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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23
HIRE OF c0NycTs.

The Committee on Asylums and Prisons
reported substitute for the bill passed b}
the Senate in relation to the hire OF CON
victs. The main difference IN the measure.
is that the Senate bill gives the Supcrin.
tendent of the Peniten;iary the authority
10 contract with railroads for the hire OF
the convicts, while the substitute transfer:
this power TO the Governor.
Mr. 5. L. Coleman advocated the sub
stitute. claiming, among other reason.
why it should be adopted. that the Gov
ernor is presumed TO have a better know
lege Of the conditional the different sec
tions OF the State md can better determine
where the .Onvicts should be sent to aid II
develop 20 the State.
Tn substitute was adopted.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23
coNTRo1 OF ARMoRlEs.

The article In rolatiOn @ armOTIes was
so amended as 10 provide that no armories
shall be built by any county or city with
out three fourths vote in its favor Of all
the members elected to the board Of SUI
pervisors of the county or council Of the
city. II also leaves the control Of such
armories erected at the cost Of cities and
counties in the hands of the councils and
euunrVIsnrs.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23

Linen Crash, for towcis a. This sale Bic. yard.
Good Yard Vile Cnbeachei Cotton. the &C.
Kind, q, his sale I a..
36-inch Black Cro0o-Cloth, makes a splendid
and cheap mourning. dress. a. Dol, sale 2jc,
Turkey-Red Working Cotton. fast co,ors, at This
sale ".
one los Topoggaa Cap. no -, 25 f0 aud Soc.
kind, az th's sails Do.
Best American shittiug Prints at this saio &C..
y0ri
! The best Bngllsh Hemp-Carpet a; this sale &c.
yard.
Tho nes; Bla.S skirt-Braa At this sale %. ron.
Best Household Ammonia, the isrgo-sizo bot
.ea, Dc. AZ this sale.
Extra bargains in I0rchon ie"es a, mis- sale
inches wide a. i0-. a yard beautiful n'1i-
ci patterns -1orchous ., 4, :, :, .. l-Sc.
and upwards.
- Cloaks at f2.25-less shan cost.
800 Cloaks a. 81 -io.s than cos..
10 C.oaks a. &. 15-le-s than coat
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23

Ask Your Druggist
for Or, DAvID's Couch Syrup II you wish th'
hest cough cure Known.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23
school Books.

All the School Books. new and second hand;
also, all School supplies.
Wgsr JOHNSTON & Co
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-23

things that are greater bargain,
u see some Of them on display .s -.
-Colorci Wool Henrietta ~lts
nd ---White-airiped nap tel -.,.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15

Cocaine. as is now well known, Is a
very valuable but an exceedingly dan
gerous drug, and NJ. Dufournicr has
lately published in Tie Archives de
Medicine the remarkable results Of his
Investigations into its use. Cases where
accidents have occurred are very numer-
ons and there is hardly surgeon using
cocaine who has not had occasion 10 wit
ness them. As early as in 1887 DIR. Mat.
tison published the account of forty such
instances, and the roll of victims who
have lost their life from dose of co
caine has now reached as high as nine
In large number of cases it has given
rise TO a species Of poisoning. from which
the patient usually RECEIVERS. Among
We phenomena characterizing this form
of poisoning. one observed in a patient
OF DIR. +. Bradley is worthy of mention.
This patient was taken with facial par.
alysis. from which he did not recover for
six months Other symptoms are hallu-
cinations. great excitement and cerebral
agitation, and, finally. DIR. Leslie Cal.
loghan in one case saw the entire body
covered by scarletiniform rash.
49, e'f-ahhAhfs niaiAhtS a
large wart situated nj the base of the
thumb of young girl Of 20, injected un.
der the skin, close To the wart one cubic
centimeter of one-in-ten solution of
cocaine. The patient felt no pain. but az
the little wound was being sewcd to-
gether she suddenly lost color and faint
ed, her pulse became weak and slow, and
her hands and feet stifrened. Water was
dashed in her face and she recovered
consciousness, but she did not regain at
once her sense of feeling, as she kept
asking where her hands We're. By this
time the stiifcning had extended TO the
whole of her person, but these alarming
symptoms quieted down little by little,
and by half an hours time they all came
TO a happy end. This case represents the
mildest form OF cocaine poisoning. Be.
tween this form and the cases in which
death ensued come in a series of severer
forms, in which the alarming symptoms
lasted three hours to live or six days
st. James Gazette.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
BRAIN VERSUS 6RAwN.
Why Working Men should Let the Min
Aid the Hands.

Why working Men should Let the Mind
Aid the Hands.
At the present time there are too
many who endeavor 10 be successful, or,
In other words, who get their living by
main strength and ignorance. This
ls direct result of the neglect of a
proper education in early life. In some
,ases physical exertion may be neces-
sary TO the accomplishment of the end
sought, but in nine eases out OF ten this
IS a simple waste OF strength through
the neglect Of mental training. and re-
minds one of the philosophy of the pro-
verbal son OF Erin, who. while not
lacking in wit, is not witty. for he will
invariably attempt TO make his muscle
10 what his mind ought 10 do, or, at
least, what IL ought 20 assist in doing.
Good Judgment is oftentimes more
valuable than years of experience.
Some workmen will not put the least
bit Of calculation into their work, and
they might work on for years, putting
out all their physical energy upon the
work, never for a moment doubling thai
that is the only means OF accomplish
ing IT,
But turn TO the proverblal Yankee,
who Is not particularly fond of exerting
himself physically. and who generally
sontrives TO make his mind save his
body, and quito difference ia noticed.
Instead of hammering, straining aud
toing the work himself he deliberately
sits down 70 figure OUT some device
Tor accomplishing the same result. Ifa
difficult task presents itself, where ap-
parently considerable muscle is re-
luired. he looks the thing over. and
generally contrives some means of do
ing II without putting his shoulder to
the wheel. In other words, he lets bis
mind help his hands
Here is just where the intelligent and
thoughtful workman has the advantage
Of the illiterate and ignorant. and Is the
reason why we find No many really good
Eorkmen, 80 far a. physical force Is con-
cerned, plodding along, earning barely
enough To support themselves.
What American workmen need Is TO
cultivate their minds. and eqnalize the
labor between the mind and body, re-
sulting in a more perfect condition Of
both. and rendering their services more
sktllful and themselves more valuable
Let your mind help your hands, and
you will find your work easier, your life
happier, and your condition generally
much improved. - Worcester Mass.
Practical Mechanic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15

AT a recent meeting Of the British
association, an interesting account of
Lake TanganyiEa was read by r. c.
Hore. He said This water is the
drainage reservoir of an area exceed
ing some G00 miles from north To
south, with an extreme breadth of 300
miles, and until recently has had no
outlet. The amount of rainfall has
for an unknown period exceeded the
loss by evaporation, SO that the lake
has gradually risen until in lo.4, the
time of Commander Cameron's visit,
it was brimfull, reaching the summit
of its barrier in two places, one on the
east, the other on the west coast. The
contour of the land to the east soon
checked the outflow in this direction (;
but to the west the land slopes rapidly,
and the water cut "A deep channel aud
flows into the Congo.
In 1873, when Mr.. Hore began his
observations, il was rushing torrent
and had already lowered the level Of
the lake. which is 420 miles long by
ten to fifty miles broad, four feet. In
the succeeding ten years the lake fell
eighteen feet more, but now the out
flow is very sensibly diminishing, and
will probably soon represent simply
the inch or two of excess of rainfall
over the evaporation.
A striking description is given of
the peculiar meteorological phenome-
ma, the thunder storms of the lake.
Ten district tribes inhabit the shores,
representing all the African families,
A..lt n.
Zulus on the south, and even includ-
ing the cannibal dwarfs II is remark
able that the oldest inhabitants make
the least use of the lake. where the
representatives of the Gallas, though
''the most expert canoeists and fisher
men, and the only users of the cata-
maran, have such prejudice against
the water, as they call il, that they
consider il unlucky FOR their principal
chief To see it.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15

But the problem of Arab dominion IL
not on the coast at all. but in the interior
OF Africa. On the coast the European
states can make their influence felt. but
II extends no further than narrow strip
of land, beyond which barbarism reigns
supreme. And here we arrive az one Of
the most remarkable phenomena OF the
age in which we live aud the planet we
inhabit- The aboriginal inhabitants of
Central Africa are savages. stink In hea-
thenisIn. afflicted by the evils and weak.
nesses Of savage life. and perhaps inferior
in mental and physical vigor to the
stronger races Of mankind
Over them has passed. like tempest
from the east. n horde of men Of another
and a stronger race, which marks them
out for slavery and destruction The
Arab invasion OF Africa is characterized
in every part To which Europeans have
penetrated by desperate valor in arms,
by an utter indifference 20 human life,
and. above all, by an enthusiastic and
fanatical belief in the faith Of Islam.
They remind us of those ardent fol.
lowers Of the prophet who. in the first
ages of Mohammedanism bore his blood
stained standard and his intolerant creed
from Spain to the confines of China, and
wellnigh overthrow the faith and civil.
zation OF the ancient world Indeed. IL
we are not mistaken. they are the same
men-the living inheritors of the pas
sions, the valor and the faith of the sol
diers Of Mohammed
"a IA If 81.
states they are now reluctantly compelled
To bow; but over the unarmed and untu-
tored native races of Africa they are su-
preme. Accordingly. what we are now
witnessing in Africa. since IL has been
partially opened to our view. is an amaz-
ing recrudescence and fermentation Of
Mohammedan power. On the Congo il
is not the native population. but the
bloodthirsty Arab slave dealers, who op
pose the progress of civilization. the ma
tives ask for protection from these for
midable tyranrs.
On the Nile the fierce chiefs OF this
new warfare have made Khartoum "a
seat Of power and authority over the
neighboring tribes. for since the over
throw Of the Egyptian government in
the south they are masters Of the Sou
dan. The capture OF thar important po-
sition. and the defeat and death Of the
heroic champion of civilization who per
ished there, were much greater events
than they even seemed TO be at the time
they occurred. for they established a
lppwer whether il was that of the Mahdi
or anS other name, which commands the
iiterinr and the river.-E Edinburgh Re
view
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
PuN6ENT PARAGRAPHS.

Small Boy-''Unele. do YOU under
staud the rule OF three?" Uncle-"Per.
fectly. my boy, live with my father
in-law. my mother-in-law, and nv wife,
N. y. Ledger.
De Ruyter-''Clara, you've started
the fre with one of my MSS! Pull II
out!-quick" His sponse-"Pull IL out
yourself. won't be made the eats paw
to take your cl-estnuts out of the fre."
Puck.
Mrs. Sharpleigh says her husband
and the moon are great cronies. always
together, but Mr.. ;. has one decided ad-
vantage over his lunar companion--he
gets full every night.-Epoch.
Jackson-"Mrs. Henpeck tells me she
gained six pounds while she was in the
mountains" Henpeck - That's moth.
Ing; ! gained twelve while she was
away. Life.
stranger-''Haven't you anything
better than i've cent cigars?'' Country
storekeeper tastonished) )-''Hi. Jimmy,
run down TO the Indicator office an tell
them Mr.. Vanderbilt ism town"
--Dude-.'I hear you have been telling
people that am fool" Friend-"Ym
are mistaken. On the contrary, | am
the only friend you have got who has
always maintained that you have got
some little sense. ."-Texas Siftings.
"A critical condition-''I hear your
husband is sick, Aunt Dinah?'' s'Yess'm-
"Nothing serious, hope? His condi
tion Is not critical?" Critical? should
say hu wuz. He amt satisfied with
nuffin'."-Terre Haute Express.
Excuse me, miss said a smart
young man to lady who affects juyen.
ility in head dress, ''but your hair is all
down." THANK you." was the reply:
possibly you have observed the same
fact in connection with your musta, a."
Washington Capital
Mr.. You've been over an
hour dressing and you said 1t wouldn't
take you over twenty minutesr' Mrs
McDuff-"Now don't say word!
thought should never get into this new
gown Mr.. McDuff-s'Well, Judging
from appearances, you have not more
than half succeeded. Time.
-Wife-'1 believe that more women
than men go to Heaven Husband
lyon do? What makes you think so?"
women live better lives than mem"
81 grant 1t, Mary, but there's one thing
that leads me to think there are very
few women on the other Shore ''What
Is that?" 1T is spoken OF as the silent
shore. Boston Courier.
An elegantly dressed woman asked
to be shown some silk for gowns, and
made the unfortunate clerk hand down
and unfold piece after piece without
coming to any decision. Finally she
concluded she would prefer some pat
t"rhs that she had first looked at. v hich
involy The turning over OF the entire
pile, and at last asked: "Are you quite
sure, sir, that this style is worn?r ''Ii
was. madame" answered the clerk.
'when you came in, but after the period
that has since elapsed should not like
to say for certain. Judge.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
ONLY AN AUTUMN lsAE.
u Has . Little riis At the Old Tree "a
the Hour of Parting


Something has turned you, said
grim old oak one uiourufully beauti.
ful autumn day 10 a i,.ii HAT had been
hrmly attached TO hin for some time
past
Il would as lief turn as not" an
swered she, pertly surveying his
gnarled aud twisted frame. Il was
rather green last summer, but can see
through you now, and as believe in
plain dealing | will say at once don't
care a twig for your opinion, and
would rather be changeable than as
set and rooted as you
What you say goes somewhat
against the grain, replied the oak II
know appear bowed down at times,
but il is only caused by slight pain in
my lumber region, or by a corn or
two that troubles me. But you can
not deny that branch out consider
able after all. Perhaps we had better
part, though ! shall not leave at pres
ent but at some future time may pull
up stumps aud moor my bark in other
climates. But even If stem the cur
rent ] shall no doubt find il close
shave 10 gain the beach"
You would better take more than
one trunk If you plank yourself at
Long Branch, the silly leaf retor,ed
all in a tatter, but you may bring
up in Botany Bay"
II have been looking up my family
tree, said the oak. rather loftily, "and
find ! have relatives at DeForrest, SO ]
shall board with them, and not pine
to go further east to the poplar ne.
sorts
''ChestnutsI" snapped out the leaf,
what tissue Of sells you are, TO say
you are going for rest when know
very well that, though your family is
one of naughty culture, you have
plenty Of good timber in you and are
not so sappy as TO leave your plant be.
hind, though by taking il you may
soil yourself more than is to your lik-
in. !"
Il shall leave in the spring any
way" replied the oak, in a hollow
tone; when do you go7"
Next fall, said the saucy thing. AS
she dropped to the earth in the arms
OF wild zephyr Il would as lief
mold down here as to stay up there
and make a rain show of my skeleton.
There is a good deal of pith in her
remarks, unused the oak, but opine
she will bawl some when she blows
around the garden and tries To cotton
up to some of those orchids, for that
may nettle them, and they have been
known 10 stalk around with pistols,
and unless Sweet William comes 10
her assistance, or sire is able To wake
Robin, she may wish herself back with
me, for am not as rugged as seem. "
Louise Phillips in Yenowine's News.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
A Cure for Dlph,herIa.

The following remedy was discovered
In Germany and is said 10 be the best
known: At the first indication of diph-
liberia in the throat of a child make the
room close: then take a tin cup and pour
into it a quantity Of tar and turpentine,
equal parts Then hold the cup over a
fire SO as To fiji the room with fumes.
The little patient, on inhaling the fumes,
win cough up and spit out all the MEM
branous matter. and the diphtheria will
pass of. The fumes OF the tar and tur-
pentine loosen the matter IN the throat,
thus atfording the relief that has baffled
the skill Of physicians.-New York Tel
egran.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15

Gamblers, IL Is well known, have
superstition that to touch a hnnchback
brings luck. Il was going down Vine
street one evening" remarked an old
sport. when ! saw ahead a dwarf with
an immense hump. ! hurried my steps.
md as ] passed touched him gently on
he hump, never thinking he fell Ii. /
urned into 20s and noticed the hunch-
iack followed me upstairs. Luck was
With me, and eashed in 5000 worth OF
hips in few minutes. II was enough
" ono winning, and | turned To 90,
hen felt the hunchback pull my
leeye. ] saw you, he said; 4 saw you
ouch me, and declare myself in. You
.ouched me light. now let me touch YOU
light had 10 give MIN 9 tennar ~
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
WHAT A BOY COSTS.
ffny-six Dollars VIII Feed One Fail
Well for n Year.

f1uy-six Dollars VIII Feed One Fairly
Well for Year.
1t is worth something To know what
II costs TO feed boy fairly we'll. During
tho investigations made by the record
VI the operations of the Squeers Syndi-
cate Orphan Schools IL was shown that,
taking their own somewhat doubtful
figures. the cost was about four cents
meal. But the syndicate orphans were
not well fed.
DIR. Mekinnon, the superintendent OF
the Mimico Industrial School In Canada,
has furnished the Toronto Man with an
interesting statement on the subject
There are los boys in the school. was
are kept in good bodily health, and
whose subsistence is bought in whole
sale way that would somewhat cheaper
the cost az compared with ordinary
household expenditure. The boys have
all they wish to eat, and the superin-
tendent's accounts, not being compli-
Gated by expenses for sustenanca for
other persons. furnish valuable data not
otherwise readily obtainahle. The fol-
lowing statement shows the average
weekly expenditure per boy:
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
THE KINGS DAUGHTER.


whin you was out lady called.
lady foine and fair.
Wid swate blue eyes. and purity mouth
And lovely hanged up hair
And whin shs asked ef you was IN,
says !, NO. mum she's not:
BLt II you'Ii lave your card Wild ma
Ill see it's not forgot
-oh, niver molnd. '' says she: Il came
A little news 10 briuR
About some poor we're doing for
I'm dan'ther av the king" "
Thin. howiy saints lost mo vita
And curteSissd down - low.
That whin the princess left tho door.
! niver saw her 20
But Ecttiu' quick me senses back,
hurried down ths slHate,
And. bowin low. says 10 her,
Pray won't your hoighns-s waltz
she looked at IN. aud smil,sd most swass.
Wild all her white teeth ssowin'
"No, not to-day; I'Il eosne again.
'fis tonne 'nusl be goin'"
Now, though am dImmycral
Awnings aud au.s.t.sss bAtin'.
And bs.in an American.
All white folks equal ratin'
I'D loiks To know the princess nana
And who moight be- her father.
And what she's doin' over hero
N far across the wather
AMI ef her royal hoighness wants
maid to wait upon her.
Ill do Il on these blisSed knaes
Sure's fne names O'Connor
Mary |. Henderson IN The Century
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
curioa. Figure. on the ..surpla...

The weight and bulk Of the gold and
silver coins now held in the United
States treasury form the subject Of much
inquiry among people of mathematical
turn - mind. one of whom has ascer-
tained that the gold alone weighs 60I
tons OF 1900 pounds, and that the silver
weighs {. 900 tons. Corded along the high
way, as wood is corded. the gold would
make a wall feet high and feet thick
for distance Of 335 feet. The silver, If
similarly packed in solid wall, would
extend 4,2is feet, or about five-sixths of
a mile. II packed in carts. a ton to each
cart, the procession would be nearly 80
miles long. of which distance the carts
containing gold would cover two and
one-half miles. and the silver ladened
carts a fraction over 30i miles.-St.
Louis Republic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
THE TRAVELLERS TREE.
10 Furnishes an Unllmited supply q
Water TO Weary Wanderers.

10 Furnishes nm Unlimited supply Of
Water to weary Wanderers.
A European Traveller. on his way from
the coast of Madagascar 10 the capital,
Tananarivo, In the interior. had emptied
his water-fask, and was suffering from
thirst. He asked one of the natives OF
his party when he should be able 10 OBJ
tain water.
Amy time you like It," said the ma
tive, smiling.
The European saw no signs of springs
or water; but the native conducted him
TO groupof tall. palm.like trees. stand.
Ing in cluster on the edge OF the forest,
with straight trunks and bright-green,
broad leaves growing from the opposite
sides Of the stalk, and making the treo
appear like = great fan. The white
man gazed admiringly at the tree.
'You think IL il fine tree" said the
native, but will show you what IL is
good for
He pierced the root of one OF the
leaf-stems, at the point whore Ii joined
the tree, with his spear. whereupon q
stream OF clear water spurted out,
which the European caught in his water
can. and found cool. fresh, and excellent
10 drink.
The party having satisfied their
thirst and taken supper. the native who
had spoken went on.
This tree. which is good for us in
more ways than one, we call the travel
er's tree"
But where does the water come
from that the tree contains?" asked the
white man. SIS il taken up from the
soil?s
''Oh, no." said the native. THE
leaves drink in the rain that falls on
them. sand when II has passed all
through them II becomes very pure and
Missionary Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15

John Hazel, Canadian, died under
such circumstances as warranted a
post moftem examination, and the
doctors found that his death had been
caused by his habit Of eating the skin of
grapes in order that nothing might be
wasted. About .wo pounds Of them
bad failed TO digest st-Detroit Free
Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-15
Dog. May Go Wrong.

Dogs exhibit as many phases Of
character as a human being. Some
dogs will go along for years as
straight, morally, as a Sunday school
cashier, and all of sudden there is
scandal. Dog disappears. A Wash.
ington gentleman once owned a mag
nificent setter, really valuable ami
NAL. He was offered $500 for il, and
refused TO sell. The dog was finely
trained, and acted in all particulars as
a dog with a pedigree ought To act.
He got into the habit OF staying down
town nights He was rcprimanded.
Staid away all the next night 10
show his toughness and independence.
Was chained in the back yard. Ran
away at every opportunity and would
not come home till morning. His
owner had TO finally keep him chained
all the time One day he had the dog
up in his room while he was dressing.
The setter got uneasy. SO he let him
out and called the girl to put him in
the back yard. The front door was
ajar, aud the dog bolted and hasn't
been seen since. The moral is. When
you get a dog worth $500, trade him
off for five 800 pups. Washington
Post