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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

A peculiarly suspicious individual
named Mack was in charge of the City
hall cigar store, when two dapper looking
young men entered. One carried in his
hand an envelope, which was addressed,
but not sealed. ''Can you give me a ten
dollar note for these ten billsg' he asked.
,sThe old lady wants to send the money
in this letter.
The ten dollar bill was Immediately
given to the young man, who apparently
put il in the letter. Mack counted the
bills given ia exchange and found only
nine there. There is only 30 in this" !"
said he.
.'oh, how can that be?" said the young
man. THE old lady must have made q
mistake. put the $40 in this letter and
have sealed it. don't want to open the
envelope again. Will you just hold the
letter with the $40 and viii take the 90
to the old lady"
/ Mack thought that fair enough, as he
believed he saw the young man put $40
in the envelope. He still holds 1t. 1t Ii
addressed to III. Ed ldme, Bingham
ton, N. W II was not long before Mack
opened it. but blank paper was all 1t con.
tanned Brooklyn Eagle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Editor--I am sorry 10 see you In this
plight, Jim, but we've done all we could for
you.
Reporter condemned to be hanged for kill
ing an influential political toughl-Eo une
crying over spilled milk or blood either. I've
been thinking over this thing good while,
and | believe, II we can work IL right, we
can persuade tho sheriff % make little mis-
take
'Ehi Leave the cell door unlockedT
''No, indeed. He'd lose his place II he did
that
"what thenf'
"we'Il get him 20 mislay his Almanac
"what good will that dor
''Goodl II he'll agree 20 hang me day
ahead of the time appointed. we'll get beat
on AL the other papers. World
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
New York. Chinese 4 .updrymsn.

The Chinese tailors ma Ike the laundry
men their blolises and short petticoats, To
save them from what they would con-
slider tie misery of wearing the tight fit.
ting American trousers that prevent ven
tilaIIon. The doctors bring their cases
Ct Chi MAYO, Neu Teah IA, Sin goopeh,
and countless other herbs TO prevent the
Washes from having the gout. dyspep-
Fia, spiz ansi other kindred diseases that
are co-existent with western civilization,
and that were unknown tp Cinnamon I'M
I'll they began to feed like Christians
Vet, Notwithstanding thh merits OF Chi
nese drugs. the Gilman len kept getting
more funereal in face and qualmish in
stomach, and continued 10 turn yellower
In skin, until Mr. Wa X zee, an enterpris-
ing Hong Kong merci iant, imported q
cargo OF all manner Of curious canned,
dried and preserved fruit from the far off
..land Of many flowers. : Then the New
York Cinnamon began 10 revive, as the
plants OF an Egyptian desert brighten up
after refreshing showar.--Wong Chin
Foo in The Cosmopolitan.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
a Prince. Antics.

The prince Of Parma maintained great
state in his small principality, and. by
the aid of the Australians. very despotic
authority. His little army was entirely
under his own military code. His pun
ishment of the officers was at times orig
inal. One of them consisted in compel
ling them to carry pals of water from
one well to another. 300 or 400 yards dis
tant. He insisted that the entire absence
Of any useful purpose IN this disagree
able task added greatly To its unpleasant
ness, In which he Was not far wrong
His practical jokes did not add to the
dignity or comfort of his court. ! was
present at grand ball when he ordered
a large plate of strong mustard sand
wiches 10 be handed round with his cont
pliments at supper time to the most dig
nified Of the great ladies, who comghed
and gesticulated painfully when they
tasted the pungent mixture.-Black-
unad's
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

A highly intelligent lady known to one
doctor related to him that one day she
was walking past public institution
and observed a child. in whom sine was
particularly interested, coming out
through an iron gate She saw that he
let 60 the gate after opening II. and that
it seemed likely 10 close upon him. and
concluded that il would do so with such
force rs TO crush his ankle. however, this
did not happen III was impossible. "
she said. '.hy word or act to be quick
enough TO meet the supposed emergency;
and. In fact. found ! could not move,
for such intense pain came on in the
ankle. corresponding To the one which
thought the boy would have injured, that
I could only put my hand ON IL TO lessen
its extreme painfulness. ! am sure did
not move 80 as 10 strain OF spraiA II.
The walk home. distance Of about a
quarter OF n mile. was very laborious,
and ON taking of my stocking ! found a
circle round the ankle. as L II had been
painted with red curranl juice, with a
large spot OF the same on the outer part
BY morning the whole foot was iniiamed.
and ! was prisoner 10 nv bed many
days. w H. Hawley in Boston Globe.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

The Woman's Journal il Of opinion
that it has buried Mr.. Grant Allen out OF
sight by citing him to France. France
does not 20 in for the higher education
of women at all. The French women
are still in the swaddling hands OF old
fogyism and non-emancipation. Accord
ing to Mr.. Aliens argument. therefore.
that the higher education of women
tends to check the growth of population.
France ought to increase far more rap
idly in population than either England
or America But the population Of
France is not even holding its own, a
fact to which the w j. points in triumph.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

The boiler bursting n cord Is q large
and growing one. Over 200. all un-
doubtedly supposed safe, exploded dur
ing the past year The invention Of the
safety seam steam boiler, which opens at
the joints, and puts out the fire before
the pressure reaches the bursting point,
must save many lives lib q years time.
More than 700 person were stricken
down, without warning, by boiler explo-
sions within our country during the past
year. More than half these persons were
killed outright. and many Of the re-
mainder were MANNED for life. Boston
Transcript.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13


Fhis Is the season Of the year when IN the maya
xfna
rhe aorissa' nicely worded advertisements may he
seen.
They tell Of wondrous flowers and Of strangely
gorgeous plants
They u an our homes with beauty n wen give
them half q chance.
Each startling bloomer has q name we cannot un-
derssAnd,
But yet the spelling indicates it must be some
thing grand;
And 90 we hasten 20 remit the very fancy price
For plaats 10 turn our house and 10; into para
dise.
We buy dozen garden tools and formulate plan
To beautify the lawn, and then employ hired
man
We purchase fertilizers and q lot Of fancy things,
And lay the dooryard cut In pretty crescents,
stars and rings
But after all u happens that the season is too dry
Too wet, too hot too cold. or something else. and
that "a why
The gorgeous plauts which wers 20 yield won.
derful display,
Have newer blooms enough 10 make . buttonhole
bouquet. Chicago Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

The Austrian police at Ala. in the Ty-
rol, discovered in railway carriage COM
ing from Italy Ave little boys who were
crying bitterly. The man who accom-
panied them confessed to having received
the boys from their parents in exchange
for olive oil and $2 apiece. He intended
taking them to Hamburg. where they
were 10 be shipped with plaster OF Paris
figures to different parts Of the world.
The Italian police were informed and
sent the boys back to Lucca. whence they
came.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Young Man gazing dreamily at the
candy case in fancy grocery storel-l-l
wish 10 get something real nice for
"a young lady. but hardly know what
20 select.
Grocer (brisklyl-Very youngr
Young Man-'Bout i7-still going to
boarding school
Grocer-Yes, sir. Johni show this
gentleman 70 the pickle counter.-New
York Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Bishop Ridley. who recently arrived in
London from his district in Vancouver .
island. brought TO the queen gift of
stO0 from the chief of the tribe among
whom he had been at work. The chief
offered ii in such way that the bishop
could not refuse ii without giving him
dire offense. but he is as afraid to offer It
TO the queen as he would have been to re-
fuse TO take it from the chief, and can
make up his mind what TO do with II.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

My little grandson. jesse George, Of Nor.
folk, Mass. aged years, came home from .
call ON n playmate, saying that Chester was
going away but he couldn't remember where,
and asked his mother where il was that they
had the trainei horses She thought a mo-
mens. and told him at the circuS.n
'.Oh, yes, said Jesse, Chester Ia going TO
the ladies' sewing circus. ~ Boston Globa
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

At the residence of Col. A. Bass, at
Rome. Ca. partridge found its way
into the house and was captured by Miss
Hattie and safely put in cage. A little
while later another partridge, perhaps
the mate Of the first, walked boldly in
and started upstairs and was also cap
tured
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

While sinking a well at his new saw
mill near Seymour. Ind. Jesse Cox came
across some large chestnut trees thirty
feet below the surface In perfect state
Of preservation. chicago Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

'sGeorge,n asked the teacher Of q Sunday
school class, "whom, above all others, shall
you wish 10 see when you get 70 heavenf'
With face Frightening up with anticipa-
ton, the little fellow shouted, ''Gerliah "
New York Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Work has been resumed on the Stan
ford university at Palo Alto, CAL, after
four months Of idleness. The main rea-
sons for the delay were the excessively
vet weather and failure TO secure build.
ing material
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
Tn. Tr.. Comm.re,ai splri,

"Here are Ave gold dollars" said grandpa
10 little Harry, lone for each Of youS birth
days. What more could little shaver like
You have to wish forf' "Only that / was ss
old as you, grandpa, was the reply. 3
rn.,, "a riof,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
Ready for . Trade.

Bobby WAS lonesome and Minnie wa
quietly playing with her doll, an employ
ment In which Bobby had vainly sought di-
version.
Mamma" sighed Bobby, ~ wish owned
the whole world
''The whole worldi What would you do
with ii, daringir
"I'd trade Minnies doll for pup. Bling
hamton Republican.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
TIE YOUNG PEOPLE.


oped Faith.
A refractory Boston youngsber was being
sharply rebuked by his mother for his numer.
Gus trangressions.
Harry, Harry" she exclaimed, "if you
behave in that way you will worry your
father and mother TO death; and what will
you do without any father and motherf'
"The Lord u my shepherd, = said the small
boy; 81 shall not want Boston Transcript
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Counting the chickens before the eggs
are laid Is the pastine OF the modern
prophet. Vineyard Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Magistrate You've been up before me
good many times, Uncle Rastus. It's the
same as usual-thirty days or $40.
Uncle Rastus-I has ben up befo' you q
good many times, yo' honor; Ise ben good
customer, an ef yuse got any wholesale rates
specs oughter hab 'em.-New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13

Study well the human body. the mind
& not far of. Carmen sylvia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19

things. She was at home again: she
was to be woman once more with all
the restrictions about her from which
she had fed. She looked forward to
this prospect, as the realities of life
came back to her, with neither fear nor
hope.
She knew that in her own heart and
not in outward conditions she would
find the WEAKNESS of life.
Physically she was much refreshed by
the long slumber. There was no trace
of the illness which her mother had
feared might follow the excitement
through which the girl had passed. She
arose and donned the unfamiliar gar
ments of her sex and went to meet her
father, who waited in no little impa-
thence to hear her story.
She told it simply, and with little
emotion, though the narrative was al
most too exciting for her mother to
bear, and made the ex-Prefect's heart
leap more than once.
My child, are you not happy to be
with US once more?" asked her mother,
when Sho Mai concluded.
Il am not happy, mother" said Sho
Mai, and shall never be again; but I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19
EVERY THING NEW.
A Foreigners View of Americans ana
Their Homes.

! Foreigners View of Americans ana
Their Homes.
A shrewd German observer who visit
ed this country during the last year re-
marked to a friend: ''The popularity
about wealthy Americans which strikes
a foreigner is that they all have just
built their homes. Magnificent houses
they are, to be sure, Astounding in art
treasures, but-they are brand-new If
| you ask your host where did he live a
| year ago, he does not show you. Are
| they, then, all ashamed of the homes Of
their childhood?'
OF course there is an almost Yankee
exaggeration in this statement of the
case. There are score and hundreds of
charming old homes; but there is also
some truth in the somewhat bitter sneer.
American men, women and families are
pushing on, progressing in wealth, cult
ure and social position. They are re-
solved to occupy a higher place in the
worlds eye, and to command moro APP
plause for the to-morrows of their lives
than they had for the to-days.
But what to do with the yesterdays?
All boys know that the crab which
swims along our sea-coasts and inlets
expand. Periodically, therefore, the
crab breaks out of the narrow shell,
buries its cast-off clothing in the mud,
and presents itself new, larger and
more important creature to the view of
its companions.
The man or the family who is pushing
up to higher social levels breaks in the
same way out of old shells. There is
the humble, implanted village house in
which the youth of the great millionaire
was passed. Is the man who is risen in
life ashamed to show it to his foreign
guest who, in the new palace, asks to
see the family homestead?
There are the grammatical slips, the
oldtime country manners of the woman
just admitted into fashionable circles;
shall she be ashamed of them, or let
them pass as of trivial weight while,
with simplicity and sincerity, she en-.
deavors to make friends in her new life?
Or, there are the old friends and kins-
folk who were so dear in the days of
our poverty-shail we turn our backs on
them, hide them out of the sight of our
new companions?
These are the shells which the pros
porous American sloughs off as he grows
in wealth and Importance. He can not
bury them in the mud as the crab does
his old skin.
There is no better test of man than
his behavior concerning these proofs
and relics of his former poverty and
humble estate. A coarse man can make
huge fortune; vulgar woman can
push her way in society, but it is only
the thoroughbred gentleman or gentle
woman who lives above the petty ex-
ternals of live.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19
CHAPTER TX.
A GIRL AGAIN.

When Sho Mai saw her fathers face
she felt that her wanderings were done.
She had no other wish but to seek his
presence and her mothers arms and
tell the story of her flight, her love and
her sorrow. She entered the house,
pushed past the servants, who would
have restrained her, and in moment
stood before her parents. With the
changes that a year had wrought, and
the strange garments, they did not
know her until she said: Il am your
daughter, are your hearts still open to
me?
Then, faint with hunger, weary with
the great labor of the competition
and, more than all, burdened with a
heavy heart. she fell at her fathers
feet. He was SO overpowered with
astonishment that he stood for a full
minute staring into her face; but the
mothers eyes were quicker to recognize
her child, and coming quickly forward
she raised the fainting girl in her arms.
Then the ex-Prefect gathered up his
scattered senses and assisted in carry
ing Sho Mai to her mothers apart
ment.
When Sho Mai awoke next day after
a long and heavy sleep she found her
mother standing by her side. For a
moment she lay wondering where
dreams stopped and realities began.
The whole eventful year she was half
persuaded to place among the visions
which had lowered around her pillow
during the preceding night. For the
year had left little trace in outward
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19

have accomplished that Tor which 1
made this visit to the world. have
seen il and learned it's lesson. In one
year it has taught me all that the pro-
foundest philosopher could learn in a
hundred years. Ambition and fear and
hope and love-I have known them all
ard the end of them all, which is disap-
pointment. The whole world is in that
word, and those who learn it's meaning
so thoroughly that they can neither
strive nor hope nor fear nor love any
more have solved the riddle, and may
rest from their labors. This is the phil
osophy of the unhappy; the fortunate
may have one of their own, but l shall
not need to know it,
She laughed bitterly at her trite
summary of the world lesson, and then,
burying her head in her hands, she
wept.
Her parents exchanged glanres but
offered no consolation, feeling that time
must do that. From the street came a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19
'CaplraI ana labor would be cementAd

'CaplraI ana labor would be cemented
| and united in interest, which is exactly
| what nature designed. Capital of itself
could produce nothing, and labor could
produce little without capital. Acting
in conjunction. with lands free, capital
and labor would have clear held and
their united productions would inure to
the benefit of all There would be no
millionaires on the one hand and no in
dustrial slavery on the other-no desti-
tuition"
But" says my friend, chow do you
propose to put stop to the conversion
of capital into lands?''
by the single tax. Tax nothing but
| land values, i. e., tai 20 the rental value
of land and lots and support the govern
ment with it; repeating all other taxes
OF every kind upon the products of in
dustry which are, as | have said, all
paid by the consumers"
But" says my friend, chow does this
stop buying and owning land?"
by taking the rental value the gov
eminent takes just what profit capital
can make by such investments, and you
may be sure capitalists will never
gain"
"What then?"
''Why land, the natural opportunities
of labor, would practically cease to bs
considered as wealth. No gain to capt.
tai or labor in connection with lands
could accrue except in their develop
ment culture-use. The owner would
be compelled to put his lands to use or
transfer them to some who would.
But lands-God's earth can not be PUT
to use; can not be improved; can not be
made to produce for the supply of hu
man wants except by the application of
labor, and this would put labor on top
as it ought to be. 1t would place labor
with capital as it's adjunct. But the
two acting in concert with all natural
opportunities thrown open, the produc-
ton Of wealth would increase at a rate
never before known.
sit could not possibly be otherwise
unless the aggregate productive power
of a country can accomplish more when
shackled with monopolies and restric-
tions than when left free and in possess
sion of all such natural opportunities.
WELL" said my friend, your theory
has some plausibility, but can never be
put into practice"
A week afterward a single tax friend
calls and says: Il have just had an in
terview with Mr.. So-and-so, and ne says
he will be dog if he doesn't think there
is some thing in this single tax bust
ness. Sol. F. Clark, Little Rock, Ark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19

may be reached. Each aspirant fol-
honors is assigned cell in order that
all communication may be cut off. In
the grand arena sits the Chung Yuen
Foo of the royal family, surrounded by
scores of secretaries. The subject upon
which the competitors are to work is
written in large letters and hung up in
conspicuous place where it can be
seen from every cell. A sharp rap from
mace in the hand of one of the as
sistants brings hush like that of death
upon the assemblage. The great COM
petition has begun.
Many a heart beat wildly with excite
ment as the task was begun. Many a
brilliant mind was defeated by it's own
eagernesS which untitled i for the long
labor of the battle. Among all those
who strove for this high honor it is
doubtful if there was one whose calm
ness equaled that of Sho Mai. The
thrilling scenes through which she had
passed, so far from unsettling her nerves,
had left her in state of quiescence
which moth ng could disturb. She felt
that all her faculties had never been
more perfectly under her control. Per-
haps the despair regarding Ii Xii
which had gradually crept into her
heart accounted in some measure for
her mental state, for who has not known
that strange awakening Of the mind
after great disaster, comparable only
TO what the soul may feel when it
awakens after death.
The subject chosen was one to which
she had given her deepest thought. She
would have chosen no other. She
worked with a steadiness which was I'M
shaken by any sensation of fatigue,
though hours, came and went and
still the task was uncompleted.
Even after she herself laid down her
brush, satisfied that the best of which
she was capable had been done, the work
of many others was still unfinished.
Three days and nights passed before the
announcement was made that the last
manuscript was done.
Then a small army of pages gathered
UP the work from each cell and took it
to the hundreds of secretaries for read
ing. This work is done with great
speed. though with scrupulous care.
Each secretary reserves the best manu-
scripts, and these are sent to the i'm
perial palace, where the final choice is
made by the Emperor himself, assisted
by the Chung Yuen Foo.
Meanwhile the competitors were dis
and they poured out of the great
hall. sAgain did ShO Mai scan the faces
of all who came under her observa ton,
but without finding Ii Xii among them.
The disappointment was maddening, al
though she had not known until that
that hope remained to make
disappointment possible. She was
dazed by the failure of all her inquiries;
she sought wildly here and there. The
limit of her self-c0ntrol had been
passed. Without food, without rest, she
went from one inn to another in the
great city, and at length wandered the
streets aimlessly, scarce knowing what
she did.
Before great house in wide street
She CHANGED to pause, gazing up at the
windows. She had no thought of seeing
a familiar face; indeed, she scarcely
noted any thing. She was in kind of
stupor, from which she awoke to the
that a form she knew had
passed before the window. Again it
and stopped. Their eyes met.
1t was her father, Wong Che Foo.