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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
THE MARRIAGE RELATION.
Proper Condition for the Highest Devel-
opment of Humanity.

PROPER Gondttton Tor the Highest Dewet-
opment of Humanity.
Make the marriage right and the off.
spring will tend to be right Perhaps it
may be true that we need q new ideal
of the marriage relation. The old one
In which the woman promises to obey
the man Is perishing visibly before our
modern eyes. Often she ought not TO do
80, for man may be fool or brute.
And the theory adopted by many ILL
mated couples that marriage Is a
discipline is too cynical TO be either
true or attractive. The theory of easy
divorce and frequent change as remedy
for ordinary disagreements has also se-
rious disadvantages, and is no sound
remedy. II Is only poor refuge from
immediate suffering. But a new and,
perhaps, useful attitude may be gained
by looking upon matrimony, as IL is, in
truth, the only complete condition of hu-
manity. In no other relation can man or
woman reach their highest develop
ment. No character is full till 1t COM
prises it's opposite. The very diver
gencies at which each party frets are
the lacking necessities of its own nat
ure. Each would be partial and narrow
without the other, and the new motto
we may propose for matrimony Is the
new word. development. Marriage is
development. II not quite happy, 1t is
still generously educational. II love
dies ont from IL, yet charity, wisdom,
tact and liberality Of mind may remain
in II. Blind love may indeed remain
and leave the happy lovers without its
best effects, since even love may remain
narrow and selfish. But the man who
has learned to comprehend the feminine
nature with its delicate, sprightly,
graceful qualities in his own, and the
woman who has adopted something Of
masculine Independence. liberalitY and
courage into her constitution, will he
far better than the sole endowment nat
ure would have given either To be alone.
-Noman's Cycle,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
AN ELOQUENT APPEAL.
It Was Very Touching, But Fully Thr'
Months Too Late.

It Was Very Touching, But Fully Three
Months Too Late.
He had asked half a dozen OF US on
the depot platform at Elmira
for money TO help him pay
his fare to Binghamton. to be
present at tho bedside OF his dying wife.
but all had refused, satisfied that he
was beat Then he spoke up and In
quired;
Gentlemen. is there man from St
Louis in this crowdP'
Some one replied that ST. Louis
man was sitting on his trunk further
down. and the beat sought him out and
began:
Il hear you are from St Louis. Sc
am l. It's tho grandest city In the
country. II ever get back there I'll
never leave it Ever been In Chicago2'
''Yes" "
Then you'll agree with me that It's
nothing but an overgrown village.
Why. sir. We ST Louisians have TO ask
the conductor II he will please stop the
train at Chicago whether 1t is tagged
or not ?"
Yes"
"And tho impudence OF Chicago in
claiming more population and business!
Great heavens. but what brassi Our
next census will show Chicago out OF
sight"
Yes"
I'D rather live In St Louis on a
crust than in Chicago on ten thousand
year. Think OF the river. the streets,
the corrupt officials. the loose morals
OF society. the dishonesty of her busl-
ness menl am proud that hail from
st. Louis. am glad TO meet a fellow
citizen As n fellow ST. Louisian,
know you will be only too glad to grant
me favor. My situation Is this: My
wife
The other held up his hand to inter
rupt him. and then quietly said:
"It's no use sold out every thing
l had in ST Louis and moved 10 Chi.
cago three months agol Try somebody
else. IN. Y Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
POISONING IN INDIA.
A Crime That seems to Bs Very Popuia
Among the Hindoos.

A Crime That seems to Bs Very Popular
Among the Hindoos.
DIR. Lyons. the analyst to the Gov
ernment OF Bombay, in his last annual
report has much 10 say on the use OF
poison In India. This seems TO be on
the increase. for while he had 20 deal
with $50 OF these cases last year. he had
only 282 the year before. and the gem
eral work OF analysis had increase five-
fold since the first report was issued in
1872. Part OF this enormous increase
Is due 10 tho increase in the criminal
use OF poisons, and 1t is noticeable that
vegetable poisons. which were most
generally In use a few years ago, are
now giving way to metallic poisons.
This Is attributable 10 the ease with
which such drugs. such rs arsenic. may
now be obtained In India, there being
practically no restriction on their sale.
In eighty -four undoubted cases OF hu-
man poisoning In the year. arsenic was
used In forty -one, pounded glass in
three, copper In six, mercury in five
and red lead in three. or the remain
ing twenty-seven cases opium was used
In fifteen. datura In five, alcohol in
two. prussic acid In one. and oleander
large number OF cases the poisoner Is
never discovered; family sits down
TO rice which they have themselves
carefully washed; all are taken III and
one dies; arsenic oxide in large quanti-
ties Is discovered in the dish. but the
murderer Is never discovered. Many
cases OF similar character are quoted
by DIR. Lyons Flour is found in many
cases TO be adulterated with an enor-
nous amount OF arsenious oxide.
Poisoning BY powdered glass Is COM
paratively new in India; there were
only three cases during the year In
one man threw packet of pounded
glass In n rice mill; In another woman
pounded her colored-glass bangles and
mixed the powder with the grain she
was grinding for her husbands food
In many cases the poisons arc traced
to village sorcercrs. who always APP
pear to have large quantities, their
chief stock being composed OF the basis
OF powerful alkaloids OF opium. datura,
plumbago-root. and various mercurial
compounds. Through these men pol
sons are easily procured. and the in
stance quoted by DR. Lyons show that
poisoning Is very common crime in
India on account OF these facilities, and
that II Is also one most difficult to dis
cover. London Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
PREMATURE BURIAL.
A Venerable Undertaken says That Few
Persons Are Buried Alive.

A Venerable Undertaken says That Few
Persons Are Buried Alive.
In thiseountry, at any rate, very few
persons have ever been buried alive.
am over eighty years of age and until
quite lately have worked for under
takers since | was a little chap OF
twelve, at which tender age / COM
menced rustling for myself as a New
York coffin-maker's errand boy.
Throughout those sixty-fiye years of
active work among embalmers and fu-
neral men ! never knew of q case
where there was any suspicion. Once
about thirty years ago l was sent to
measure body for q coffin.
saw at a glance that life was
not extinct, although a few hours
Earlier in the day q death certifi-
sate had been issued. The man ral-
lied, but never left his bed, and day
Or two aftcrward | was sent for, this
time TO ',see II he was dead. -
[ said he was, they believed
NE, and the arrangements pro-
ceeded. In the profession tests are
not made: in fact. don't think half OF
as know of any by practical experience.
There is something in the appearance OF
corpse quite different to any condi-
tion OF u living body, and there is a
strange odor in sick room after death
that was never perceptible before, and
this odor Is apparent long before decom-
position sets In. Toa man with any ex-
perience there is also difference in the
feel of the flesh which absolutely pre-
vents any possibility of error. These
tests, IL you call them tests. take place
before ice or embalming fluid is used. IL
spark of vitality happened to remain
when either of these were applied or in
jectcd, death would be instantaneous,
so that burial alive is a very remote con-
! tingency. In countries where neither
ice nor embalming is used this safe
guard is lost, but then bodies are usual
,, ly so decomposed before the interment
takes place that the apprehensions OF
the most cautious and loving friends are
naturally allayed.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
BODILY ELECTRICITY.
A New Hampshire Woman Who Gave Out
sparks and snaps.


DIR. X. ID. Mussey, professor of sur
gerry in Dartmouth College, in the
American journal of Medical Sciences
for January, 1893, gives an account OF y
Mrs. B., married lady about thirty
years of age. residing in Grafton Coun-
ty, n. H., who gave out sparks and
snaps continuously for some thirteen
weeks, when this power was entirely
lost and did not return again. The dis
covery of this faculty was great SUR
prise to the lady, and subsequently
caused her some annoyance. Though
Mrs. b. wore silk dress at the time
OF the commencement OF the phenom-
enon, this was exchanged for cotton and
flannel successively without affecting
the result; and the manifestations were
found to be- due to the lady's own per-
son. and not TO the clothing or other
conditions. Dr. Mussey's account Is
supported by DIR. W. Hosford, the lady's
family physician.
Phenomena of this sort, when mani.
tested, do not seem to be confined To
any one portion Of the human body,
though occasionally localized. A Ca
puchin friar is mentioned by Dr.
Schneider whose scalp was veritable
reservoir OF electricity. Whenever he
removed his cowt a number of shining,
cracking spark would pass from his
bald pate; and this phenomenon, which
was definite and strong while the monk
was in good health, continued percepti-
BILE after three weeks illnes$---Hyland
c. Kirk, in Popular Science Monthly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.

For Forty-Two Years she Successfully
Acted the Part of Man.
The Dundee Weekly News gives the
following interesting account of the ro-
mantle life of woman arrested by the
Jersey Channel lslandsl police: ''on
the arrival Of a passenger steamer from
ST. Briene the commander informed the
police that a woman attired as a man
was on board. She had, it appeared,
taken passage for NJ Briene. but the
captain. having noticed certain pecui-
iarities about the passenger, on reach
ing that port summoned medical man,
and he declared that the pseudo man
WAS really a woman. lie further certi-
fed that she was suffering from slight
concussion of the brain, and the French
authorities. in view of her mysterious
conduct. refused TO allow her to land
On the steamer entering the harbor of
st. Heller the woman took n cab and
proceeded to clearinghouse where
she had previously lodged for some
time under the name of Louis Her
mann. She had every appear
ance of manhood, and from her
easy department 1t is evi.
dent that male attire was
no novelty to her She wore a fur waist
coat, long oyercoat, a hat and a
turned-down collar. She smokes long
pipe or cigar with an air Of one accus.
toned to the habit. Left an orphan al
the age of thirteen, she then resolved 70
adopt male attire. She has now reached
the age OF fifty-fve, 80 that forty-two
years she has been travelling the world.
and has been known as a man. Her
calling has been that OF courier. and
in that capacity she has travelled wide
iy. She has u knowledge of several
continental languages. and is otherwise
well informed. The name by which she
was generally known was Louis Her.
mann Tobosh. but in some cases she
dropped the last name. and simply
called herself Louis Hermann During
the last year she had balance Of up
ward OF $50 pounds to her credit in a
banking firm, but IL Is not known
whether this has been drawn upon.
When arrested by the Jersey police at
the boarding'honse she had only Rl
0 shillings in her possession. and she
Is indebted to the host to the extent
OF s. 10 shillings. number of papers
found at her lodgings have been taken
possession of BY the police.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
SANDY HOOK LloHT-sAIp.
The welcome Beacon which Grcets the
Incoming yoyager.

Incoming voyager.
The ticker at the Barge ONCE records:
''one-twenty-La Bretagne, of the
Sandy Hook Light ship" At the same
time, the message is repeated in the
Office Of the steamers agents, and
scarcely five minutes elapse when on
the blackboaris outside their offices is
this legend '''rhe steamer La Bre-
tango, from Tavre, passed the Light
ship at leo; will be- up to her dock
about $50
Passers-by scan the board; the GUS
toms authorities get ready to send their
cutter down the bay to meet the
steamer. Persons having friends on
board and who have made arrange
ments with the telegraph company. re-
ceive copy OF the dispatch and get
ready TO meet their friends.
| All this il done, and yet but few of
those who are notified know any thing
about the Sandy Hook light-ship. But
the passengers on the steamer do, and so
does every one who has crossed the
ocean.
IL was my good fortune to spend a
short time on the Sandy Hook light-ship
some time ago.
She was built expressly for the service
she is doing, and Is strong and stanch--
calculated to weather any sea. She is
% feet long and "A feet wide.
The cabin Is large and roomy. On
either side Of 1t are two lockers, which
run its entire length. and in these the
crew keep their clothes and other per-
sonal property. Above the lockers are
six berths. The interior OF the cabin Is
fitted up neatly, and pictures decorate
the walls.
The crew, which consists OF six men,
including the cook, occupy the galley,
and close by Is the lamp room, where the
lamps and the oil which is used in them
are kept Here the lamps are trimmed
and cleaned, preparatory to being run up
as beacons. The lamps have red globes,
and these are fixed in row between
several oil tanks, while alongside them
are wicks, cotton and other material.
Usually the lights consist Of sixteen
rejecting lamps. Eight of these are
hoisted each evening at sunset, and form
circles about the two masts. They throw
crimson rays which can be seen for miles.
This Is the welcome signal that land Is
near at hand. "A lookout is always sta.
toned on board, and with the aid of pow
erful glass sights the incoming steamers
when they are miles away. The steam
err displays her signals, which are read
by him, and he in turn signals the tele.
graph operator, and thus the word
flashes 10 the city telling just when any
particular steamer VIII arrive, while she
Is yet well out ON the sea.
The life led by the men who make
the ship their home Is indeed lonely
one. Each crew spends three months on
the ship.
During rough weather--as, for in
stance, during the recent hurricane
the crew hasn't particularly pleasant
berth. The ship dances about on the
waves and rolls and tosses madly in hel
endeavor to get loose. but the chains
that hold her fast TO the two heavy
anchors are equal to any emergency
N. Y. $ tar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
GRADES IN AUTHORITY.



prising Reporter.
Authority on board Of IA steamboat IL
an interesting study. II runs ON a slid
Ing scale. but. unlike tho gamut. 1t only
slides one way. This is bad for lower
&C. on the steamboats,. but he has TO
stand IT. A good illustration OF how
the thing works was given yesterday
afternoon just above Madison street
bridge.
The captain OF steamer was trying
90 make landing mt the dock, but the
operation was attended with some diff
Guilty. A line from the bow had been
run out and made fast TO q post, but the
vessels stern was swinging OF into
the stream. The skipper. with a scowl
on his brow. stood on the bridge alb II
the wheel-house and stared at the first
mate. who was hustling around on the
hurricane roof amidships Down below
on the quarterback the second mate
was helping the third mate and deck
nand 10 take the turns out OF a stern
line. which was snarled up on deck in
stead of being made fast on the dock.
.'Mr. Olsen." said the captain. In q
gentlemanly tone OF voice. TO the first
mate, "why in thunder don't you get
that line out. you long. lean. lank.
knock -kneed. tar-tainted wreck of re-
turning reason? Don't you SEQ we re
swinging off?"
.Aye. aye. SIR" Mr.. Olsen replied,
respectfully touching his cap to the
skipper.
Then Mr. Olsen leaned far over In,
rail, and raising his voice he called tbs
second mates attention to a matter o
| great Importance.
MIR Peterson" he yelled. what
eating you, you tOw-headed. block-eye'
lubberl DO you want to choke tn
stream? Get move on you, and b.
quick about it."
AYE. aye, sir" was Mr.. Peterson'i
ceived from his superior. He thel
! gave the third mate some instructions
Swanson he gently but firmly re
marked. ''lll crack your blooming skull
II you don't hump yourself you gaunt
| eyed. bow-legged, stock-iish feeder
Bear "a hand there. lively there, AM
get that line out"
AYE. aye. SIR" said Swanson in
humble voice.
Then Swanson gave the deck-hand
who gets twelve dollars per month.
clout on the side OF the head whic
knocked him down. Then he iumpe
on him with both feet and shouted
why in thunder don't you pay on
that stern line. you low-lived. white
livered. mule.eared. hog-backed. slat
sided, bench-legged. feeble-minde
mollingrubberl What are we payin
you for?" And he finished on the poo
man with kick in the ribs.
The deck-hand ran the line out an
made the boat fast Then he wer
down In the hold. where he annointe
his person and dubbed himself with
hRnd-spike. Chicago Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
Testing His Whistle,

In the train Georgie. Georgia! mind.
your hat will be blown off II you lean
so far out OF the carriage.
Pateriamilias quickly snatchlng the
hat from the head OF refractory young
ster and hiding 1t behind his back)- -
There. now. the hat has gonei
Georgie sets up a howl. After a
while his father remarks: Come, be
quiet; II | whistle your hat will come
back again. whistles and replaces
hat on boys head There, it's back
again. you seer
While the parents are engaged In
conversation Georgia throws his hal
out OF the window. and says: PA
whistle againl"-San Francisco Argo-
nuuL
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
Painted Houses the HeaIthIess.

Statistics show that people live longer
In brick house than in stone, and that
wooden houses are the healthiest. This
suggests the idea of using paint on ma
sonry. An authority states that hun
dred years ago II was fashionable to
paint brick buildings white. and many
charming structures remain TO attest the
value Of a coat Of paint in preserving the
masonry, and It's pleasant, home-like
effect is foil TO the vines and shrubs
which city houses are commonly adorned
with. IL 1t should prove, as might be
easily ascertained, that the painted brick
houses preserve their inhabitants more
effectually from sickness and premature
death than the unpainted ones, IL would
be worth while to revive the ancient
fashion, and, with our greater resources
in the way of materials and ideas, ex-
terror colorings might become as impor-
tant an accessory TO the architecture Of
the twentieth century as IL was to that
Of the twelfth or thirteenth. Y. Star.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
Introduction OF Carriages.

When carriages were first used in En-
GLAND they were called ''whirlcotes" and
were used only by the ladies. The whiri.
cote became Questionable after Queen
Anne showed the fashionable ladies OF
London how gracefully woman could
sit on side-saddle. Coaches were known
in England in 1880, they having been in.
troduced from Germany by the Earl oi
Arundel. They came into general use
among the nobility about the year 1905.
The Duke of Buckingham was the firsi
to ride in a coach driven by six horses
To ridicule this pomp the Earl of Not
tingham put eight to his. Coaches foi
let and hire. like those in modern liv.
ery-stables. first became the fashion tn
London in ls25. There were only TWEEN
ty-one of them altogether at the princi.
pal inns. Notes and Letters.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
SHE COULDN'T REMEMsgR.
when It Comes 10 Asking Questions, FAt
Woman Takes the Cake.

when u Comes 10 Asking Questions, Fa,s
Woman Takes the Cake.
"Women are our worst cases, said old \
DIR. Bismuth to me the other day. at I
takes them an hour and half to tell I
how their babies got buttons up their |
noses, or how they themselves feel when !
they think they are sick. And when il I
comes TO asking questions, there's no
heading them OFF at all | explain in
the simplest manner every detail in
regard to their taking the medicines ]
give: and after I've got them out, and
the door locked and boited they'll come
rushing back TO go through with this
catechism:
"'Oh, doctor, which did you say 10
take first-the drops or the powdersf
"'fhe drops first
"'And then the powders?'
"'Yes'
"'And then the drops again7
"'Yes, yes
"'How often did you sayT
"'Every two hours-it is marked on
the medicine
"'oh, is it? How many drops did you
sayT
a'Six.'
"'ln how much water?
"a teaspoonful.'
".And then one of the powders?'
".Yes. ves.'
".Aro the powders bitter9,
"'No; not at ALL
"'Shall | take them dry2'
"'Yes, IL you like
"sshall I take them al nivhtr
",No: Il a not necessary.
"sWhat N they don't cure meY
"grhen come back again,
"Jt isn't any thing seriousp'
"soh, no; not at ALL
| "sBecause ia want 10 know the sract
truth, II Il was. There's heart disease
in our family. NV mothers uncle died
OF n. and nv own cousin thinks he has
Il now; and so. of course. I'm n little
worried, and IL / thought there really
uds any danger I'd declare, I've for
gotten which I'm to take first the drop.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-18
Standing Up for His Rights

Conductor-Tha boy can't be less
than five years old. I shall have to
charge you half-fare for him.
Mr skinnphltnt Enormously looking
at his watch) you won't Its
now seven o clock That boy won't be
five years old till exactly 7;S0, and We
expect TO get of this train at exactly
7:2S II you cha rye me any thing for
that boy Ill rep, ,rt YOU Chicago Tri.
bune