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Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
Mattie's Ruse.

A lady from Kansas, who was visit
ing family on Walnut street, West
Philadelphia, week or more ago, told
wonderfully clever story of wo-
mans wit.
When my husband was a candidate
for the State Senate we lived on q
farm two miles from our nearest neigh
Dor and four miles from town. One
day just as we were sitting down to
dinner wagon drove up containing
four of my husbands political friends.
Thsy were influential and expected to
dine with us. To my horror the Irish
maid who lived with us informed me
as We had all assembled that there was
just bread enough for our own dinner,
and there was no -four in the house for
biscuits. Here was terrible and un-
usual quandary. Four able-bodied
men and bread enough for only two of
them. Only a woman with her hus-
bands interests at stake can appre-
ciate my feelings. I called my Oldest
son out of the room; put him on q
horse, with bag over his arm, and
told him to ride on gallop to Mrs.
BIS, our nearest neighbor, and
borrow all the bread she had, explaia-
ing my predicament. As Bob rode
away my servant. Matte, said: "Sure,
ma'am, the bread will all be gone in
tirely before the lad raches B-'s.
But just lave it till me-" she added
with grin. "Don't worry yer swate
sowl about it; we'll have it in time. I"
went back to the dining-room and
my heart dropped as I saw that only
four or five slices Of bread were left on
the plate, though there was an abund-
ance of meat and vegetables. Sud-
denly Mattie's head was stuck in the
door, and in a voice of CONSERVATION,
with terror written on her face, she
fairly yelled: "Plaze, ma'am, the
shtable's on fire!"
In an instant the dining-room was
deserted. Our guests sprang to their
feet, and. headed by my husband,
rushed from the room. Sure enough,
there were volumes of blush smoke
pouring out of the stable door and
through the cracks in the boards.
There was a frantic ru L for water
buckets and the well, and long chase
out to the barn. But somehow Matte
was there first with bucket of water
and had the fire nearly extinguished
by the time the others arrived. 1t
took fifteen minutes to get order re-
stored, and by that time Bob had
arrived with the bread. Matte had
started the fire in an old vinegar bar
rel with some straw It was a risky
piece of business, thought, until the
sharp-witted girl told me that she had
dampened the straw so that it would
make heavy smoke. and afterward
had covered the barrel with pieces of
loose boards thoroughly dampened. -
Philadelphia Press.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

ss II really IT, The book was submit
ted to tho Minister Of Public Instruc.
tiou. "The work is an excellent one,
and We viii certainly put it into use in
schools when the provinces Of Alssce
and Lorraine are restored to France" {"
This reply is pretty typical Of almost
all Europe still. When we have got
what we want, We will be 50
good. II only want Trieste" says
Italy. "When have Constantfnople, >
says Russia. "When there is nothing
more for me to lay my hands on" says
John Bull.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured
by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY i CO., Props, Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last IA years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transso-
tons, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, o.
WALD1NG, KINNAN 4 MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood aud mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Pnce, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Drug.
giSts.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

WHEN whispering it is said that stam-
msrers rarely show any impediment in
speech. On this fact a new line of treat
ment has been adopted, which is as fol-
lows: In the first ten days speaking is
prohibited. This will allow rest to the
voice, and constitutes the preliminary
state of treatment. During the next
ten days speaking is permissible in the
whispering voice; and, in the course of
the next fifteen days, the ordinary con-
versational tone may be gradually en-
ploYed.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

THE diamond trade is much interest
ed in the remarkable artificial diamonds
which came into notice during the Paris
Exposition. So perfect are some of the
limitations that they puzzled dealers and
experts. By the same chemical anal
ysis ss applied to precious stones, they
ere found to melt at only a high degree
Of heat, and, of course, were exceed
ingly hardin fact, so hard that they
would scratch and almost cut mirror
glass.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

The recent illness OF the Prince SAKE
Meiningen has excited q medical con-
troversy in Germany which bids fair to
Tival in it's intensity that which fol-
lowed the death of the Emperor Fred
erick. The Prisce himself has signed q
declaration that the Berlin doctors Zone
of Sir Morell Mackenzie's bitterest an
tagonists among them) did him nc
good, and that he owes his GONZALES
cence entirely to the skill Of DR.. Metz
ger, Of Marienbad.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

I Tm BARRIERS of Nordhausen, Saxony
Ee compelled by law to cleanse and dis
infect their brushes, combs and razors
Immediately after use, and before they
(re applied to the hair or beard of an
sther customer.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

A BosroN boatman, who received q
g0-cent piece for saving four men from
browning, has had the coin engraved:
Reward of Merit-For Rescuing -Four
Men from Drowning, 12} cents Apiece"
BE will wear the coin as q medal.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
Neuralgia.

Hagsrstown, Nd,
April q, 1880.
81, and others Of my
family, have used St.
Jacobs Oil for neu-
ralgia and found Il
q speedy, effective
cure"
Mrs. AGNES KELLEY.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

In the days Of Columbus learned
pen boldly asserted that if a ship
Should reach India she would never get
back again, because the rotundity of
the globe would present kind of
mountain, up which it would be impos-
sjble to sail, even with the most favor
able wind.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

In collections centuries old, to be-
seen both in China and Japan, are spe-
cimens Of the most remarkable draw
ings in the world-pictures Of all kinds
drawn with the thumb nail. The nails
of the thumb on the left hand of these
peculiar artists are allowed to grow to
an enormous length, sometimes to a foot
or eighteen inches, and are then pared to
pen-shaped point. Dipping this oddly
constructed pen in beautiful vermiion
or sky-blue ink, the only kind Of ink
used in these sacred" thumb-nail
drawings, the artist gracefully outlines
his work. Occasionally, the bold
touches from the studio of master in
this department of @high art" are life
sized, and are sketched by few sweeps
of the artists arm. Like other pictures
and sketches of the Orient, these sacred
thumb-nail pictures are mounted and
rolled up like scrolls.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

When great preparations were being made
in London for the celebration of the Great
Queens Jubilee, loyal citizens anxious TO
participate were rapidly curing all their
aches and pains beforehand, by generous
use of Salvation Oil.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
KANSAS RAILROADS.

From Washington. D. c.: Secretary
Noble has just approved two more lists
of land selections made by the Union
Pacific in Kansas, making four in all
that have been approved. Some eight o,
ten still await his action.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

WOMAN, heal thysef by using DR.. Asa BucktD
" Golden Specific, a sure cure for all female
diseases. sach a leucorrhoea, whites. ulcers, in
fammatioa, falling Of tie womb, enlargement Of
the womb. painful menstruation. etc. Do not
fail to try this wonderful treatment Call or
write for free sample treatment. 1t costa yoa
nothing to try it. Large box 81 90 by mail, post
paid. W0OLvERTON BROS. druggists, saI
Kaasas Ave-. Topeka. Kansas, Western Aesata.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

LOUISIANA planters are finding out
that the slaughter of alligators has al
lowed muskrats, the great enemies of
the levees, to increase at an alarming
rate. South Florida people have dis
covered that the rapid decrease of the
alligator in the peninsula has been ac-
ioompanied by corresponding increase
in the moccasin, the most venomous of
American snakes and the aligator's
choicest food. The saurian isn't pref
ty, but he's a friend of humanity,
nevertheless.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

/OsE of the standing properties of the
prison Of Uskub, Macedonia, is col
lection Of large ants. Fifty ants, placed
on the body of a man chained to the
aoor SO that he can't move limb or head,
will cause as extreme torture as can be
devised.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
A Hard Thing to Do,

The pathway of life is full of difficult
ties; but Origins says he has about
made up his mind that one of
the hardest things in the world for
man to do is to admit to his wife that
he has been IN the wrong.-Rana's
Hnr1.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

The rery best ,cay to know whether or not
Dobbins' Electric Soap is as good as it is
said to be, is to try it yourself. It can't de-
ceive y0u. Be sure to get no imitation.
There are lots of them Ask your grocer for
lust one bar,
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

Prickly Ash Bitters is vegetable COM
pound. pure and reliable. Give it trial, it
will help you.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

An eminent physician says that catarrh is
produced by men removing their hats in the
atres. Profanity is caused by women keeping
their hats on.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

{ II takes about three seconds for .
pessage to go from one end Of the At
hp&ic cable to the other-about seven
hundred miles second.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

1ti said that there are more men with q
classical education on the streets than there
are tramps.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

JUST as the collection plate was about
hp be passed around at recent religious
Services at a church at Darlington,
Hartford Co., Md, there was clap Of
thunder, and it is stated that the con-
rregation left the building in q hurry.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

c A medicine that has been sold for years
must have merit. This is the case with
Prickly Ash Bitters
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

Burglar-"How is business with you Jm?"
Pickpocket-'sPretty poor picking"
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

The men who hold up trains for robbery
should themselves be held up for example.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

A man can't expect to transact much bpsi-
pess with barber without getting into q
Dcr1pe.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

nEven the LATEST of men can usually SEQ
some work that some other fellow ought to do.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

NM. Wl1sloW's soothing syrup fer CA1l.
dIsn teething, seftens the gums, reduces iAAam-
mAtioA. allAys pain. wind collie. a6c bottle.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
The beauty craze has revolutionized socie.
tioniSsd n III The % treatmsnt % Of eoashs & anS 5 cox

School-ma' ANS are nearly all misses. and
the misses on the stage are generally MAJ mas.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

Don't fail to read about Prickly Ash Bit
tors in this issue. 1t may be of benefit to
you.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

ssThe Rochester" is a perfect lamp. No
smoke, no smell, no broken chimneys. A light IS
soft twilight, genial love and brilliant as
June morning! Ask for it. Send for Catalogue.
Rochester Lamp Co., New York.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

Love may be blind but he skips the girl
With the squint.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

ga Patent Leather Shine"
Try Rixbys"Three Bee blacking. Polishes quick.
Preserves leather. Family box has patent handle.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
When she was q Child she cried for Castoria,
When che became Miss. she clung to Castoria.
VIA ~ had children sns gave them Castoria.
.JAC0BS OIL
THE BEST.
Rheumatism.

N. Ogden, Mich,
May IL. 1890.
"A half bottle of
your valuable
medicine, st. Jacobs
Oil, cured me Of rheu-
matism and rheu-
matte swelling Of the
knee. Iii the best In
the universe"
]. II. L. PORTER.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09
lT HAS NO EQUAL.
d 0uRIFY YOUR
BL OOD.

But Do not use the dangerous alkaline
and mercurial preparations which destroy
your nervous system and ruin the digestive
power OF the stomach. The vegetable king.
dom gives rs the best and safest remedial
agents. Dr. Sherman devoted the greater
part Of bis life to the discovery Of this reIia.
10 and safe remedy, and all its ingredients
ars vegetable. He gave ii the name Of
Priekly Ash Biffers /!
aname every one can remember, and to ne
present day nothing has been discovered that
Is 50 beneficial for the BLOOD, for the
LIVER, for the KIDNEYS and for the
STOMACH. This remedy is now 50 we'll
and favorabIy known by all who have used
II hat arguments as to its merits are use.
less, and II others who require q cerrsci.
tse to The system would but give II q trial
be health ot This country would Do vastly
improved. Remember the nsms-
ASH BlTTERs. Ask your druggist Tor Il.
PRlcklY ASH BITTERS CO.,
ST. LOUI2. No.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

Torchlight parades go well while the ben
zine is kept in the lamps and out of the men.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

ENGLAND has very thrifty Govern
ment. When soldier dies in service
s1for funeral e1penses is deducted from
whatever money may be due him; or,
in case he has nothing, the officer COM
manding his company must pay the ex-
penses. When sailor dies at sea he
is charged with the cost of the canvas
and the shot with which he is buried.
A country that spends millions in sup
porting royalty and in pensioning
royalty's faraway connections must ex-
ercise economy somewhere.
A NAN of figures at Saginaw has cal
culated that the average person trims
off thirty-second of IN inch Of nail
from each finger every week, or three
inches year. The average of human
life the world over is forty years. Ten
feet of finger nail for each finger-a
round 200 feet from the twenty fingers
and toes. There are 1900, 900, 600
people in this world and altogether
they waste on an average 800, 100000
feet, or 56,S1S. Is miles of finger nail, in
ageneration-suffic to reach around
the earth and still leave O,0OO miles to
do our scratching with.
A JOLLY Maine railroad conduc-
tor tells of an ebsent-minded travel
er who left his umbrella and package
to chat with a friend in another
car on the same train. From junction
he went where he wished, but his be-
longings went w!yre he wished not.
just before he returned new orders
were given the brakeman, and our alb
sent-minded friend remarked after re-
turning that the Maine Central brake
men were the @most impudent set he
ever saw: for, said he. "at every sta
ton one of those insulting fellows
sung out to me, don't leave Your um-
brellas or packages in the cart
A FEW years ago. says Max OReill,
a French sayant who does not believe
in war collected accounts of splendid
deeds of philanthropists and put in the
same volume faithful account of war
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

If report is to be relied on, the Chi
nese have still long way to go before
they will be in position to avail them
selves of the benefits of modern scien-
tifc progress. It is stated that the i'm
perial palace, by order of the young
Emperor, was fitted throughout with
electric lights. The imperial cabinet
was called together to witness the for
NAL opening of the new system Of illu-
minstion. Instead, however, Of their
expressing admiration of the brilliant
light, they stood aghast. This wonder
full sheen, which came and went at the
touch of button, could only be the
offspring of supernatural powers, and
was probably the machination of evil
spirits. Thus in solemn conclave the
mandarins decided, and in 8 few days
the electrical plant was removed.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

A LECTURER not famed for the flu
ency of his delivery at any time, and
who read every word Of his lectures, on
one occasion had sewed the leaves to-
gether with such judicious irmness that
the last word of each line was all but
indecipherable-a pain to himself and
an evaporation to his audience. This
gentleman was so little aware of the
want of touch between him and his
hearers that the ironical plaudits which
gradually began to salute his success
in getting at more difficult word
than usual only evoked an assurance
that though the applause was extreme
ly gratifying to him he rather feared it
took up time! The cheers this pro-
voked took up so much time that when
they were over a good part of his hear
ers were also gone.
Thomas County cat., 1890-10-09

and sailed on the wings of ease, until a
receiver, one Mr.. Funk was appointed.
The case has been one of great interest,
and the attorney for the loan company
has exhausted every means at hand to
preserve the interest of his company.
A motion for appeal is now under con-
slderation.
From Baxter Springs: The reunion
association has extended its scope and
will be hereafter known as the Inter
State Reunion association, taking in
eastern Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas,
and Indian territory. A joint stock
company has been formed for the pur-
chase of twelve acres covered with a
beautiful growth of timber, upon which
will be erected permanent barracks and
great tabernacle, and the grounds will
be otherwise improved. Humphrey,
Higgins, and Mccarthy have connected
themselves with the enterprise by TAX
ing stock, and here in the future may
be expected the great reunions of the
state, in as beautiful and prosperous a
county as can be found in any of the
western states.
From Lawrence: The city was in
gala day attire to welcome the troops
who will attend the encampment. By
l O'Clock Massachusetts, street was
thronged with people who were await
ing eagerly the arrival of the United
States troops from Ft. Riley. The
troops were to be escorted into town by
the Usher Guards and the First Regi-
ment band, and large procession had
been planned. The crowd was disap-
pointed. however, by the late ARRIVAL Of
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23
BANKRUPTCY AHEAD.

There il no one in Congress who is
more familiar with treasury questions
than Mr.. Carlisle, and what he says
about our prospective financial con-
dition ought to be taken very seriously
by all who desire to consider them on
the broad plan OF craftsmanship.
Mr.. Carlisle says that the regular
and permanent appropriations OF the
government for the year will amount
TO $469 100000. If to this are added
the amounts which, on low estimate,
will be paid for sugar bounties and for
subsidies, the expenditures will reach
$493, 900, 900, or $43, 100000 more than
Mr.. Windows estimate OF the govern
mens's receipts.
In other words, says the New York
World, the Federal Government, on
the showing of the secretary OF the
treasury, is already bankrupt, without
counting the river and harbor bill
which is perspective. or the enor
mously increased liabilities for pen
sions. In addition there is the sink
ing fund 10 be accounted for.
Instead OF reducing revenues tn,
Republican leaders ought to be en-
gagged in the congeniai task of increas
ing them in order 10 meet their CT
travagant expenditures.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23

The upward tendency of silver il
met with corresponding feeling in
the breasts Of our mining men. For
eight years the prospector and mine
owner have been hooking forward to
this day, and there is great rejoicing
in the camp of those who delve IN
mountain side and wash the sands Of
mountain streams for silver and other
precious metals They watch the
daily quotations as anxiously as the
perspiring man does the thermometer.
and as the market gains point by point
daily. they feel assured that $l29 will
soon be reached and that their long
dormant and idle properties will at an
early day be The scene OF life aud ac-
tivity.-S. l.. Stock Elk. Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23
NEW WAGON ROAD.
The Proposed Route from Boise
City to Rocky liar.

The Proposed Route from boise
City to Rocky liar.
Fron the Roise city sun.
The people Of Idaho City have re-
Gently secured funds 10 build road
from that place down Cottonwood
creek to connect with the Rocky Bar /
road about eighteen miles above Boise |
City on the river, and there is a move |
ment on foot on the part Of the farmers
living on the river between this place
and the mouth OF Cottonwood creek,
to build road from Boise City up the
river TO connect with this proposed
road from Idaho City TO Rocky Bar.
To build eighteen miles OF road up
the river will cost an immense amount
Of money, but the benefit to be de
rived from the same are so great that
the farmers have concluded TO put the
road through Mt any cost, aud it l.
proposed instead of organizing stock
company, that each man interested in
the trade between this place and Idaho
City and Rocky Bar, build SO much on
his own account.
Mr.. n. Walling war in the city yes
terday and secured promises from
several Of our leading citizens TO build
certain portions Of the road. Three
men living above the city have agreed
TO build four miles OF this road and
give a right-ofway through their
farms, aud Mr.. Walling was confiden,
that before the last Of the week II,
would have the entire eighteen miles
let in this manner.
II this road is built il means a greaI
deal to the business men of this city
as well as to the farmers.
The distance from this place Il
Rocky Bar will be decreased full,
E thirty miles, making the entire dis
lance less than fifty miles. Boise Cit!
: will then be the nearest shipping poin
D 10 these mines, and we shall get til,
: great bulk Of its trade.
c Besides this there are some fin
: placer mines between this place ant
D the mouth OF Cottonwood, one owne,
by Messrs. Kimball Il Bubb that viii
go Is cents TO the pan, but whicl
Q must lie undeveloped on account Z
there being no communication b
a wagon road with this city, everythin
= taken TO the mines and to the farm
2 being packed in on horseback.
p This road will also save Our freigh
II ers, who haul TO the Basin from pull
e ing up the heavy grade over five mile
: in length, between this place and th
u summit
g We hope our business men will TAX
e hold and aid the farmers in putin
V TINS project through.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23
p. INAHAN, Prop.

wing been just newly furnished throughout,
embraces every feature OF "A
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23

Boise County Republican ticket
nominated on the 18th, by acclama-
ton: Senator S. G. Bowen; Repre-
sentative, l.. s. Kimball, II. H..
Robb; Sheriff, G. c, Havird; Clerk,
VIM. Warren; Assessor, Ralph
Calderwood; Probate Judge, j. j.
Marsk; Treasurer, 5. Z. Silsby,
The decision in the Blythe case
in San Francisco makes Florence
Blythe, the illegitimate daughter Of
Thomas ii. Blythe. now in her
seventeenth year, the richest girl in
the United States. The estate,
which the court decides is hers, is
valued at 100000.
"When we came to this town, Z"
writes a Georgia editor, ut was
little more than watering tank
but new the very best whisky in
the country is sold here. and there
are ten moonlight stills in acti We
operation in the county. A news
paper is power FOR good in any com
munity,
The Republicans Of Alluras held
their County Convention ut Ketchum
on the 18th and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket by "acclamation" from
top TO bottom: For Senator, James
Gum Representative. Lyttleton Price.
Geo. +. Mills Sheriff, James McPher-
son Clerk District Court, Ike Garrett
Probate Judge. f. +. Richards; Treas
urer, II. u. Burkhart; Assessor. Tom
Ferguson: Coroner. f. c. Baldwin I;
Surveyor, Frank Mandel: Commits
sioners, Frank Drake, Geo. B. Flor
ence, Charles Aiken.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23

The st. Louis Republic thus speaks
OF I. V. Powderly: Mr.. Powderly will
exert great influence against corrupt
politics in Pennsylvania. He is the
ablest leader labor ever had in the
United States, and his protest against
the demoralizing reign OF bossim in
his native State is only another of the
many evidence ~ hi tfu-tvcttltin"-s
And patriotism.