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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
CONCERNING OLD AGE.
Statistics Ba-ed on Investigations Of the
Hritish Medical Association.

Prof. Murray Humphrey has just
brought together remarkable book on
''Old Age IL ia based upon the results
OF an inquiry conducted by the collective
investigation committee Of the British
Medical Association.
In a portion Of IL the analysis of the
returns respecting s2 centenarians are
given: of these is we're males and 80 fe-
mates. Eleven OF these were single 40
being femalcsl, we're married and 30
were widowed Out OF 80 returns only
were in atiiuent circumstances, % were
comfortable and 10 poor; OF these were
fat Is being femalcsl, 20 were spare and
Is OF average condition. Twenty-Five
were erect in figure and 25 were bent.
Out of 81 returns - used glasses did
not; hut OF these were poor, had used
glasses for 1880 years, for 30-35, for
1920. for 40 years, 8 for many
| wears" . for few years. From among
| these one had used spectacies for many
/ years. but for the last twelve years had
| been able To read without them; another
had not used them for twelve years; an
other mot for many years." but one can
not now get them strong enough.
| but Oh ~ TthhIltS w uhu ~ kob1 utEto-
tion.
Out OF A., 10 had good appetites, bad
and 10 moderate, OF 40, - were moder~
ate eaters, . small and IL large. In re-
gard 10 alcohol IL took none, "a q little,
6 we're moderates and one was used to a
good deal OF beer. OF animal food 3 took
none. 10 moderate. 25 little, . very little
and one much. OF aperients % took
them rarely, IA never and S frequently
Out OF 80, % could say that their Nom
ory was good bad and moderate. D
Is. smoked much "A being women),
little q womanl, 3 moderately a |
womanl.
Out of 40, ~ did not take snuff. As :.
: sleep, out of 40 32 were good sleepers,
: bad and moderate.
From 10 returns the average time o
I going TO bed was o o'clock; but ] retire
at IL and at II. 3 at Z; : are bedridden
, The average time OF rising was about
o'clock, but 8 rose at 6 o'clock, at B,
at 10, at ii and at p IN.
:, Out of ~ returns "a had no teeth, an
from IS returns but 4 had artificia
y teeth: yet in men about 80 the ayerag
u number of teeth is only and
" women 3.
In ~ returns the average age whe
married among the males was 2a, an
the females -; the average number
children Is. from the returns receives
B-7.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
THE LOVE OF LAces.
4 Fashion THAT Has Been Ia Vogue td
AZ Least Four Centuries.

A Fashion THAT Has Bsen la Vogue for
AT I.ea@t Four Centuries.
4 lady who does not care for laces isa
phenomenon They have been in vogue
with the sex for at least four hundred
years. and amid all the mutations of
fashion. have never lost their prestige
as speciality of the aristocratic toilet
Pnritanism, Quakcrism, Methodism
have drcried and denounced them in
vain. and sumptnary laws aiming at
their restriction toa privileged few have
proved dead letter.
Strange To say, the world i indebted
for some Of the coStliest of its lace fab
rirs Ia a class vowed 10 perpetual absti-
meme, from the yaniiies of the fesh.
The nuns of the Middle Ages intro
dticrd gnipure, and in fact almost up to
the time of the Reformation the
mmnerics we're tho principal lace and
embroidery factories The fair deyotees
for "A long period limited their labors TO
tAu production of cobweb robes for the
. images Of the saints, but eventually
/ they exercised their vestal fingers In
+ The aiiornment OF Queens and noble
women.
Sometimes - slow was the proress
af manufacture IL took two or three
generations "a complete a robe for the
+ Virgin Mary When the delicate Him
work drppped from the hands Of the
s,lparannuated sister who had spent a
lifetime in its elaboration, IL was
caught A. reycrentlv n II IL had been
i prophets mantle by some youngei
member of the order. who IN her turn
proWing OH aut blind, transmitted II Il
another: ~ that the grand cathedral'
and stately towers uf medieval Europs
were constructed in less time than II
thread lace walls and mantles.
The lace rutis of Queen Eiizabetha
reign we're AN ahomination in the eye
af the piun. fathers of the Reformation
but .a,ood Queen LESS thought the.
became her stin figure and vixen face
and she piled them one above anothe
up to her royal ears. IN utter contemp
81 the ccclesiastics. IN author OF tina
lay. referring to the Elizabethean styi
ni wearing ruifs. SAYS:
rhey wer. placed graatiia, one ocneat
the other. aud underneath all the ptasfeI
.lrr rag wrought ali over with needle~or'
i.aet-making Is not now the tediou
work il was few centuries ago; bu
p,en vet tn finest Iaces arc afi mani
farmrrd by hand, aud rare specimen
arr, worth almost fabulous prices. FroI
Two 10 ti0r thousand dollars have FRI
1ucntiy been given Tor a bridal robe
this land af republican simplleity.~-f
y Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19

10 I6 - ~ 10
by adding we get an odd series Of mum
bers. They represent very nearly the
relative distances from the sun of the
planets above mentioned, as follows:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, -, Ju-
piter, Saturn.
AS Sc in the above series represents
the relative distance of Jupiter was.
there among the planets apparently no
representative for the fifth serm Of the
series
The surprising accuracy, however.
with which the series represented the
distances of the other planets. caused
many astronomers to firmly believe that
the number 2s stood for an undiscovered
planet
When, some years later, upon the dis
covery of the planet Uranus, IL was
found that the position OF this planet
was very well represented by the next
term of BODIES series, 1876, an organized
search for the suspected planet was de
termined upon.
A society of astronomers was formed
for this purpose, and a certain section
OF the heavens assigned to each member
of the society.
The result OF these efforts was the dis
covery OF the asteroids, the first an'
largest of which. Ceres, was discovered
on the first day of the present century
Since that time about three hundre,
of these small planets have been discoy
cred.
No satisfactory physical reason ha
yet been given to account for the work
ings of this law, which remains classe
among the oddities of numbers. SAINT
Clans
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
BRIGHT AS EMERALDS.
A Strange Beetle Pound On the Caribbean
Islands.

When we rejoice in the sight Of our
own summer meadows flashing with
fiery sparks in rhythmic dance. we can
afford To be glad that in tropical conn
tries the firefiy makes still more bril-
liant display. The FREELY Of the West
Indies the cucujo, an inch long beetle
lis occasionally brought to this country
as a curiosity. and II fed on sugar-cane
and kept in moist atmosphere IL can be
preserved in health for several weeks.
Thu people OF the Caribbean Islands
use these beetles for ornament. confined
In folds OF gauEe. where the beautiful
green light which they emit their red
light flashes only in fiying--is more
varied and splendid than any emerald
that ever shone In kings coronet A
number Of them together under glass
make a sufficient illumination Tor dress
ing or for reading without producing
any heat. A cousin Of this FREELY Is found
in the equatorial regions OF South Amer
lea. where Humbolt said IL repeated In
stream and forest the spectacle Of the
starry heavens above llarper's Bazar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
TENACITY OF LIFE.


II appears from the gathered statistics
OF the world that women have greater
tenacity of life than men. Nature wor-
ships the female in all its varieties.
Among insects the male perishes at q
relatively earlier period In plants the
seminate blossoms die earliest and are
produced on the weaker limbs. Female
anadrnpeds have more endurance than
males. In the human race, despite the
intellectual and physical strength OF the
man, the woman endures longest and
will bear pain TO which the strong man
succumbs. Zymotic diseases are more
fatal to males. and more male children
die than females.
ncverRa asserts that the proportion
diving suddenly is about one hundred
women to seven hundred and eighty
/ men; one thousand and eighty men in
the United states in 1870 committed
suicide, TO two hundred and eighty-tye
women. Intemperance, apoplexy, gout
hydrocephalus. affections OF the heart
and liver. scrofula and paralysis are far
more fatal To males than females. Pull
monary consumption. on the other hand,
Is more deadly to the latter. Females
in cities are more prone TO consumption
than in the country. All old countries
not disturbed by emigration have great
majority Of females in the population.
In royal families the statistics show
more daughters than sons. The Hebrew
woman is exceptionally long-liyed; the
eolored man Is exceptionally short
lived. The married state is favorable
TO prolongation OF life among women.
DIR. Hugh proclaims that there are from
two to six per cent more males born
than females in the living population.
From which statistics we conclude that
all women ought TO marry, and that, as
men are likely 70 become so scarce, they
can not be sufficiently prized by the
other sex. \. u Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
FAMOUS snuFF-TAKERs. =,
Anecdotes Of Great Men who Were FsnA
OF a Pinch or Two.

When snuff-taking was fashionable an
English nobleman calculated that per 4
son addicted 10 the habit wasted upon !
his nose thirty-six and half days in the Z
year. A snuf-taker took one pinch
every ten minutes, and each pinch, with
its accompaniments occupied minute
and a half Allowing sixteen hours 10
the day, he would be busy two hours
and twenty-four minutes every day, or
thirty-six and half days in the year
ralleyrand insisted that diplomatists,
at least, did not waste time by snuff
taking. II afforded them, he said, an
opportunity OF delaying and thus OF
gaining time for framing a reply which
was not ready at hand. 1t also allowed
the removal OF ones eyes from those OF
the questioner, and occupied the hands
whose fidgeting might betray nervous
ness that had better be concealed.
Archbishop Whately acted upon Tai
leyrand's hint while an Oxford profess
sor. When he had put pithy question
to a student. who delayed answering
until he had unraveled IL, the professor
found 1t convenient 20 take pinch Of
snuff, as II helped him TO allay his inn
patience.
A sketch drawn OF him represents the
logic class assembled, and Whately,
while yet in the doorway, calling out:
mir. johnson. explain the nature oi
the third operation OF the mind"
/ Then he fings himself in the chair
crosses the calf of one leg over the knee
Of the other. and, balancing himself OF
the two hind legs OF the chair, he shows
signs of impatience before Mr.. johnson
has gathered his wits together. Gu
comes his huge snuif-box, from which ;
handful OF snuff Is administered TO hi
nose and sprinkled upon his waistcoat
II soothes him so that. when johnson
answers In the words Of the Textbook
he is calm enough TO give q luminou
exposition nf the subject.
Darwin. the naturalist. used snuff {
stimulate his mind during workin
hours That he might not take too man
pinches. he kept jar OF snuff on tn
hall table. Tine distance between tn
hall and his study acted as a check upo
over-indulgence.
But tho chink of the lid OF the snuf
lar was familiar sound In the famil,
Sometimes. when in the drawing-roon
Darwin would suggest that the stud
HIRE must he burning low The famil
" smiled as he went out ostensibly To r
, picnish H. but really 10 get a pinch
snuff.
An eloquent preacher OF Glasgow. u
;, Rev William Anderson, was So addict
y to snuff that he would take a pinch
the pulpit. Once, while nttering q
y words My soul cleaveth to the dust
l. he took pinch OF snuff. He lament
a the mastery which the habit had gain
le over him, and once, while prcachi
from the text. "All is vanity, treat
g his nose 10 snuff and then said, "A
o. this alsois vanity. - Youths Companie
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
1T WAS roo LATE.
How An migrate Rewarded the Munifiesnes
of Ills Benefactor.

of Ills Benefsetor.
"Well, James, said tho senior men,
ber OF the firm as the young man enter
ed his presence, 'this is the beginning
OF another year.
.'Yes. sir.
'''rhe year 1890
YES, sir
.You haze heen with us--let's see2-
just ten years.
"Yes. sir.
.sYou began at eight dollars per week,
and We are now paying you ten"
~ es. SIR.
(which must convince yon that hon
esty, integrity and perseverance will
bring an man to the top Arc you con-
yineei?''
Il am. sir"
Very good. Now, then. have sur
prise in store for you. have had my
eve on yon for some time. and have
not failed IL notice your zeal for our In
terest. Ii shall hc rewarded. Next week
YOU begin ON new deal, your salary
will be let's sec will be sid 20 pei
week. hope and trust that
Sir, It is too late. interruped James
"How too late?'
Why. ! have engaged with another
| firm ~ $40 b5, and Was just coming ~ Z
give YOU notice Detroit free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
eoDE's FAMOUS Law.
A striking Illustration of the Old Keia.
tions of Numbers.


tions of Numbers.
There are many illustrations OF the
odd properties and relations OF numbers;
but one of the most interesting and re.
markable is that known as BODIES Law
As most girls and boys doubtless
know, the earth ON which we live is one
Of eight planets which are continually
revolving around the sun, at different
distances from IT, These eight planets
and their satellites and the minor plan
cts known as asteroids form, together
with the sun, what is known as the solar
system.
Astronomers have calculated with re-
markable accuracy the distances OF these
planets from each other and from the
sun.
Now, at one time, Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were
the only planets known to astronomers,
neither the asteroids nor Uranus, nor
Neptune yet having been discovered.
According to Prof. Lockyer, Titus
discovered that II we write down row
of fours and place under them the fig
ures o, 3, 9, IL, "a. As, 90, thus:
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

1T is not we'll to believe all you hear;
but it is well 10 appear 10 believe IL
when your wife is doing the talking.
Someryille journal.
Husband during quarfell 1--WE
shall never meet in heaven" Wife
30, yes, we may, There is plenty OF
time for you TO reform yet"-Yankee
/ Blade.
Many man confesses in the prayer
meeting that he is full OF sin, who would
be very sorry TO have his customers ad-
init that he is right. Texas Siftings,
- suppose you still dabble in art?"
"Dabble, Why, my dear boy. pictures
from my brush are on exhibition all over
the city" ''You don't say! For what
firm Of billposters do you work?''-BOs-
ton Herald.
Rev. Dr. Primrose-''I had most
pleasant time in Paris this summer. but
il didn't rest me as much as thought"
Merritt II should be some consola-
tion TO you to know that your congrega-
tion got the rest. Life.
Colonel Blaze-"Sah. | am Ken
tuckian. There is my cahd, sab! "Billus
- don't want it, I'm no fighter.
Colonel Blaze-.Sah, you are coward
Billus Fl know II, and so do you, or you
wouldn't have challenged me. Time.
For remembrance. Gayboy-
"Tom, you really must have some pho
tographs taken" MIR. Gayboy-"What
for?' Mrs Gayboy--"Fo me. You are
home so seldom that am afraid ! viii
forget how you look. k."-Terre iaute Elk
press.
you see have some reputation a.
painter Even the bank director
Kripfer, has ordered his portrait from
me-" Sly old fellow-"W he run
away and they send out his likeness
, from your picture. he knows he will b
. perfectly safe. Siegende Blatter.
4 Gifted young man-''Don't talk b
me OF religion or philosophy Wha
light do they throw on the problem Q
: sxistence2 Why do live? What
!, the object OF my being?" Venerabl
/, sage contemplating him mildly)--"M
! young friend, am sorry to say can nc
see any good reason for it.'-Chicag
Tribune.
i MIR. Highup-"I don't see VIII
n Brother William doesn't prosper. II
!, has as good business "a mine and q
excellent location, but he Is constant
having reverses. No matter what
a attempts, he seems To blunder." Mr.
"A Hignup-"But you must remember, n
dear. your brother William has no wi
"A 20 ad wise Hmm. Y. Weekly.
= why" said travelling man
Willie Washington, will men put
~ enemy into their mouths 20 steal aw
!. their brainsa" '.Idon't know, you know
Al said Willie. Tin suah | nevah did
IN "No." said the traveller patronizing
''and don't believe you ever will.
you do il will bc a horse on the enemy
Merchant Traveller.
pal "A worthy deacon in Nern ont GO,
try town was discovered by his pas
at oae Sunday morning saving an arm
na OF wood for the kitchen stove. The 5
ar prise OF the discovery caused the dea'
Isl 10 drop his saw in CONSERVATION. .
didn't suppose you'd see me, parson!''
i'll faltered. "Ah." replied the good mi
ic- severely, ''you must remember. deac'
no that there Is One higher than |, "
" sees every evil act you commit" "f
is parson." assented the deacon: but u
ire lie doesn't make such an awful 4
M about It. burlington Free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Gaad Advice for Persons who Have the
Western Fever.

eouu AuNics Tor fersoh VINO hANS tue
Western Fever.
We are asked many times in year:
Would you advise me to go West? We
can not answer the question. We can
not give advice upon such matter.
There Is the West, many parts Of IL as
splendid land rs the sun ever shona
upon, and destined sometime 10 be as
thickls settled as Illinois. Much of it
il Wild now. There il no civilization.
little government except of the erudest
kind. plenty Of rum-shops, and the usual
rough crowd that first finds the frontier.
A mans life and property are safe, how
ever. II no behaves himself, and In time
/ he will have all the civilization he needs
+ and wants Now II tho man has the
pluck and industry To take the rough
+ diamond that is offered him as a free
gift and cut Ii and polish 1t, he will
likely become the possersor OF some
thing worth having. That i all We can
say.
People are going 10 Dakota, Montana
and Washington. and some of them seem
to be surprised when they get there to
find that all Is rough and wild. What
else can be expected The prairles are
untouched and the towns are primitive.
II this was not the ease the land could
not be had for nothing. Nobody can %
Vest and find developed farms lying
around loose or cities and towns with
magnificent architecture. building then.
selves Everybody must turn in, in
new country, and help make IT, and out
side Of the natural fertility and othel
advantages. the community will be JUS
what the people choose to make H. In
| West is a rough diamond. Westeri
Rural
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
RsmarbAels Astronomical faet.

Two persons were born at the same
place. at the same moment OF time.
After 80 years had rolled by they both
died. almost AT the me instant. yet one
had lived 100 days more than the other.
How was this possihleF Not To keep our
friends in suspense, we viii give the
solution. which turns ON curious, but,
with little reflection. very obvious
point in circumnavigation. A person go
ing around the world towards the west
loses day and towards the east he gains
one. Surprising. th IA, that these two
persons ssere born NJ the same instant
in st. Louis. from whence voyage
around the world may be easily per
formed once year; II one of these per
sons constantly goes towards the west
in 80 years he will b. 80 days behind tht
stationary inhabitants; II the other sails
equally fast towards the east he viii be
so tiays ahead Of them. One. therefore
will have seen 100 days more than th.
other, though they were born ana dlto
in the same place, and At the same mo
ment. aud even liyed continually IN tht
same latitude ANA reokoned tine by the
! same calendar. St Iopis Republic
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
SYMPTOMS OF ECZEMA.
A DisagreeabIs Disease Due TO Constit,
tional Debility.

A Disagreeabis Disease Due TO Constitu-
tionai D"bihty'
Eczema accent ON the nrst syllable
Is one OF the many ernptive diseases OF
the skin. The blood-vessels OF the
parts affected are In state OF conges-
tion, accompanied by itching smartlne
and eNudation Of serum, or watery por-
ton of the blood. The disease varies
greatly IN severity ana extent as Wei
as IN us course ana charaetor'
Its Simplest form Is mere Fahess'
perhaps on the eyeiSs OF Dehinu sno
ears, or near the JOINTS some times
there are pihpies' silief on aheSs''u -,
spots or aiouho ."'in' VI "'"'0 W
ainuseu over 'ne poos' ,,
Soile'iul.s Nesicies masel "i.Nuo's
are lorine" oy 'ne eA"uasion A-. VI ,olam sa...s
pehea'n W" s~tn' ", ap'oi -
'hs o",N "a - -
sldes Oh Tue nhgers' IN 10" 1sys ."o
serum may We apsofu'"' te
snosides' the cuticie arieS up an" ooiass -
on anu the sklh eilher returns -
normal eoh"ii'oh VI
thrown on IN sesies'
In another variety thsre IL intense
redness, proinse exndauon ana .he
formation ol thioN eiuaei thfonh -
sures in which mucous pns exudes.
The anal period OF eczema, "hen
chronic, may be characterized oy com
ing of OF the cuticle In thln' hne scales,
or by tendency OF the s1in 70 enap anu
crack; sometimes the mere stretchihg
Of the fingers will cause II TO oreaN
In some cases the skin becomes as
| hard and tough as leather, Win an IN
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
FOR ENGAGED GIRLS.
How They should Act In the Presence oi
Their Sweethearts.

Their sweethearts.
When your sweetheart comes To see
you. don't be foolish enough To cOniine
your sweetness to him alone Have
him in where all of the rest Of the
household are. Let the talk and the
chatter and the music and the playing
Of games be in the home circle. Then
the few minutes that he gets with you
by yourself will seem all the more de-
liphtful, and he viii think you the most
loving little creature In the world. Men
are much more observant than they are
credited with being, and the man worth
having as husband il the one who will
appreciate your love for those Of your
own people. and will see that as you
make small part in one home, yau are
becoming adapted for the central figure
in another.
Never say that You don't expect a man
~ marry your whole family. It's yul-
gar. You do. That is, IL you are a
good daughter and loving sister You
want him To he one with you in sym
pathy and in affection. and as you take
his name so you assume the RESPONSE
bilities as far as his people are con-
cerned. You two are the most Of each
other-your love for each should be the
greatest. but you can not isolate your
selves and insist that you have noduties
outside your own home. II you do this
YOU become narrow and selfish, and you
are quito too nice girl for that. So
remember when he comes. this bride
groom of yours, that his heart is bound
the tighter to you II the ribbon used TO
hold it has written upon it in golden
letters, Love and consideration for
those at home. Ladies' Home journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19

..why, yon don't take the Blole
lust as il reads. do you?'' said man 10
clergyman. who was talking with him
on the subject Of religion. 'tertatniy
replied the clergyman, 'sIlow would YOU
take IL, II not a. II resilsa Would you
take q As il doesn't resde' That hits
The point exactly. Read the bible IN
this respect as you do any other book
and take the meaning Of It's words and
accept a.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19

To make fruit layer cake, take one.
half cupful of butter, one cupful sugar,
one and one-half cupfuls OF -four. and
one-half cupful of ro~e water. Stone and
ehop one cupfu1 Of taisins. t.e tvs
eggs. beaten separately. and one.haii
taaspoanful al snda. Rake In three lay
ers. and prepare With frosting with jelly
between.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19

The late Sir Pereey Shelley, son Of
the poet. was devoted 70 theatricals ana
,riryeling lie has placed his father
papers al the disposal Of the Shelley
Seglpty.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19

The prominent tailors OF -. Louis
nax hira professional dressers for the
purpuse Of introducing new STYLES,