arbitrator should
oe selected by both sides, TO whom diff
cult questions should he referred Ha
Judgment would be final.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The eldest daughter OF Mr.. How
si.s. who had long been an invalid
died Recently near Philadelphia. at the
age Of twenty-five
Lady Lindsay. the song.writer. II
forty-tive. tall. stasuesque and fond OF
wearing classical costumes She paints
IN water colors ehnrmlngly and writes
much Tor the magazines.
Once at a social party John Bright
wits asked II he ever read tho poetry
Of his Quaker friend. Whittier lie
surprised and delighted those present
by arising and repeating the whole oi
Snowbound :"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's husband Is
on the road great deal selling goods
while his wife is at home writing
poetry. lie carries in his travelling
yalise twenty-seven pictures OF his
wife. taken by different photographers
during her rise to poetical fame.
In reply to the question: "Shall
We smoker" Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes says In reeeat magazine:
Certainly not smoking Is liable 10
inlure the sight, to render the nerves
unsteady. 10 enfeeble the will and en-.
slave the nature 10 an imperions habit
likely TO stand in the way of duty 10
be performed.
"A recent alleged translation OF a
popular French novel changes "cold
oa>t meat with mustard into '.mus-
tard toast. makes IA pure Parisienne.
in fact the very essence of the gay
capital" read N genuine and pure
parisian. an essence" and contains
simi ar hlnnders ON n most every page.
although issued by leading firm in
the publishing business.
Librarian Gould. of Brown Uni.
yersity, has prepared a paper on the
birth and parentage of Roger Will
iams. the founder of Rhode Island,
which contains more about the history
Of that fam MS man than was known
before. lie shows, contrary to m6si
writers. that Roger was an English
man and not a Welshman. and that the
family nams was spelled Wylyams.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

An elephant died in Bombay late
ly who had lived TO be 800 years old
"A young woman at Ostend, Bel
gium. j. said 10 take sea bath every
day in the year. remaining in the water
about fifteen minutes
Iii Iii. the present King of Corea
belongs to a family which has held the
Corean throne since 1892. During that
time. twenty-nine Kings have reigued.
and the power Of each has been more
despoiic than that OF the Car of Rus
sia.
-TEs Car is said to wear always a
ring IN shleh Is embedded piece of
the true cross that was given to an an-
cestor of the Car by Pope long ago.
The Czar is said to be superstitious
about this ring. and once. when he
had started upon long journey aud
had forgotten IL, he had his train held
while a messenger went back upon a
locomotive and fetched it.
AT Russian places OF amusement
the ladies Near fur caps aud big fur
collars instead Of the hats aud bonnets
worn In other countries. An observer
says; ''Some of them have such won
lerful compleNions that one might
we'll say the effect of their faces above
he white fur is that of roses In snow -
Among the hereditary jewels be-
longing To Duke Of Cumberland are
Queen Charlotte's pearls. valued a,
! S750.000. about which. for twenty
wears. Queen Victoria aud the Han.
sverian King quarreled with ma.
icsterial dignity. The Queen main.
tanned they belonged by right to En-
gland. The King insisted they should
have been s>nt TO Hanover in 1897, OF
the death OF William w The other
jewels belonging to the Duke are
valued at <2.O10.0 600. His gold ana
silver plate weighs twelve tons.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
FACTS ABOUT ANTS.


A Remarkable Instance e< Their unsca-
n IN Devotion and Kindness
Sir John Lubbock relates a r, m srka-
bic instance OF the unselfish devotion
and disinterested kindness which gave
him unmixed satisfaction at Shirley
Common. where. for the sake of OBJ
seryation. he had disturbed colony of
the slave-ma<Ing ant When some OF
the little people got into difficulties ard
were likely 10 be buried alive beneath
the ruins OF their desolated home. their
own tender-hearted companions were
equal 10 the emergency. and delivered
them from their impending saaaoIn
My attention, said Sir John. "was
directed 10 an ant who was working
with great eafnestne.ss at small hole
In the sandy soil with which the nest
was constructed. and which II was try
ing 10 enlarge. evidently with some de-
termined object in view | watched
the little iaborer leave its oeeupat ou
TO return and pursue it with renewed
vigor; again Ii left its work and again
returned. and then went into AN adja-
cent hole and reapreared after care
fnl investigation OF the cavity.
Without disturbing the indefatiga-
BILE ant ] carefully examined the hole
and noticed the leg of an ant moving.
which ut once unveiled to me the mys-
terry of my friends persistent move
ments.
Startled possibly by my presence.
II moved away again. but its philan-
thropy overcoming its timidity, IL soon
came back and addressed itself TO its
benevolent task with redoubled energy.
II loosened the earth above the quiyer-
ing limb. and then went underneath
and fairly extracted the anxious cap
tive.
The liberated ant. in the gladness OF
its heart. ran a little way from its
prison, but. being wearied in con-
sequence of the painful character OF its
enforced dstention. II rested itself The
liberator Immediately ran towards il,
and having ascertained. doubtless. tina,
the object OF It's selicitude was unin-
jured. left IL. the latter continuing its
rapid journey from the place of It's cap
tivity. while the rmer returned TO the
scene of its recent exploit to re-enact a
similar act Of kindness.
I'm the second instance its difficulties
we're Increased. since. as well as the
superintendent soil. small stone rest
ed on its unfortunate companion. Moth
ing dauntcd. 1t went actively Mt work.
and did not cease until its unremitiing
efforts were crowned with complete
success II then dragged its friend out
OF the uncomfortable and perilous posi-
tion. and removing IT thus forcibly Il
few inches from Its living grave, and
ascertaining that IT WINS In an exhaust
ed condition. lifted IL in It's mandibles
and carried 1t In triumph through she
open door into the inner reccsses of the
common habitation. Sunshine
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
Chicago in the Soup.

Honsekeeper lin Kansas City, i
don't want aothin'.
Paddler Il am not anxious TO sell.
only stopped 10 remark tina, Chicago.
where we been peddling cant hold a
candle to Kansas City.
Don't believe II kin.
NO, indeed, mum; Chicago is goin'
TO the dogs. fast People there are
awful poor. while In Kansas City !
find every body Is just rollin' In
wealth. aud real estates boomin'.
Fast trains from Kansas City TO New
York won't stop at Chicago In another
year.
What have you got to sellPn
Soap. Something new, Only one
dollar cake.
I'll take two. IN. Y. Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
JournaIls,s as Diploma,Is,s

A journalist ought TO look before as
well US behind He ought to bear in
mind that some day he may want 10 he
a foreign minister. and comport himself
with corresponding dignity, otherwise
there will be times when the iron enters
great journalists souls and they could
almost wish there was IA law in this
country abridging the liberty Of the
press. When Mr. Allen Thorndyk Ike Rice
desired TO fay anybody alive in his
North American Review, he caused it
to bc done by somebody who signed the
name OF Arthur Richmond But who
Arthur Richmond was. the world knew
not. But lac has not been forgotten.
Perhaps. now that Mr. Rice is set down
for Russia. that mysterious individual
will take hold and edit the North
American Review.
Then there are Mr.. Reid. Mr.. Halstead
and Dir. Eugene Schuyler. II Mr.. Reid's
paper had not sided with ireland. he
might have been acceptable Us minister
To England II Mr. Haistead had not
whirled his ponderous battle az 50 dan
gerously near the scaips OF Republican
senators IL would not now have as
sumed the shape of boomerang. II
Mr. Eugene Schuyler's pen had not been
50 sarcastic. he might this moment have
been resting gracefully In the chair OF
the assistant secretary of state and
adoriiing all he touched.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
HUMOROUS.


An old fellow who had perfect
horror OF doctors was in the habit.
when told that some one he knew was
dead. OF asking: '.of whom did he
diea" Judge.
Wife My new bonnet came home
this afternoon. Charlie; won't you take
me 10 see Mrs Baker Tonight" Hus-
sand-.'Do you want to see Mrs Baker
or do you want her to see your
Time.
You say you were discharged
from your former place for being too
industrious. Yes. ina am. That's
very strange What did You do"
II went down to the cellar one day
and busted the old winc bottles. - Har-
pcr's Bazar.
Hello. Brown! | hear you have
new typewriter Is she good-look-
ing?" '.tiood-looking. Why, mau.
no; my wife selected her why.
how did she come TO select her?s
We'll. you see. my wife was type
writer herself before ! married her.
Life
There Is no difference whatever
between the two political parties.
remarked Chatterton. They are
both agreed ON wanting the spoiis,'
but don't you know. my dear fell
low, returned Pegram. "ihat that
agreement causes their greatest differ
ence?" Puck.
| Is it possible for a person 10
think without wordse" asks GORE.
spondent. Il Ia Did you ever run
your head against half open door in
the dark And wasn't the brair
preternaturally nctive for about sis
seconds before language got on deck
Burlin gton Free Press.
What did you give for that borse
Uncle Ligah9' For dat hoss?
glib de ole note | held again Parsor
Johnsing. "l,u. what will Mr.
Billars do with the note?' ''Oh. ho'i
gwine To gil married next week an
he'll gil hit OF On de parson TO dc MAJ
riage Zee Seems to me hits shrewc
piece o business all round ~ Drake
| Magazine.
The death OF Count Schouvalon
naturally and inevitably suggests tn,
remark that he has shuiiled OFF tn,
mortal coil. In fact. persons addicted
to remarks of this sort have not had 5,
good an oppo .tunity to indulge in tina
propensity since the Sultan Abd-ul-asil
met AN lntimely end dozen years ago
and became Abd-ul-as- was MY Trib
une.
| Sensible Wife-.My dear. you rc
member. OF course. that before oui
marriage ! tod you that ! rather en-
joycd cigar smoke. Well. am sure
do not love you any less now. yet th,
fact remains that lind your smoking
intensely disagrecable, What Is itP'
Sensible Husband When | had onl,
myself 10 support ! smoked two for
quarter, now | smoke Two for five. -
Philadelphia Record
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
The immortal 400.

The foundations of society threaten to
he broken up. A bitter quarrel has oc-
CURED between two leaders OF the 400
people who compose the only fashionable
society Of New York. II threatens 10
split the set. hequarrel Is over the com
ing centennial quadrille. There are heart
burnings. there are sleepless nights.
There Is whitening hair, there is nervous
prostration.
One great leader has informed the
other that ''such iang-age from you 20
me, sir, cannot be tolerated" There is
"A story. probably not true. that the foun-
der Of the noble family of one Of tho
leaders was waif picked up from
shipwreck The devout Long Islanders.
seeing In the child thus saved a direct
manifestation Of divine Providence.
named him Preserved Fish. and from
him the noble family Is descended
But u now the mighty 400 split in two.
some unworthy miscreants whose own
fathers. instead Of their grandfathers.
were in trade. may slip into first society
unawares The government at Wash
ington would then no longer live, as
Garfield said, though possibly God might
still reign by special favor OF some Of
| the 400
II was said some time ago that the 400
were full. and there were no vacancies
aud no more would be admitted Since
then. however. Mrs. Cleveland has been
permitted TO squeeze in. The verdict was,
Well admit her. though she is rawther
provincial in dress and manner"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15

a nice point in legal ethics is now dis
cussed in England II is how far n lawyer
in the employment OF the hegovernment n
such. may engage in private practice
The question has been raised 10y the nc
ton of Sir Richard Webster. who. Will,
attorney general for the crown. acted
also as counsel for Tle London Times
against ParnelL The question is one
that has often been discussed in Amer
Tea Here the attorney general of til,
administration would he severely con
demned by public opinion who would
act rs counsel In case 50 nearly touch
ing. though indirectly, the government
as the Parnell case did in England
Probably Sir Richard Webster himself
by this time wishes he had staid out
of IT,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
John Bright.

TIta melancholy message flashed across
the ocean' = JOHN Bright Is dying. sen,
a thrill Of sadness through all America
In him stanch friend of America and
freedom passed over to the ma joriiy. The
service John Bright rendered the United
States in our war we must never forget
In the time OF our direst need he. John
stuart Mill and Richard Cobden kept the
sentiment of the English common peo
nle faithful 10 the American Union
Through this influence. even when they
were suffering for want Of work. owing
To the stoppage Of the cotton mills, the
weayers Of Manchester gave their sym
lratny and moral support to the American
iation in its struggle for life.
Together. shoulder 60 shoulder, arm in
,rm. John Bright and Gladstone have
wrought together for human progress
mring almost two generations. Twice
the two CREST men differed Ia the begin
ning Of the American war Gladstone
| sympathized with the south lie declared
that Jefferson Davis had created a mn.
ton He lived to see his mistake and
acknowledged il grandly and graciously
Once more the two divided. in 1881
This titne Gladstone went ahead and dc.
clared for Irish home rule IN local af-
fairs. There grand old John Bright
,ouid not follow lie Withdrew quietly
srom any very active participation in
political affairs. But his friendship for
Gladstone continued To the end
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
THE LIoHTNINe-Roo MAN.


How an individual With Ready Made Sta
ti.tics swindis- Farmer.
How is 1t that you still manage to
sell so many lightning rods?" was
asked the other day o. an agent who
makes Pennsylvania his stamping
ground.
because people want them. " he re-
piled. ut is rare that you can sell
one in town or city nowadays. but
nine farmers out Of ten want them"
do they believe in themP'
''They do-after have got through
talking. II is the man who is not
posted who brings reproach on the
lightning-rod business To be sue
cessful business man you must he
loaded"
.Howp'
''Well. call upon farmer who has
just built a fine barn. file has been
told that rods are Y. G.. He receives
me very coldly. and promptly an
nounces his belief that am a hum
bug. laugh and pretend TO feel very
jolly, and presently bring out weapon
number one.
''What is that?"
"lhe losses sustained on barns by
fire insurance companies doing BUSH
ness in the State. ! show him that in
one year 2.i40 barns we're struck by
lightning and consumed. OF this NUM-
ber only four had rods They were,
of course. the rods made by rival
company. Our rods would have saved
them. Then comes weapon number
two. show him list of 1900 barns
on which we have rods. and not one Of
them has ever been damaged.
''And he is convinced?"
''On. no. ] have n whole battery In
reserve. get the position of his barn
by compass. and then find AT least three
reasons =hy IL Is unusually exposed TO
lightning. ! advise him to cut down
certain trees in case he won't have
rod. and offer to bet him Sl00 to S2)
that his barn will be struck inside OF a
year. ] explain how thunder storms
originate, what attracts lightning.
which corner OF his barn is the most
liable TO be struck. and why our rod
beats all
Where do you get all your sta
tistics?"
Make them for myself. sir. may
be- little over or a little under. bat It
makes no difference TO the farmer
have the number OF barns burned in
the United States last year. made
my own figures He can accept them
or not. / don't press him to buy a
rod. but am bound 10 give statistics.
He invites me TO stay TO dinner. and
after dinner demonstrate :he virtues
OF our rod.
How
"By an electric battery. ] have
only to show him the sparks and
flashes on the point 70 make him be.
lieve Then | talk about circuits.
grounded wires induction 'attrar.
tion' and SO on. and he gets in such d
hurry for rod that we have to work
far into the evening""
Does your conscience ever trouble
you?"
"Never. Every body should have a
lightning-rod ono OF our own make
They arc ornamental. They give 4
jaunty air to roofs and chimneys
There Is no delicate machinery to gel
out of order. 1t is no expense to run
one after il is up. While you are of
huckleberrying in the daytime ol
asleep at night the lightuing-rod is at
tending right 10 business and no
charging u cent. No. sir, my con
science Is as clear as bell. and ms
sales this year will be one-third larger
than last. I've got statistics 10 show
that every barn in the State equipped
with our rods escaped hurricanes ant
cyclones as well as thunderbolts las
year. N. Y. sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15

Fifteen years ago :lir Argen.ine Re
public determined TO inaugurate a pub
lie school system like that of the Unite'l
States Agents were sent to this couD
try to obtain. at high price, young
lady teachers who would become normal
instructors there. Their travelling eN
penscs thither were paid, as also lliei
salaries. till they had mastered the Span
ish language Then they went to work
building "A public school system for the
Spanish Americans. and il stands today
as monument to the Yankee school
misfrpsses
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15
LONG-TAILED SAINTS.
How Apes Are worshiped In Some Tor
ttS.a. af India

ttssas af India
The European residents of British
India are often astoun6ed at the alb
surdities OF idol worship which the
Brahmins continue 10 enforce even
upon the more intelligent classes of
the natives; but the most preposter-
Gus of those supersiitions certainly
seem the worship of three or four doz-
en- varieties OF mischieyous apes. Some
Of those long-tailed demigods are re-
vered merely a. distant relatives OF the
monkev-saint Hannmln. while others
(the Entellus ape. for instance. and
the Rhesus Macacus) are considered
so ineffahly holy that their murder
would be worse than hHmicide: and in
the consciousness OF their inviolable
sanctiy the objects OF IAat worship
consequently recognize no human
rights which four-handed saint Is
obliged TO respect. They enter store
houses in broad daytime. and must be
tolerated in Difference 10 tae prcju-
dices OF the natives; though II their
movements are not constantly watched
they are sure to utilize their business
opportunities with the celebrity OF a
New York alderman. In orchards
their depredations are limited only by
the capacity Of their paunches; but no
orthodox Hindoo ever expels them nv
direct force, and he seems 20 consider
il fair compromise II he can manage
20 gather twenty per cent share Of
his own crop. There are special in
iirmaries devoted 10 the relief OF de-
crepit four-handcrs; and the testimony
Of hundreds Of intelligent foreigners
has established the fact that during
various famines, that almost depopu-
lated the villages Of the afflicted dis
tricts. those monkey hospitals were
supplied with an abundance Of food;
and a starving true-heliever would
mitigate his distress by robbing "A tenn
pie MS soon as by touching the stores
collected for the support OF his sacred
iueg-tails. brakes Magazine.
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-15

Lord Roseberry. the cherub faced
Young British nobleman who married a
daughter Of the Rothschilds, has invented
a phrase. lie Is member Of the new
county council Of London. He says the
council will administer the affairs ol
London in accordance with policy of
daring caution" The phrase is good
one. taken in connection with city i'm
proyements everywhere. Daring eau
tion- IS just what is wanted.