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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

French school boys wear uniforms
and every institution OF learning has its
distinctive dress
Female barbars are numerous In /
Sweden, and many OF them own the I
shops in which they display their skill /
as tonsorial artists.
1T is stated that there are 40 32t /
physicians in the empire of Japan. The
population OF the country is put down
at about 20. 900. 900.
I'm Ruenos Ayres an opera box for
sixty nights cost 1000. Coal for range
or fireplace Is from sss TO $40 per ton.
You may go 10 the circus for O.. so.
Shoes are worth from $40 TO si2.
Portugal has female bull-hghter.
Her name is Clotilde Mejstrik. She
has practiced her bull-fighting only
since last April. yet Is wonderfully ex-
pert in the arena At her debut in
0porto she killed two bulls. and week
later In Lisbon she killed two more.
--Berlin has established perambu-
lating post-oifices, which are . great
success. The mail carts drive In eleven
different directions, deliver local let
ters and sort letters collected while
they are being taken TO the general
post-office.
There are $40 authorized guides in
the Alps One hundred and ninety -four
of them have taken a regular course Of
instruction in their profession and have
received diplomas Thirty-hve of them
are between sixty and seventy years of
age, and six are over seventy.
Edmund Yates writes that 303 elks
were shot during last year in the for
ests OF Norway, the majority OF them
being taken in the district OF Namdals,
whore the forests are let TO English
tenants. The annual rental returned
TO the Government from these forest.
Is equal TO s3o0.o00.
"A new electrical steering appar
atus has been successfully tested b,
the German Government on the iron
clad Konig Wilhelm. The claim OF this
inventor that by this apparatus ths
captain can control the rudder from tn,
bridge or from any point on deck IL
said TO have been thoroughly estab
lished.
"A state grant OF 8, 900. 600 marks ha
Just been made for the extension Of tn
: telegraph and telephone lines in th'
German Empire. OF this 5000, 55
marks are to be devoted to the tow
telephones already existing, 10000
= marks to the erection of new ones, l.
, e2s. 900 marks to new telegraph lines
principally in the country. 76l,9o
: marks for improvements in and s7,5C
for extensions OF the pneumatic posts
= services in Berlin and Hamburg.
!. The French Society fer the Help {
6 the Wounded held its general meetin
= on June IL, under the presidency {
: Marshal Mcmahon. Since the war {
: 1870 the society has distributed ei2s, 0f
/, among soldiers and sailors wounded |
/. war. II has increased its ambulanC
/, material to the value of $4,000. and hi
, organized temporary hospitals, railwa
I. station hospitals, and ambulance ser
ices on footing for war. II has traine
numbers of lady nurses, bearers, eta
The society has now ~. 900 member
a. and the yearly subscriptions amount
be "a. 000
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

And nov IL has been discovered
that Napoleon ]. was German 81 least
In origin. NJ. peyrc. in his new book.
Napoleon l. ct SON Temps" furnishes
documents TO show that Napoleon came
from German family in Genoa. which
belonged to the Good party tBuona
Parte) In Ghibelline times. aud subse-
euentIy settled in Corsica, where 10
adopted the party nickname as It's sur
name. IL Ia said that the French would
much rather be told that the great Ma
poleon was the devil tnan that he was
q German.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
LIFE IN hELIooLANp.
Queer Customs ob sersed In the Islam
from Time ImmemoriaL

Queer Customs ob served In the Island
from Time immemoriaL
It must be noticed. however. that
their Sabbath begins at ak p. m on
Saturday, when the church-beli is tclled.
and ends on Sunday at the same hour.
Formerly no vessel could leave port be-
tween these hours. Marriage cancels
every other engagement so that there
can be no breach of promise brought
against q man when once he Is married.
The inhabitants have q strange Gus
tom on New Years Eve. They then
peram bulate the streets with broken
pots and pans, which they place before
their friends doors, and the man who
has the largest heap before his cottage
Is considered the most popular.
The people rarely lock their doors,
but when they do they leave the key
where It can be reached by any one
seeking admission.
The fsher-girls bait the hooks and
carry them in a large wooden basket
filled with sand 10 the fishermen on the
beach This is bv no means q light
burden; yet they may be seen cheerful
| ly chatting with their companions as
they march oneard with WOODEN shawls
over their heads The streets bear En-
glish names. as Leopold. Berlin, Church,
Augusta, Thames, Short o Brien, Prince
of Wales, Princess street. etc. but the
natives have their own names for them.
/ Heligoland has small prison or lock-
up. but they rarely lock any one up. as
they do not care TO board the prisoner.
r,t..n L. a1aa /. arnnff eaft "a hos 1
ready for use IL necessary, but patients
are few and far between. There is also
poor-house. Here poor people live
rent free. The plan adopted Ia for
parents and children to 20 before the
magistrate. when the former resign any
little property they may possess TO their
children. who in their turn promise to
find them in food. When the husband
dies the wife takes his property, and at
her decease IL Is equally divided be-
tween the children
There are no horses or donkeys on
Heligoland. for they would es useless
there; but there are eight COWS and
about thirty sheep tethered and milked.
the milk being considered superior 70
that OF cows. There are three police
men, tub luhlof botAtA AhoNh " VIZ -
ira amount Of gold lace worn by him.
1'ne coast-Ruard consists OF hve Eng
lishmen. who are not permitted TO acs
ss constsbles. There are also sixteen
active native coastRuards, and sixteen
in the reserve. When there is wreck
the whole island claims the salvage.
Most OF tho inhabitants are behind with
their rates. but they are never prose-
outed, for when settling takes place
after the season Ia over what remains is
left in hopes OF being recovered next
year. The doctors are engaged 70 work
on wrecks. and then old scores are
wiped of and the balance handed over
10 them. The natives only are per
mitted 10 rent small potato patches,
which are much valued, but the gov
ernmsnt reserve most Of the land fos
AAslr 0sn purposes. London Tims&
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

The Gazette dc France publishes some curl
ous notes upon the etiquette Of the east Hero
Is the Turkish form OF an invitation TO
dinner:
NIX GENKRora MASTER, NV RESPECTED Loan
This evening. IL II pleases Allah, when tho great
king Of the army Of stars, the sun OF worlds, aT
preaching the kingdom OF shades, shall put his
foot int. the stirrlIp Ut speed, you invited To
enlighten ms with the luminous rays % your face,
which rivals the sun. Nosir arrival, like tho
zephyr OF spring, win drive away from the
somher night OF solitude and ISOLATION"
And here is the formula for an invitation
30 a soiree OF raki party;
NV NoBrE AND RESPECTED FRigSp--This even
ing when the sivery hark, the moon, now four
teen days old, shall tioat upon the surface Of the
blue sky, spreading around love and tenderness,
we shall bc reunited at the village Of Roumil
HiSsar In the place called Hoziet Mollah, a locai
ity full of delights, and all the night until the
awaking of the dawn We there shall taste thu
Joys Of dry water and wet fire tcognac and rakn
We will not admit Of a delay Of the thickness o
q hair. May the power Of sails aud cars hasteI
your arrival which will bc q of JOY for al
your frientm
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

He had invited her around the corner for
some oysters. to which the young lady did
full justice, and on the way back 10 the
house he laid bare the pitiable condition Of
his heart
~ am very sorry, Mr. Sampson she said.
"hut am already engaged"
He bowed his head.
81 regret that you are 80 deeply moved, !"
the girl said gently.
"Ah, yes,n he responded, and his voice l'e-
trayed genuine grief. II should have known
Of all this earlier in the evening. New
York Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

The worst case of lice fever" that has
been experienced to date appears to be
that of a Penaquid tMe.l citizen. He
had big load of eighteen cakes, and go.
about half way down TO the wharf. when
his cart tongue came out. Not noticing
anything wrong he kept on driving his
oxen, and just before he reached the
wharf met team in rather a bad place.
He told the driver of the team that he
didn't know as he could get by him with
his big load. but on being told that he
would have no trouble naturally looked
back at his load to see what the fellow
meant. His surprise can be imagined
Chicago Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
MEERscHAuM IN CHUNKS.


" tuhsm@ tfnHi bufHrt anu ~ ffshctp&tty
tsel for Pipes.
The meerschaum comes from Turkey
In boxes A box holds about fifty
pounds, and is worth from $50 to $500.
according H. the size aud quality of the
pieces II looks like plaster Of paris
smoothed of and rounded. The amber
looks like beeswax or large pieces OF
rosin. IL comes In pieces. and Is worth
from 81 TO $50 pound Meerschsum to
make s. pipe costs about g.. so. The
amber tips. raw, cost about one-quArter
Or one-half as much.
When an order comes for pipe the
meerschaum to get piece out OF which
the pipe can be cut with as little loss
as possible. Four-ffths OF the meer.
schaum is wasted. though the chips are
often saved and made into imitation
meerschaum pipes.
The meerschaum Is first cut on a cir.
cular saw into a piece little larger
than the pipe. II the cutting shows
holes or cracks the piece is cast aside.
Then IL Is soaked in water for fifteen
minutes and cut the rough shape with
a knife. Then q hole is drilled through
1t and IL Is turned with half-motion
I After the turning the stem Is inserted
/ IL is smoothed off whom dry, boiled In
wax and polished; then 1t is ready to be
sold.
The amber is worked with q chise
and turning wheel. The cbisel Is sharI
and razor-like. A clumsy operator
would cut his fingers of with it. Al
old operator takes the piece of amber IL
his hand and rounds 1t with the chisel
the foreiinger of the left hand serving
As guide for the chisel to play. whel
IL is rounded il is held against the fac
I OF a roughened wheel until IL is turne,
TO approximately the required size
Then il is put in the same turning
wheel and hole Is bored through IL.
This lis for the more common an
cheaper amber stems. the kind that ar
put in brierwood pipes, which sell 70
so and rs cents. 1t does not take NOR
than quarter or half hour TO finis
one OF these stems. A stsm for NOR
costly pipe will take day. Tho shor,
est time in which good mesrschaut
pipe can be made Is three days Ths
Is for plain pipe. II the pipe Is TO b
carved that time has to be addes
workmen hive spent months on cary
Ing one pipe.
The dust and chips from the ambs
and meerschaum are saved. The amb'
dust is melted and made into amberin,
The meerschaum dust is chopped up an
worked into a paste, from which init
tlon meerschaum pipes are made. 1t
common idea that real meersehau
can be told from imitation meerschau
by the fact that real meerschaum fioa
on water, but imitation meerschau
floats also. Imitation meerschaum CT
be made which will color better thu
real meerschaum does. though 1t do
not last so long and the color is like
10 come In streaks. II is hard for
man who Is not In the business TO u
. real from an imitation meerschaul
, The best quality Of meerschaum n
suently has air-holes and cracks In it
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
THE EMPEROR NERO.
One OF the Most Brutal Fellows That Ever
Ruled Great Country.

One OF the Most Brutal Fellows That Ever
Ruled Great Country.
BritannicuA his brother by adoption,
boy OF fourteen. Is in the way; he is
poisoned. thanks 20 Locusta's art at .
dinner given by Nero Suetonius re-
cords the popular belief that the motive
10 the crime was no less Q professional
jealousy of his voice than polite fear
Of his ambition. The first dose only
msde the boy very sick, whereupon Nero
sent for Locusta and chastised her with
his own hand. she excused herself; a
stronger dose would have been quicker
method certainly, but q more public
"As IT," replied Nero, ''the Julian law
had terrors for me-" and compelled her,
there and then, TO concoct the strongest
and most effectual mixture she knew.
This was offered to . goat; the goat
lived Ave hours, to their great disap-
pointment But when q dnzught was
produced by their joint efforts, which
proved the instant destruction Of pig,
then an invitation was sent to Britain.
nicus. He fell dead at the first mouth
full. THAT epilepsy has carried him OF
at last said Nero and no one contra
dicted him.
These we're strange doings for a model
young Emperor. but Of course Seneca.
the Stole, knew OF them; there was no
cause for alarm. His young pupil does
not poison only; he dances, he sings
1 land that execrably,) he produces elab-
crate euphuistic verse, he drives chari-
OTIS. Strange and new as IL was, what
did 1t matter to the populace? No more
than the murders OF Agrippina and oc-
tavia, mother and half-sister. since
they coincided with schemes for remit
ting the public taxes. There is no sad
den frenzy to account for the growth OF
crime within Nero; all is orderly, pro-
gressive, q conscious rake's progress,
from the good young Emperor to the
crowned victor Of Olympia among his
claqueurs. Ii may seem strangely per-
verse that Nero should have been loved,
lamented, adored. He killed his
mother, he killed men by companies
he even. writes Juvenal, composed
an epic pocm--yet he was not loathed
nor an object OF repulsiofL Greai
criminals are mainly admired as great,
aspiring, possessed. Nero, who has
none of these. was not admired, but
loved. Even now" says Dion Chrysos
tom, writing In the time OF Trajan
seven now the people long for him u
be alive" And women, who could no
have given themselves up to the vulga
brutalities of Tiberius, clung with rea
love to Nero. Popp@a, whom Josephu
calls devotee. q refined nature, wltn |
delicate inclination toward Jewisl
piety; Acte, uwhom some have though
3 Chr rstian, Nero's first love, and low
ing him past death; the two nurses VIII
prepared his body for burial; the un
known hands that for years threy
flowers on his tomb-all these Loves
him with varying but with evident love
--Macmillian's Magazine.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
THE czAR's POWER.
Ht IL Limited 20 a Great Extent hy -Four
Important Conditions.

II IL Limited TO a Great Extent hy -Four
Important Conditions.
But the Cars power Is absolute only
in the sense that wherever and however
his personal will reaches and exerts
itself, 1t receives obedience. 1t is hui
manly impossible, even were the Gar
man of the most comprehensive political
genius, that he should be able 10 cover
with his vision. and direct by his per-
sonal motion. the administration OF an
empire so huge and SO unwieldy.
comprising so wide variety of
races, and presenting such an infinite
compIexity OF demands upon the ruling
power. In the first place. the Cars
power il limited by four conditions:
First. that the crown shall descend by
right of primogenitnre; second, that the
heir to the throne shall be- declared of
age when he has completed his six
teenth year; third. that the Gar, his
wife and his children shall be members
of the orthodox Greek church; fourth
that the issue OF any member of the i'm
perial family who marries without the
consent OF the Car shall be excluded
from the right OF succession to
the throne. IL is true that
one Gear can undo what q previ.
Gus Car has done. But so imbedded
are those conditions in imperial custom.
and so vital is the necessity OF sustain
ing the. exalted idea of the crown in
the eyes of bis subjects, that the Czai
scrnpulously pays pious heed 10 thess
DEGREES of his predecessors. The Czar''
power is further limited by the neces
sity TO which his human fallibility sub,
jects him. TO call in 70 his aid other in
tellects, and thus the Czar Is compelled
In reality. TO yield up, divide and wide
ly distribut that prerogative which. IL
theory, is his sole prerogative.- -Bostos
Post
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

81 think that Might've is the stingiest man
ever created"
"Whyf
"He wns recently sick and fell into a
trance His friends supposed he was dead and
put him In n coffin. He returned To life how
evcrn
.wellr'
"Well, now he's brought suit against tho
undertaken because he won't take the coffin
back n-Nebrnska State Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01
AN iNsuLTER OF TRADE.


How TIE Abused the Confidence Of a Coiored
Dealer In fish.
A negro had number OF ash exposed
for sale on a table placed near the edge
of the sidewalk. A white man came |
along and. bending over, began TO sniff 1
and snort
"whufs dc matter wild you3" the NO
gro asked.
Nothing; / was only smelling of
these fish"
I "whut you want 10 come roun' yere
smellin' o. 'em fur? Da ain't 20 proper
ty. Is IL the right thing to do, goin
roun' de neighborhood a-smellin' o. udder
folks property?"
Il smelled of them to SEQ II they were
fresh"
"whut business is IL o. you'n whudder
da fresh ur not whom you aim got no In
trust In 'eml Is dat do way folks does
whar you wuz raised-go 'roun' to see
whudder things dat doan long tor you
Is fresh ur not?"
II didn't know but what ! wanted 10
buy one OF these FISH,"
snow you talkin' like er man o de
'mercial life Yere's or fine teesh sab;
dis yere wall-eyed pike He's mighty
ha'f er hour"
"How long had he been dead before
, they found him?"
"Whuts dat sah?"
81 say how long had this Ash been q
J, corpse before the rcma ms were discov-
: ered?'
go on erway frum yere. now; go on,
n Gaze ! doan wanter halter hurt you.
; Feesh layin' yere fiutterin' fltten tel
kill hiss't an you wanter know how
!. long he been dead. Coon"
+ "Fluttering! Why, the flies have
4 blown him"
"Yas, an DAN bow yon, too, Of you
= doan 60 on erway frum yere. Times
hard ernuf widout you comm 'roun
g yere 'sultin' de trade. Go on, caze ef yo,
"a doan kahn keep my hans often yo,
:, much longer"
10 ITO tell you the truth. old man.
Ia don't want fresh fish I am manu-
facturer Of Lmberger, and | use spoiled
Of fish TO flavor the cheese"
or "liuh, In dat whar dat 'fume com
frum? ! sorter thought so long tm'
ergo. Yere's or feesh right obcr yere
sab, dats been dead er good while
: Smell o. him. Amt he loud ernuf iu
you?"
p IL don't want that sort OF fish; ] wan
q wall-eyed pike about like this one
I'm sorry he's So fresh, for when find
fish that just suits me. am willing I
give almost any pr.ce for it
"Yas sab, dat is a monst'us fine feesf
sho's you live. Man come long yere ie
now an tole me he tuck him outen d
water bout halter hour ergo, but
knows dat man. and reckon dar ain
no bigger liar nowhar. Come try q
pose on me datter way wy, dis fees
is been deal or week, at leas. Je
smell o him. Amt he got de 'fume a
de fiaber?"
That's all right, old man. ha,
found out what | wanted to-I have di
covered that you sell rotten fi.h, and
am going to have you arrested"
"Didn't tell you dat Of you didn
get erway from yere couldn't keep N
Gle hans often your spen' yo' nights
Iou stealin' ballot-boxes an den con
rv- erroun' in de day an suit mans trad
'ur Git outen de way ur I'll hit you wild d
feesh you dun slandered. "--Arkansa
nv Traveller
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

Among the various remedies for sleep
lessness lately advised Is that In which
the subject. after taking deep insplra-
ton. holds his breath until discomfort Il
felt, then repeats the process second
and third time. this being. Us a ruia.
enough TO procure sleep A slight de-
gree Of asphyxia is thus relied ON 81 q
soporific agent. but the theoretical cor
rectness OF this method il somewhat open
20 question. London Lancet.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

Citizen OF Boomtown-our city has In
creased nearly one hundred and ffty
per cent IN the last ten years
Citizen OF Uptheereek-That'sn nuthin'.
Aours hez increased i've hundred per
cant
81 don't believe IL"
s'Ys needn't but hits fact In 1854
we he'd only ten inhabitants. an now
we've got over tifty. BY guml"-chieago
Trihuna
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

She had been rhapsodizing about Browning
for nearly an hour to young Mr.. Waldo, aud
as she sat there in the Pickering freight,
shading her eyes with one shapely hand, he
thought he had never seen fairer picture.
She was about tn go on, when her little
brother opened the door
Penelope he said, cant have some Of
them cold beans you put away TO eat after
Mr.. Waldo goes homef'--New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

A gentleman who recently travelled on
the continent said he was at dinner one
day in Paris. and while telling a story
was attacked with sudden and contin.
ued fit of sneezing. When he ceased a
Russian gentleman at another table
named Plitcheeke turned about and
complimented him on his excellent and
correct pronunciation of the Russian lam
guage.-London Tit-Bits.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

Isaac Pitman. the inventor of phonog-
raphy. is a hoary haired man with q
scholarly stoop, and still presides over
the Phonetic institute, Bath. England
He is rising IS, yet he supervises cor
respondence of 10000 letters a year, be-
sides editing The Phonetic Journal and
compiling tine numerous books which he
annually publishes.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

In view of measures before The
United States Congress- imposing duties
ON French goods the press Of Paris has
sounded an alarm. They assert that il
would prove advantageous for France 10
rescind the law prohibiting the importa-
lion of American pork The winc-grpw-
ers fear the loss of their valuable port
trade.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

.That was an awful thing the editor
OF the whanger had in the paper against
you. .
"Yes; and I'm going for him right
away"
tLater) II suppose yen went for
that editor In hot haste.
'well, yes You sec | called at the
office, and he told me to get tie is .
powerful man, so went for him.
Light
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

smiiey-I'm going to be married 10
the beautiful Miss sharpe. congratu.
late me, old boy, and come and drink
her health.
slimley--Yes, you're right 10 toast
her now-she'll toast you when you're
married. West Shore.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

Magistrate to priscner)-You sav. Uncle
Rastus, that You took the ham because you
are out OF work and your family are stary-
ing. And yet, understand you have four
dogs about the house.
Uncle Rastus--Yes, sab, but I wouldn't
arsk my family 10 eat dogs, yo' honahl-New
Work Snu
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

-''l have here" said the peddler. -
patent window-shade, which," mo
ase," interrupted the house-maid from
fioston; 'wo have no patent windows
here" and she slammed the door"
Higher education of women is reducing
this country to bankruptcy" sighed the
peddler, as be went slowly down ths
steps.-Harper's Haxar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

Amateur Actor-l think ! was great In
that death scene, Charley.
Charley-Ye indeed, old man. Why,
when you fell back and expired, and your
lifeless form was carried away, the applause
was fairly deafening. l never saw such .
delighted audience New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

"Say. there is a feller playing game
on Woodward avenue this afternoon,
he said through the telephone. after cali
ing up police headquarters.
.What sort of "A gamer
"The sweat box"
"WhereY'
son car No. 240."
"What sort of a looking man IL her
Hes the conductor, and has just gone
up with seventy passengers on car
made to carry thirtyr'-Detroit Fres
Press.