Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A new post-office in Virginia has
been named Poverty.
"A Mifiin (Pal woman threw some
medicine in the fire, and an explosion
.ook place which carried the stove out
81 doors.
a man shot sixteen times 81 q spar.
row aud finally killed II, but one cow, a |
log and two cats went along with the |
sparrow
When You want to- compliment a
woman on the uncertain side Of thirty, |
speak of some onea little older than she
is as a girl. - Somerville journal,
As Peter Baur. Of pottsville, was
opening large oyster strange fish
hipped out IL had eaten part Of the
oyster. II had the head OF catfish.
A Newark. Ohio, woman bought
lot of Christmas gifts for her husband
and children, and hid them away so
carefully that she is now unable 10 find
them.
"A grover in Wheeling, w. Va, after
n three DAYS search for his favorite pug
/ dog. found the animal in back room of
/ the store. under an inverted half-bushel
measure.
! cigarettes for ladies smoking are
/ sold in London. provided with specially
prepared mouthpicces. They are per
fumcd with musk and violet, and they
are enjoying very extensive sale.
A fearful widow at Charleston w
Va. obtained an order for four dollars
worth of groceries from the poor com
missioners Next day the provisions
were spread as the refreshments at hei
wedding banquet.
"A Psychologist in France has been
observing the working OF flies in flying
and has arrived Mt the conclusion that
the wings Of fly make about $50 beats
a second. and that such fly can travel
at the rate of 3.2sO feet minute.
The schoolmam of ST. Paul not
long ago were instructed to give &C.
casional instruction in plain and fancy
sewing To the girls under their charge
, and the horrible fact came out that few
|, IL any OF the teachers, could do any kind
! of sewing whatever.
1 A watch made in France during thu
! reign OF Louis XIV, is owned in New
g York. and still keeps good time. II wa
: made by hand, and is inclosed in "a
[ karat fine case. which is ornamented IN
1 Louis Nv. STYLE. with sixteen corners
: The works are no thicker than silve
o dollar
!. "A Washington County tkan.) mai
named Steers mortgaged -four whit
steers to a loan company. The fore
closure proceedings developed the fac
= that the man tnortgaged his four chi
9 dren. The loan company had steer
d arrested as one of the children wasa Cir
10 in parts Of brooklyn the eXcellen
custom has been adopted Of placing o
street lamps the number of the house
nearest to which they stand. This is
great convenience to people who AT
:, searching for a certain number in th
. dark of the evening since the generi
ii methods Of displaying house number
i. are far from satisfactory. The idea
= not new. having been adopted In Ne
/. York at least ten years ago.
Il Who says dog has not intelligence
r. A Gardiner tMe.l lady set "a dish of sou
OF out in her yard the other day to coo
~ The dish was very hot, but had handl
=. The house dog soon came along to q
al dish. lurcd by the fascinating fragranc
as contemplated the contents long enoul
Il. to find that il was his fayorite SOU
then taking the handle between b
n. teeth. he backed of several rods We
u. carefully, pulling the dish after him
he a place which he considered both cool
nd and more scquestcrcd. He waited {
he the broth to cool, devoured IL with
ed finaie relish, then dragged the dish ba'
no TO the spot where he found it.-Bang
he Commercial.
re- Recently the dentists of st. Lou
he have begun 10 employ young women
at office assistants Probably "a dozen a
Ter thus employed They are paid from
tn, to $40 a week Among other things,
rus is their duty To assist in hraeing I
TX. nerves nf patients. One Of them sa,
on III the patient is woman frequent
nat stand hy her side and held her ha
airs sympathetirany. Some people m
fin laugh at this. but it's an immense hi
in 10 the person in the chair. Once
les twice when very nervous man
pie being operated ON have taken his han
led and it really braccd his nerve wond
for fully"
NJ, A Young poet, not ayerse to lett
re- strangers know that he was poet, Y
va one day in the country with a party
Ifltnus. stopping Aoi sum- HiiiA ~
the humble farmhouse, they saw an
at lady weaving a ng-earpet on an {
Gro fashioned loom in small out-buildi
ge- Several OF the par had never Def
en- seen n rag-carpet woven, among
tie number the young poet. After wat
the ing the process for several mihutes,
: Vi said. in patronizin tone: That To-
the simple. hut | dare say, grandmothc
ono could write a poem easier than ! CO
Is weave yard Of that carpet" IL
OF enough" replied the aged weaN
18th simply, with no intention Of placing
ing Young man in an embarrassing posit
ear before his friends, like enough.
site for. after all, II takes SOME brains Il
this. Youths Companion.
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hi FORCE IN SILENCE.