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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
Longevity Of our Race.

The biologist, Bichat. whose intuitions
So marvelously anticipated the conclu.
sions Of later science. held that the
normal longevity Of our race should
be an average Of so years, bearing his
inference on the fact that the life term
Of all known mammals exceeds at least
six times the period of their growth. A
dog. growing for three years, may live
to Is or 90. A horse, growing for four
or five, attairs. and often exceeds, an age
of 80 years A camel, growing twice as
slowly, may live 10 4O years and upward.
An elephant, even in captivity. does not
attain its fun growth before its 10th
year, and in India often outlives two
masters. Some of the larger quadru-
mana likewise grow very slowly; several
varieties Of baboons. Tor instance. do not
acquire the characteristics of maturity
before the beginning OF their teens; and
the naturalist, Brehm, mentions a male
chacma, who, after becoming the patri-
arch of his tribe. raided the durra fields
OF the Zulu villages for nearly thirty
years before he met his Waterloo in
hght with the outraged natives. The
males Of our own species grow for at
least sixteen years, but less than one
third reach even the Ghreefold multiple
Of that age, and hardly one Ia 800 the
normal skiold. = DR.. Felix L. Oswald in
The Forum.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

The long training OF the people In
verse composing and verse reciting pre-
disposes them TO the composition OF po-
etry of some degree Of excellence. Irish
men and lrishwomen rs rule have u
knack at writing " they receive any edu-
cation at all, and are natural journalists
and writers at an early age. The last re-
markable poet Of the Gie kind known in
ireland was Carolan, the blind bard Of
che last century, whose portrait and
some of whose verses. translated and In
the original, were published by James
Hardiman. He was as peripatetie as
Homer Is said to- have been. blind also,
and certainly fine IL not great poet.
Though the race Is not extinct. little ex-
cept the most ordinary verse Is published
in Irish today. the audience being too
small 10 tempt the most ardent patriot.
With all its inherited shortcomings. and
with the evils that befell II owing to cir.
cumstances, the poetic guild of ancient
Ireland did the world great service In
keeping from destruction historical and
national data lost from other parts oi
Europe. IL also added not little 10 the
worlds stock OF tragic, Of noble and ol
comic fiction. Charles de Kay In Cent
ury.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

An exceedingly cheeky thief made his
appearance in Boston one day recently.
He was dressed Ina overalls. He went
into the office Of a life insurance COM
pany and, while whistling one Of the
latest tunes, began to unscrew from the
wall of toilet room on the fourth floor
a mirror valued at about $40. Fully
twenty. occupants OF the building saw
the man at work. and everybody thought
he had been hired either to repair the
glass or clean it. They did not suspect
anything was wrong until after he left.
Then it was learned he was thief. He
walked down the four flights of stairs
and left by means of the front door
Philadelphia Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

Ignatius Donnelly sometimes tells this
anecdote from the platform; An old
farmer in the south was taking his first
trip on a railway train. The equipment
was poor and the road was rough and In
bad condition, so that the train made poor
time. Suddenly the engine whistled.
Whats the natter" asked the farmer,
anxiously. oh" said fellow pas
senger, there are some cows ON the
track and they are whistling TO scare
them off. !" The train ran along slowly .
few miles farther. when the whistle
sounded again. The farmer suddenly
started and then exclaimed: "Blowed II
we haven't ketched up with them cows
again
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

hands were clasped tightly about huge
bouquet Of flowers.
Miss Mary raised herself on one ell
bow and asked softly:
Tot. dear. Is that youT'
For answer the child ran toward her,
and, laying the flowers down upon the
coverlet gazed up expectantly into the
thin, pale fare.
Miss Mary teamed forward and kissed
her, and then she looked at the flowers.
For the life OF her she could not keep
from smiling. IL was such an incongru-
Gus bouquet. There was larkspur. and
there were marigoids, bachelors but
tons, sweot-william and just one late
rooss rose. Miss Mary couldn't help
wondering to herself how 1t had man
aged 10 outlive its fellows. Then as
she glanced at the huge sunfiower in
the center OF the bunch, her smiles
broke out airesh
..why, Tot. this Is awfully good OF
rou. Are all these lovely fowers for
me?'
The child shook her head emphati-
oally until every golden curl was set
s-bobbing.
No" she said. ''these Is for muzzes
] wants yos ~ lake them. pleass." Miss
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

fng draught, and she's sure to sleep for
q couple Of hours I'll send one of my
girls down to watch her, so just you go
and lie down"
The old man hustled of. and Miss
Anna sank down into the rocking chair
with a long-drawn sigh of relief. OF
course she was tired--who wouldn't be
after ten such days of ceaseless watch
ing. But, nevertheless, she had no in
tention OF carrying out the old mans
advice. Sleep, indeed, while Mary lay
there in the next room almost at deaths
door. Why, the very idea was prepos-
terous What on earth could the doctor
be thinking OF? She'd never heard
But strange TO say, when presently
there was patter Of tiny feet upon the
gallery, Miss Anna did not hear them;
and a moment later. when the door was
pulled open, after several vain attempts.
and great food of September sunshine
came flowing into the room, Miss Anna
spoke no words OF welcome to the
auaint little stranger that stood there
craving admission.
1t was Tot Everybody knew Tot
thereabouts, even though she was such
little mite. She stood there just for
one moment, her big. gray eyes fixed in
wonderment upon Miss Annals sleeping
! form Then, as the situation dawned
upon her baby mind. she let the door
slam to behind her and trotted across 10
the threshold of the room where Miss
Mary lay.
Miss Mary turned over presently and
eould scarcely believe her eyes. She
must be dreaming, she told herself, and
yet. although the blinds were lowered
and the room in semi-darkness. there
was little child over there in the door
way that looked nIarvelously like Tot
She gazed at the little figure steadily
for a minute; until the sweet little face
beneath the broad black sailor hat stood
out distinct and clear. She had pretty
little white dress on, and her two tiny
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

The old method of "heaving the lead"
was cumbrous and often unreliable
process. which occupied a considerable
time, and could only be performed when
the vessel was brought to or going at q
very moderate speed. With Sin William
Thomson's improved sounding machine
the depth can be accurately found with
little trouble and without altering the
speed Of the vessel. A line of soundings
can be taken with great ease and the
ships place be made known by compari-
son with the chart long before she comes
near to any dangerous position. For
steamships going at great speed, and
especially when nearing land, the use OF
this machine is absolutely indispensable.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
AMERICAN TITLES.
Nothing 1. Too Grand for the Average
Citizen of This Glorious Republic.

Nothing 1. Too Grand for the Average
Citizen of This Glorious Republic.
II is very curious fact that, with all
our boasted free and equal" superiority
over the communities of the Old World,
our people have the most enormous ap-
petite for Old World titles OF distinc-
tion. Sir Michael and Sir Hans belong
TO one OF the most extended OF the aris-
tocratic orders. But we have also
knights and Ladies' of Honor. and,
what is still grander. Royal Conclaye
of Knights and Ladies' Royal Area
num-" and Royal Society OF Good Fel-
lows supreme Council" Imperial
Court" .Grand Protector and Grand
Dictator, and so on. Nothing less than
..Grand" and supreme" Is good enough
for the dignitaries of our associations OF
citizens Where does all this ambition
for names without realities come from?
Because knight OF the Garter wears q
golden star, why does the worthy cord
wainer, who mends the shoes Of his
fellow-citizens, want 10 wear tin star.
and take a name that had meaning as
used by the representatives OF ancient
families. or the men who had made
themselves illnstrious by their ghieve-
ments?
IL appears TO be a peculiarly Ameri-
can weakness. The French Republicans
OF the earlier period thought the term
citizen was good enough for anybody.
At later period 'le Roi Citoyen"--the
citizen king-was common title given
to Louis Philippe. But nothing is too
grand for the American in the way OF
titles. The prondest OF the IN all signify
absolutely nothing They do not stand
for ability, for publ ic service. for social
Importance, for large possessions, but
on the contrary are oftenest found in
connection with personalities TO which
they are supremely inapplicable. We
can hardly afford to quarrel with .
National habit which. IL lightly ham
died. may involve US in serious domes-
tic difficulties The Right Worship.
full" functionary whose sqnipage stops ut
my back gate, and whose services are
indispensable TO the health and comfors
OF my household. Is q dignitary whom
must not offend I must speak with
proper Difference 70 the lady who Is
scrubbing my floors. when | remem ber
that her husband. who saws my wood.
carries string OF high sounding titles
which would satisfy a Spanish noble
man. Oliver Wendell Holmes. In At.
lantic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

The new lighthouse at Hostholm is the
most powerful in the world. The beam is
OF 100000 candle power and shows
clearly at Blokhus. distance Of thirty
FIVE miles. 1t is produced by arc lamps,
fed by De Meriten's dynamos, driven by
steam engines. To prevent the extinc-
ton Of the light through an accident 10
the machinery the latter is duplicated,
one set coming into play should the other
fail. The light is further supplemented
in thick weather by two powerful sirens,
or fog trumpets, working withcompress-
ed mir. The fascination which a power
full light exercises on wild birds is curl
ously illustrated by this lighthouse. 1t is
said that basketfuls of dead snipes, larks,
starlings and SO forth are picked up in
the mornings outside the tower. They
kill themselves in dashing against the
windows Of the lantern. Montreal Star
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
n.rt,x on the cnrmoran,.

Il seems rather strange that, while
skins and eggs of the great aux are so
highly valued. the public rarely hear Of
Pallas' cormorant, the extinction Of
which in the North Pacific corresponds to
that of the great aux in the North Attain
tic. Only four specimens Of Pallas' cor
morant are known to exist In museums;
no one possesses its eggs; and no bones
were found or preserved until Mr.. Leon
hard Stejneger. OF the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, was so fortunate some years ago
as to rescue few of them. Yet this hir
was the largest and handsomest OF its
tribe. New York Ledger
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

This recalls the story OF the grey
hound, whose master was an expert BIZ
cyclist. and was accustomed 10 run down
hill. with his legs tucked up on the ma
chine. The greyhound, speedy and
highly intelligent creature. always seem
ed to take extreme pleasure In this feat,
and one day. to his masters astonish-
ment, suddenly drew all his legs under
him and shot past the bicycle at an ele-
walton of some five feet from the ground.
Three times only, in the course OF long
descent. he just touched the ground with
his left hind foot. and met his master at
the foot OF the hill with frisks and
bounds. having. travelled nearly three
hundred yards In the air. It is curious
fact, but the chronicle asserts that, on
the death Of this dog, elementary wings
were found ON hisshoulder biadee, which
seems TO indicate that he had a natural
predilection for flying. London Timea
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
INSPIRATION.

rss vas q peasant tolling mid the sheaves
Prom dew 20 dew among the waning grain
What time be went afield In early morn.
The stars shone above the morning mists;
And when at eve he reached his cottage door.
He heard che piovers calling to the night
One day, while meath his meazured rhythmio
stroke
Fell swath on swaih Of precious golden grain,
She came across the felds-a vision rare
The princess good and pure and beautiful
Who smiling on him ~ she passed him by.
Knew not that she had ftled his heart with love
And soul with music Yet from that day forth
His fellow workers heard his sweet sad songs.
And wondered at their comrads an be sang.
Soon far beyond the humble rustic town
His master music touched the hearts OF men.
Unfil the world had claimed him a. her own,
And wreathed him poet with the laurel crown.
One day he found hts wandering stops astray
Where he had seen the vision Of his soul
IF she" he thought had been q peasant
maid,
And prince had seen her tolllng there.
How happy now would be these weary days'"
AT this be threw himself upon the sheaves
until the length ming shadows eastward thrown
Had blended with the gently oeep'ning gloom
Until across the misty starlit meads
He heard the piovers calling TO the night
-Sanborn Cove Tenney In Harpsr'A
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

Mr.. John Farrar. foreman Of the @.
w. & +. Smith Iron Company. Of Bos-
ton. has three small cast iron plates, one
Of which is 81 by inches, on which is
cut in sunken Observation-Disclosures Lord 3
prayer in bold handwriting, and the
other two, each s by inches, contain
ing outline drawings, one with three
sketches-a pig in an inclosure, swans
ON water, and deer. with pyramids In
the distance, and the other plate con.
tanned an outline drawing of horse.
Referring to these plates. Mr.. Farrar
said: What you see on them is done
with common steel pen on a piece OF
thin paper. The paper, when prepared,
Ia pinned into sand mold, iron is poured
into the mold and the writing is trans
ferred to the casting. Boston Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

disappointed barn yard fowl Is often
as cross as II Ii could show Its temper
after the manner of human beings. The
big dominique rooster was a very good
naturcd fellow with hens and young
chickens, and he seldom resented having
kernels Of corn, no matter how many.
snatched out from under his beak, when
IL was done in fair scramble. But II
he had begun To CROW. and kernel was
unexpectedly dropped where he certainly
would have got il, had he not been 20
busy, it was too much TO see his share
taken away by any other fowl he fire.
quently pecked the offender rs soon as he
could stop Growing and showed general
III temper for few moments. His in
dignation was 80 amusing that we fell
into the habit Of teasing him in this way,
until, at last, the old fellow began 20
practice choking down the rest Of his
crow when corn was thrown In front OF
him. Gradually he managed TO stop
more and more qeic .ly, and In the end
he would swallow Is voice with @ gulp.
and snatch bit Of food rs promptly as
II he had 10; been cr,wing al all.-Ben-
jamin kalr in Popular Science Monthly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

ANNA TURNED AWAY TO THE WINDOW.
touch of autumn. but now as the sun
sank down behind them they turned to
a ruddier glow. Tot looked at them and
wondered in her baby fashion how long
IL would take to reach them and nurse.
Then she turned the corner and went
on.
Ii was after ten when Miss Mary
awoke, and her sister was still asleep.
When at last she awakened Miss Mary
told her of little Tots visit. why,
Mary. you've been dreaming!" she ex-
claimed. But Miss Mary pointed to the
flowers upon the table. Shortly after
that Miss Mary fell asleep again, and
she did not really regain consciousness
until forty-eight hours had passed. The
first thing she looked for was Tots
bouquet but to her dismay she found
that 1t was gone. There stood the table
and the vase upon IL, half filled with
water, but the flowers were gone.
j ..Anna," she exclaimed. "what have
you done with them? They we're bet
ter than all the medicine lever had"
Miss Anna turned away to the win
dow that her sister might not see her
face. II was no time for parti culars. SO
she just said simply:
al sent them back to the Red House.
Tot needed them, dear. for the dear liz
tie soul has taken the message herself.
IN, Y. Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
NO. %.


Lieut.. Won Francois, the African ar
plorer, has recently described q strange
custom among the Bayanzi. who live for
many miles along the Upper Congo. Tho
custom would seem 30 make life good
deal Of burden to their married women
Brass rods. which are the favorfte cur
rency in the country, are welded into
great rings around the necks OF the
wives. Many of these rings worn by
the women, whose husbands are well 10
do. weigh as much as thirty pounds. and
this burden must be carried around by
the poor women as long as thcy live.
Frequently, says Lieut.. Won Fran
cois. lone sees poor woman whose neck
Il raw and sore under the heavy weight,
and in places the skin is rubbed Oh by
the ring This is sure sign that the
ring has been recently welded around
her neck. for after time the skin be-
comes callouss-d. and then the strange
ornament produces no abrasion. But
the weight II an Inconvenience; they
never get used TO it. and II IL perpetual
tax upon their energies In every crowd
OF women may be seen a number who ars
supporting the ring with their hands.
and thus for time relieving their weary
shoulders Of the heavy bur6en. Il may
be said that with every movement d
their bodies the rings give Z m disoom
fort.
} "A ring Is never put around wo
J mans neck until she Is believed TO hav'
attained her full physical development
Once on, IL Is no easy matter to get IL OF
, The natives have no such thing as a file
! and. though they can hammer lot o
brass rods into one. it In very Difficult
. for them to cut the thick mass Of meta
, in two. Women who increase largel
In flesh after the rings have been fas
8 tened on their necks are In danger @
: strangling to death. and instances OF thi
r sort have been known TO occur.
{ "Iet these women regard the cum
{ brous ornament with pride. imagine tbs
7 It enhances their Importance and beauty
Q and wear the burden with light heart
@ Brass is the money OF the country, an
!, by putting IL around their wives neci
: the men are pretty certain that It won
y be stolen or foolishly expended. But
IS Is an odd and cruel sort Of SAVING
y bank. New York Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

Paris officers. going to seize the goods
of woman against whom Judgment
had been obtained, found her lying APP
parently dead and prepared for burial in
her rooms. They were about to retire
when one of them could not resist the
temptation 10 pinch the plump arm Of
the woman. The supposed corpse
promptly sat up on the bier and gave the
impairment officer regular dressing
down before she remembered that she
was dead to her creditors, il not to the
world. The execution was made at
once and the goods sold.-New York
Eun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

II would do the hearts of country edi-
tors good TO ride up town on the elevated
cars in the afternoon Of Friday and Sat
urday ON any week In the year. On these
two days great many business men give
only hasty glance at the evening papers
and then Immediately draw from pocket
q copy of paper that is In marked con-
trast TO the city paper, so far as type and
general appearance goes. The type Is in.
variably larger and the displays of ad.
vertisements and headings to news arti-
cles commonly coarser. The ink Is not
always spread evenly over the page.
Nevertheless. the business man opens the
paper to the page devoted TO village news
and reads every line there. After that
he not infrequently reads the village ad-
vertisements and gives brief look at the
editorials. The city man used To live in
the village where that paper was printed,
and he recognizes the names Of people
there as old acquaintances, and common
ly old friends. The village paper comes
like letter from home to the city man
who was once villager. New York
Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
tbs MONEY MAKES The MARE
\ GO,

Deep loarningi Is . splendid thing;
There's strength Ia erudition,
And wit and beauty each may bring
Its share Of recognition.
But those who take the pains through life
Its features TO compare know
These are but trites In the strife
IT'S money makes the mare 20.
Wealth hides a boundless sea Of sin
Or beauties it, features
Until the ones who dip therein
Are quite respected creatures
For there are wrongful paths In which
The poor would never dare 20
That may be followed by the rich
IT'S money makes the marc go.
ortimes true but poor young man
WIN seek the aid Of Cupid.
But do the very best he can
The ladies vote him stupid
The while some wealthy, witless Ounce
VIII never have TO fare so.
They'll all be after him al once
'Tls money makes the mare go.
BY many maiden proud and cold
Are scores OF hearts rejected,
While others worth their weight In gold
by lovers are neglected.
For those with wealth the men bcset
Their fortunes they would share though
Their loyeless bonds bring deep regret
'Tis money makes the mare go.
And In the end there'n cone day
When wealth shall lose its power.
And all their gold be swept away
In one short, fieesing hour.
And when they stand on Jordan's brink
Their hearts shall deep despair know
Who all their lives are wont 10 think
'Tis money makes the marc 20.
Chicago Post.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
A. other. Sec Us.

"They cut their food with their dag
gers, and they eat with pitchforks.
cried the Mortified Japanese who first
saw Europeans eating in such barbaric
and revolving manner with the knife and
fork.
Light fingered. deft and initiative as
the Japanese and Chinese are, 1t takes
them as long 10 learn the proper and
graceful use of the knife and fork rs /,
requires for US to master the eyolutions
and etiquette Of the chopsticks. Il Eliza
Scidmore in Sc. Nicholas
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06

"You have seen the cotton waste with
which engineers rub up their enginesi
Well, that isn't us valuable as gold dust,
but every engineer Is as careful Of il as IL
It were. He has q bag in his cab TO keep
it In. and when he has used it he puts it
back in the bag with ms .nucd pains as
an old lady would use with her quilt
pieces. Quite the natural thing for him
TO do, you say; but there's where you
are wrong. Unless men are trained TO
be careful about these things the natural
way seems 10 be to throw away or other
wise lose more than they save. Now.
suppose every engineer ON the road saves
o cents day by an economical use Of oil
and waste, that amounts 70 q pretty
penny when YOU reckon on the thou
sands Of engines run by the road You
see how system and discipline pay!
There's nothing like it,''-Philadelphia
Tlmes
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-12-06
u.. fur Cas-, on c.rm.r...

Who could dream Of boiling up sol
diers' cast of trouserss Yet this is what
Is done with the discarded leg coverings
of the English soldiers, and what do you
guess to be the use Of the condiment
when so cooked? The pulp thus pro
duced is used To stuff balls. The trou-
sers are chopped fine, boiled. treated
with some chemical substance, and then
cast In molds Of different sizes Tor use in
the different fives and racquet courts
Chatter