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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
SEARCHING FOR PEARLS.


How Illinois Streams Are Dragged for
Gems of Great Price.
Some time during the first part of last
June q small boy who had been padding
In the Pecatonica river, near Darling.
ton. Lafayette County, Southern Wis
oonsin, brought TO the surface what APP
peared to be common fresh water
clam, like those which abound along the
shores of the Upper Mississippi and
and other streams throughout the North.
west Upon prying the shell open the
lad found sticking 70 the inner surface
large pear-shaped substance. which on
/ being detached was found TO be Of q
lustrous hue when exposed 70 the light
and was white in color, with a smooth,
| polished surface. Ii was at once shown
70 q jeweler, who pronounced IL pearl
of the parest quality and purchased the
gem, paying for 1t the sum of 500 The
jeweler, to make sure that he was cor.
rect in his Judgment, took the specimen
10 Chicago, where 1t WAS carefully ex-
Amined by an expert whose decision
oorresponded with his own regarding
the nature Of the gem, and who fixed a
price upon IL double that which was
paid by the Monroe jeweler
Tho news Of the find spread through.
out that section and few curious ones
began an immediate search for shells, In
both the Pectatonica and Plum rivera,
and were rewarded by unearthing large
numbers of them, many Of which, on be-
ing opened, were found TO contain pearls
OF various sizes, from q quarter of a
carat TO three carats in weight BY this
time the excitement became intense,
and scores OF people, old and young, in
cluding both sexes, laid aside their
legitimate avocations and fiocked 20 the
aforementioned streams and eagerly
began the search tor shells, using ali
sorts of utensils for the purpose, the
rake being the most favored.
The streams being shallow their beds
were easily explored, and hundreds Of
baskets and bags of the shells we're
rRked out and taken TO the homes of the
nnders, where they were carefully
opened. Many of them contained the
coveted gems; some being OF greater aud
some OF less value.
Tho most successful hunters were the
Swedes and Seandinavians. who knew
Just whore 70 look for the shells. Exor-
hitant prices were demanded for the
gems by most hunters and as q result
hundreds OF them are still in the hands
Of the finders, who refuse TO part with
them for any thing like their real value.
-Sslena IN Cor. Chicago Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
roo SCIENTIFIC.
why the 0id Man Couldn't Evea Sen o
Refrigerator IN Hot Weather.

why the 0id Mxn CouIdn't Evea sen q
Refrigerator IN Hot Weather.
An Ice box. ON which was sign For
Sail" stood in front Of Brooklyn gro
cery store the other day. and when q
woman stopped TO examine II man.
with his hands and overalls showing
CRIME. came out and said:
Madam, dot was the beegest bargain
in dis whole country. paid SIS for dot
leo box. und now sells him for--for-
vhell. make der price so sheap dot ID
pays you to shplit him oop for fire.
wood"
''Been In use long time, i see," she
observed rs she looked inside.
Madame. gif you fife thousand dol
lars II ! doan' buy him only last year. I"
"What's the principle on which 1t
worlxsY~
Der best principle in al dis worldt
madame. ltyhas by der copyright horizon
tai, rotary principle, und nobody can
beat it My son he runs dis grocery for
me while J runs my boiler und engine
shop. Dot makes me know all about Ice
boxes"
"A boiler isn't an ice box" she re-
marked, as she looked into 1t again.
c''Shust so, madam, but der principles
WAS der same. Dis vas Q ten-flue leo
box, init return dranght She vhas
seex-inch stroke. patent cutoff, tested
oop to $50 pounds, und vhas fixed oop
init low water indica tor und all der
latest inveations. II dot ice box ex-
plodes on you gife you one million dol
A.. ,,xx1 a, TIA ~ ~
"Explodel Mercy on me, but don't
want any thing around 20 blow me upl
1t must be some new tangled arrange
ment"
MADAM. gif you my word he vhas az
safe ash trunk oop In der garret He
consumes his own smoke, vhas provided
NIT . check draught Of der latest style.
und--~
II don't want II" she said, with de-
cided snap IN her voice and hurried away
as n she feared an explosion.
At that moment . young man came
out and asked:
"Fadder. doan' you make saier'
''vhas you tell her?''
az say 10 her dot 1t vos by der oop-
right horizontal. rotary principle,
NIT return fues, seexinch stroke, pat
entAN - = 50 saN - :.
'Fadder, you go avhay and leaf me TO
sell him. You vhas too scientific. So
mooch talk makes peoples afraid.
shust tell 'em dot II was for sale by a
family who vhas going 10 Europe for
der summer, or to wind oop an estate.
und before tomorrow he yhas sold. You
vhas all right on engines und boilers.
but you yhas way of on ice boxes All
der principle about him vhas 10 sell
him for ten dollars cash. ''-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
EarnIns H.s Money.

sPorter. wake me up at Harrisburg -
and the passenger in the chair dropped
h91T adoIiar into thecolored nsana. hand.
At Altoona the porter shook the passen-
ger and said: ''Boss, we's jes' half way
10 Harrisburg now" ''Well. what arc
you waking me for?" "You see. you
done gimme half dollar. sab, an dat's
twice Ms much as mos men gimme, 80 I
thought I'D glib you two wakin's for IT.
one hyar and one at Harrisburg. IN.
" Digpatch.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.


Dog Finds y Lost Handkerchief and
Squirrels Bar Out Two Owls.
Can any one match the following as
an instance OF canine intelligence? A
party of children had spent the FORE
noon in huckleberry pasture A dog
belonging 10 a Mr.. Prindle, father OF
one of the children, had been with them.
Uf he Was like dog known, he had
hunted out patch Of blackberries. and
had gone into business. picking and eat.
ing. on his own account) Upon their
reaching home, it appeared that the
Prindle girl had lost her pocket hand
ksrchief. The dog, being remarkable
animal, and up to such tricks, was
sent back to find it. He came home
after while, dispirited and without
the missing article. As 1t would never
do TO allow precedent like this to. be-
come established, the owner went back
with the animal to the field, and waited
TO see that he properly performed his
task. He was Mt first reluctant, and sat
on his launches for several minutes in a
state Of evident mental detection. Sud-
denly he started up, all alert. with the
air OF having solved the problem, and
what he did was this: He took his posi-
tion rod or so from the outside wall.
and made n swift circuit of the entire
field, keeping that distance from its
boundaries. Returning to the starting
point, he took new course a rod or two
inside his former one, and surrounded
the field again as before. His next
course was at the same distance inside
that, and SO he kept on, till, as must in
time inevitably happen, he found the
handkerchief, and gave IL TO his master
have TO confess that there is an ele-
ment Of tradition about the story of MIR
Prindle's dog, in this respect that it be-
longed to former generation. and that,
while my informant-himself OF that
generation, and acquainted with both
master and dog-held it as an unques-
tionable fact, l can not now absolutely
verify 1t This is not true Of the owl
story, which is story OF to-day,
and can be had at first hand
by any body who cares to
take the trouble. The home OF these
owls has heen from immemorial time in
an aged elm that graces the front yard
OF one OF the old mansions in our town.
In hollow caused by the breaking of
OF large limb the owls have taken up
their abode. Three winters ago some
squirrels took possession of the same
tree. and waged continual war with the
owls The latter maintained their
rights. and the contest was hotly carried
on until, at last, ineantiously, the owls
took fancy TO spend the day ont avis.
iting. The squirrels seized their oppor.
tunity, and stopped the hole full OF
sticks, twigs, and even branches of con.
siderable size, which they drove In SO
firmly that ali the storms OF the succeed.
ing winter did not dislodge them. For
that year. then. the owls gave 1t up and
made their home elsewhere. but they
are back at this present writing, and
matters are going on as OF old. -Chris
tian Union
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Medical men are insisting on tho
necessity OF better ventilation In
churches
The Baptists of the regular order
In the United States have passed the
three million point
1T Is reported that the Scandins-
vians In Utah are deserving tho Mormon
hierarchy in great numbers
Tho total number of communicates
In the Presbyterian church is $50. Sal, Q
net gain during the past year OF ios. ioa
"A Protestant Episcopal Church, cost
Ing sso0. 600, Is to be built at Phiiadel-
phis as memorial of the late George
w. South.
AT q special meeting OF the over
seers Of Harvard College recently, the
report refusing admission Of women 70
the Divinity School was adopted.
The income OF the University Of
Oxford for the present year In about
f68, 900. During the last year the uni
/ versity has increased its capital by
nearly $4,000.
Princeton College 10 offered SO, 900
for the purpose of providing regular
Bible study for students; si0.00 for
scholarships and 500. 900 for . new
dormitory.
The Christians OF Great Britain gave
altogether 10 foreign missions last year
80, ,672, ass. Over one-third of the amount
came from the Established church.
Hon. Thomas Beaver is giving ths
Methodists of Lcwisburg. Pa, q sI25, ,O0t
church in memory OF his father, who
was ordained by the spostolic Bishop
Asbury.
--Vassar College celebrated its quar-
ter-centennial anniversary recently
Benson j. Losing was the historian
and George William Curtis the orator
The graduating class numbered forty
ak.
The annual meeting of the Congre
gational School and Publication Societ,
was held in Boston recently. The repor
stated that 5Sl new Sunday schools wer,
organized during the year. The re
ceipts for the year were larger by 90, 90
than in the preceding year
Rev. o. f. Cobb has discovered vel
, low and time-worn documents writer
, by John Nitchie, member OF the ba
In New York. who died ffty years az,
and whose portrait hangs In the man
, ayers rooms at the Bible House. which
disclose the interesting fact that as IA
back as January, 1918, g Chinaman b,
the name OF John Lowe All Cooke wa
admitted TO membership and communion
in the ''old South Reformed Dutcl
Church in Garden street"
The number OF suicides by pupils o
, German gymnasia, especially in Berlin
} on account Of failure to pass the or
. aminations for an advanced class, ma
increased TO such an alarming exten
/ that the Prussian Cultus Minister. v
! Gossler, has addressed public letter b
teachers and parents on this subject
! lie urges them 10 better education
} morally and physically, of the pupils
and TO greater regard for the In
dividual weaknesses aad character o
the different pupils. He appeals to both
home and school to work together 10
this end.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
THE CAPTAIN CONFESSED.

No.. - nta za.-.~~ n..~A ma. <s~..
srlssce before weighing Anchor.
One OF the old lake cantaius who set
sail for the unknogn mort this summer.
sent word TO many of his friends few
days before he died To come and see him.
and among his callers was one who
said.
Captain. there IN one little matter /
wanted 10 speak TO Won about before YOU
ro.s
.yes"
"Since Won retired from active life
Won have had n great deal af time on
your bands.n
Yes"
sAnd Won have told a great suanv
.tories2v
'"Yes.,'
assome of which were nor abeo,utelv v
true. You had to lie more or lesa "a
keen vour place in the ran,sn
"iShat! Have ever iied?" asked the
old veteran in the greatest astpnish.
ment
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Bess-I say, Ned, can you mend O
racket? Ned No, sis; but can make
one.
For every cent a man has he has
two cents worth OF Decentralization
Globe.
do editors make fun of the poems
they receiver" oh, bless you, no-they
make fires.
-She-l wonder what makes Ii rain7
He-I suppose that the pores of the sky
are opened.
of all the lights that you carry In
your face, Joy is the one that will reach
farthest out to sea.-Anon.
"A man never becomes so homely
that he is not handsome TO the woman
he is good to.-Atchison Globe.
Life is like a game of whist-its
mysteries will be solved when the last
trump is played. Elmira Gazette.
-Do not talk about the lantern that
holds the lamp; but make haste; uncov-
er the light and let II shine. George
Macdonald.
"A loafer Is good deal like a cork
that has been pushed into bottle. II
does no good where It is, and isn't worth
fishing out
Drying the face by upward move.
ments Is said to counteract wrinkles;
but isn't this notion n new wrinkle IL
self?--Puck.
You can't always tell tho occupant
of the starched shirt by the gloss on the
bosom. Summer girls and summer boys.
Washington Post
Pretty dull times for me now"
said the knife. Well" said the fork,
81 have got stuck in every thing have
taken hold of lately"
Sufferer DO you pull teeth without
pain? Dentist-weil. not always ]
sprained my wrist last time I pulled a
tooth, and 1t hurts me yet. occasionally, y,
The man who spends less than he
earns. will get rich, IL he keeps at II
and lives long enough. The man who
spends two dollars and earns one is 20
ing towards an end where he will think
. big mountain Is on top of him. West.
ern Rural
-'Clara-Miss simpkins, he Enurmnr,
ed as be reached for his hat after hei
declination, when you think of n little
happy month Of July. beneath the
i branches Of the green trees. ! pray you
think OF me. For ] am like that little
road lover slain;" and so he passed
ont of her sight And then she was
glad she had answered Harper's
Baxar.
] For our own sakes and ourchildren's
we can not afford to lose q single great
thought. or good deed, or beautiful con.
/ eeption OF those who have gone before
us. Rnskin says:' Re assured that all the
best things and treasures OF this world
are not TO be produced by each genera.
sion for itself. but we are all intended.
not TO carve our work on snow that will
melt but each and all Of Us TO be rolling
o great white gathering SNOWFALL. higher
and higher, larger and larger, along the
alps Of human power"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
A Personal riIa.sr.sio..

Hon. Amos J. Cummings tells . funny
story about q printer named Austin. While
Cummings was setting type In Tho New
York Tribune Office good many years ago,
Austin did Sub" work q spell One day
Austin said 10 Cummings; This ofilcs 10
more honest than The Times Office"
"Whyr
"Because when went out today left an
apple on my case. and when came back,
there IL was, safe and sound; nobody had
eaten il.
'wellrr
snow, Just to show you how different Tho
Times printers are. while was working
there last week, ono Of the boys went off,
leaving an orange on bis casa. took 10 and
ate IL, Chicago News
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
LANCASHIRE LASSES.
They Are the Strongest FsmAis worker
In All Europe.

They Are the Strongest Female Workers
In All Europe.
The Lancashire women, at least, are
the rosiest strongest set of women
imaginable-that is. on Sundays and
holidays when repeated washings and
scrubbings have removed several lay
ers of coal-dust; and IL Is notorious,
locally. that at pinch most of them
are equal In physical power TO their
masculine colleagues. At home they are
inferior 10 any class OF women, working
or otherwise. Being engaged in the
open air all day, they can naturally
turn in the evenings with more than
ordinary zest TO household duties.
In word. they are thoroughly do
mesticated. Lastly-and this, after all.
Is the great point-their demeanor and
general conduct are absolutely unim.
peachable.
As TO the working dress OF the pit
women, thatis certainly peculiar. locke
nj from conventional standpoint
| Up 10 few years ago they were at
tired like men up 10 the waist with
/ buckled clogs on their feet Above the
ioned tunic, a composite sort OF gar
ment--half jacket half dress. with some
sacking material tied round the waist
~ an apron.
1 A limp bonnet, tied under the chin,
or sort of turban, so arranged as just
70 show the neatly-plaited hair and the
bright earrings, completed the costume,
and very odd it looked, especially at a
distance, which in this case did not lend
enchan tment to the view.
Now, out of defernnce 10 the feelings
Of certain peculiarly sensitive people.
the tunic is worn little longer, so as
nearly to hide the masculine garment
the head-dress is little neater. and. In
addition. short Jacket Ia worn.
The dress Is certainly not picturesque.
but as means to an end. as allowing
the utmost freedom of motion and oh
waiting accidents, tits beyond all praise
Nevertheless, the women themselves
are conscious of its incongruity. and
take the earliest opportunity of chang
ing 10 for ordinary female attire rs soon
as they get home from work.
1t has happened before now that while
proceeding TO or from work they have.
some of them. been made the subject OF
attack by somebody with an undue pro-
portion OF tongue TO brain, but--this
may be said with safety-never more
than once by the same individual
In addition TO possessing highly
vigorous vocabulary they are so hard
ened with exposure 10 the weather and
developed by the nature OF their work
that they can give good account Of
themselves, even though aght should
ensue, and the opponent may have rea-
son TO admit with benefting humility.
the wisdom of Providence in endowing
women generally with the viii and
keeping from them the power Gas
sali's Saturday Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Medical missionary work is very
successful in Persia.
TO trust In means Is 10 neglect God,
70 neglect means is TO tempt God.
In North Carolina there are now
t.a7s sunday-schools, with 25s, 900 pu-
pills.
The late Catherine c. Halstead, Of
New York. has left $4,000 TO various
Presby terian missions and charities.
English Methodists propose gem
eral scheme for celebrating in befit-
tiag manner the centenary of the death
OF John Wesley which took place In
London in 17si.
If can only place . little brick In
the pavement of the Lords pathway I
will place IL there. that coming genera
tions may walk thereon TO the heavenly
eity.-Phiilips Brooks
We should preach Gods glory day by
day. not by words only, often not by
words ut all. but by our conduct II you
wish your neighbors to see what God Is
like, let them sec what he can make you
1ike.--Charles Kingsley.
Berlin University students may be
obliged to 60 back 10 the rudiments
Several OF these, much to their dismay.
were recently rejected for the sole rea-
son that the penmanship was so bad
that the professors could not read
them.
"A Roman Catholic Missionary, the
Able Desgodius. has been for thirty
years trying to gain success TO Thibet.
He has been all that time living on the
southern and eastern frontiers, and has
compiled q compendious Thibe.an die
tionary.
Christians in Ceylon is from 0 10 10 per
cent Of the total population, as follows:
Total population, 1900, 900; Romanists,
22o, 900; Anglicans, 25, 600; Presby terians,
1900; Wesleyans, 5000; Baptists,
5000. Total of Christians, 900. 600.
AT the jubilee of the Baptist mis-.
sion in Denmark. held in Copenhagen, 1,
was reported that 5000 in all have been
baptized. and there are now 2,700 mem.
bers In the churches. All the Protest
ant missions In Europe lose many OF
their best members by emigration to
America.
1t 10 only through our mysterious
human relationships, through the love
and tenderness and purity Of mothers
and sisters and wives, through the
strength and courage and wisdom oi
fathers and brothers and husbands, that
we can come to the knowledge of Hin
in whom alone the love and tenderness
and purity, and strength and courage
and wisdom of all these dwell forever
and ever in perfect fulness. s.-Thomss
Hughes.
"A conference Is be held in Winni-
| peg. Manitoba, to consider the question
of forming n union OF the Anglican
Church in British North America. Al
present the church Is divided into two
ecclesiastical provinces, that OF Canada
and that Of Rupert's Land. There are
besides, four independent dioceses under
the jurisdiction of the Archbishop Of
Canterbury. There are, in all, nineteen
dioceses north of the United States
Out Of 9 population Of nearly 5000, 600
$50, 900 are said to be members of ths
Church OF England, which has twenty
bishops and l.2oO clergy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22


An old and very wealthy man OF St Louis.
whose constant companion was white and
black dog, bad been In the habit of coming
to the sub-treasury at certain periods for the
purpose OF getting the coupons Of his bonds
cashed One day he presented himself for
that purpose, and the cashier refused TO give
him tho money The old man demanded 10
know why.
II don't know you.~ said the cashier.
But ! have been here before, and was
never denied, - the man answered.
The cashier looked at him.a moment and
then said: "Where is your black and whits
dog that always comes with you. IL you are
che same manF'
The old mans eyes filed with tsass as be
told the cashier that the dog was dead
well, replied the cashier, 81 am sorry 10
hear that, but you'll have TO bring some
body here TO identify you now. don't know
you without the dog Chicago Mail
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

Professor Pasteur-Oui must admit Il
My plan for killing Australian rabbits by
inocnlating them with cholera Of chicken has
failed
American-rll tell you what 10 do. Just
convince the rabbits that they win have hy-
drophobia unless they can get to you for
treatment and they viii die fast enough
Omaha World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

The people Of Calais nsver saw genuine.
living and moving millionaire tn Uncls
Russell Sage went down there the ether day
20 buy the Grand Southern railroad With
true down east hospitality q son Of the hoeel
landlord hitchsd up span Of hornes and
gave Millionaire Sage delightful rids about
town Uncle Russ was profuss IN his sx-
preAsions Of pleasure. and after the drive wss
over put his hand right down I'm his pockss
and gave the ysung man nics, round, silver
ten cent piecs The young man was mach
surprised He did not expect anything. He
has had q hole punched In that tsn csnt piess
and win wear u ON his watch chsia-Lswie-
son Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

"They are not paying. much attention
70 yon, Uncle Pete" said the little girl
at the party. Il guess they have forgot
you're our relation"
No, child" answered Uncle Pete.
crossing one leg over the other 20 as 10
hide small patch on the under knee.
mo; they seem to be remembering 10
right sIonk. -Chicago Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

Mrs shears-I wish my husband was
here.
Jeweler--ls he an authority on dia-
monds2
MrR Shears-Not exactly; but be Is an
editor and knows paste whenever he
aees it.-Bostonian.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22

A Regular I1sy.
He Was not a. all particular
To keep the psrpeBdical&r;
While walking he either skippsd or jlnnpeas
He stood upon his head awhile,
And. when he won't % bed nNkiic.
He dove among the pillows. which hs thunpn6A
He never could keep sfili Q be.
The lockers On shoashs IA Of ~
He balanced on his ear the kskchen broonM
And did aouae nice frapaxing.
which was wonderfuily pieasinx,
On every pea In graudpes harness roemL
From ansolnsa fnanity
The cal approached insanity
~ so him aide tae hanisxeF % raxhs
Bat eaee oa sAas mzAas&ny,
While trying 70 tobpgKAn. -
Upset his calcnlatiors with erssA
Aad since that sAd Disaster
He haa gons about In pisx1aEs
koe faris ike nice Italian foy.
But the kind tho doesoa usezs
wbsn the enmpa smd GUS $50 hsnlnus
osszccms uttie. regular. i've boz.
-rspcklyu ssssazsd pnlpe'