Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-03-29
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

In New Hampshire graveyard
there Is tomb marked; sacred To
to the memory OF three twins"
A kitchen table with as many
DRIVERS beneath il as writing desk
and having "A high back like side
board. full Of pigeon holes for kitchen
utensils. is a recent addition to the
hired girls comfort.
The average annual death rate in
this country from cholera, yellow
fever. small-pox, typhoid fever. diph-
liberia and scarlet fever. all combined.
does not reach the enormous total OF
deaths from consumption.
"A California paper reports that
several bce-keepers of San Diego
County lost both bees and honey re-
Gently. The weather was so warm as
to melt the combs and drown the busy
little workers in their own sweets.
"A correspondent OF the New York
Tribune writes: mo wooden craft of
any account disgraces this enlightened
age in carrying human beings across
the ocean. Steel vessels have super
seeded the old-style fleets Of wood. i"
Mrs. Elizabeth Faith, who died
recently a. Louisville. had her coffin
made under her own personal direc-
tion more than three years ago 1t
was made OF solid walnut lined with
zinc. and trimmed with white silk Ii
was inclosed in strong cedar book.
and this in still another box made OF
thick oak lumber.
The Baltimore Baptist strongly
condemns the practice of extending
sympathy and friendly aid TO mer
whose sole claim 10 such attention i,
terrible crime. ''Such things.n Il
says. ''are blot upon our ciyiliza
tion. and it is time good peopl,
frowned this maudlin sympathy ou
of existence.
The Religions Herald. of Hart
ford, thinks the custom OF darkeninl
the rooms OF house where people ar,
gathered 10 attend burial servie,
ought to be abolished The surround
ings at such time. IL thinks. ought Il
be bright and cheerful, lin harmon,
with the sentiments suggestive of tn,
resurrection. the life and the blessed
ness OF the heavenly home to which
the departed have gone
The rapid growth of Italian bar
ber shops in New York City il alarm
ing the old-time BARRIERS. The Italian
five-cent shaving shops are now to b.
found not only in Little Italy" an,
other quarters in which swarms O
Italians have taken up their abode bu
also in other localities up town. dow
: town and on both sides OF the city
For many years great part II th'
trade has been in the hands Of German
philosophers. who now find IL hard Il
compete with the Italians, even whcr
they charge a dime for using IN,
lather brush and razor.
There have been big gold nugget
found in various countries, but tn
largest that was ever discovered. tn
Silver Dollar states. was found in New
South Wales, Australia. IL was un
earthed on May 10. 1872 Ito weigh
was rI0 pounds. height four feet min
inches, width three feet two inche.
average thickness four inches. and
was worth s1Is. 500 II was found i'm
bedded in "A thick wall of blue slate a
a depth of 250 feet from the surface
/, An interesting feature of its histor
was that the owners OF the mine wer
living on charity when they found il
A man at Cevington. Pa. who wa
fattening twenty-pound swapping
turtle. was aroused early by the nois
/, , Of scufile in his yard Repairin,
there he found the turtle hangin!
to- the nose of 3O0-ponn,
bear. Bruin was near the fence. en
deavoring ta get over. but his effort
were interfered with by the turtle
Eventually the bear reached the mex
yard. but the man followed and shn
him dead The turtle ali the time r.
taine,I his hold. and refused TO let e
unit tho dead beasts nose was cut of
, Then IL crawled of. carrying the piec