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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

Some time and in some fashion the
young unwedded woman win be called
upon to make a decided stand against
the invasion Of the matron upon her
special province. There is scarcely place
left now for the sole Of her slipper be-
tween the schoolroom and strip of carpet
before the matrimonial altar. She Is
simply driven into corner and told TO
marry at once or lay down her passport
into realms of social gayety. This arro-
gance of the married woman concerning
her monopoly of society amusements Is
intolerable. She won't hear to having
impaired bellies brought into competi-
tion with her attractions. If they choose
To chime it must be with a conjugd
clapper, aud not as merry, independent
tinklers, ringing distracting little tune
Of minated friskiness.
Girls are still permitted to have de-
butts, but even ON those great occasions
the young matron steps in. and, by right
of double blessedness, takes all the cakes
and ale. The shy. sweet miss is left to
cut poor figure indeed. And 30 on,
from first to last, the married woman
opens the ball, leads the german, occu-
pies the opera boxes, demands all the din
ner invitations, fills the victoria, receives
at the tea, thereby squeezing the girl
into such "a small corner no one is ever
able TO find her behind madam's over
crowded engagement book.
Mrs. Burton Harrison has instituted q
demand for the restoration of the Amer
ican maiden as she existed before Euro
pean customs came to smother her light
under the bushei of an artificial society.
Not many years ago Uncle Sans virgin
daughter was the pride of the nation.
Her girlish wit and independence, her
innocent fearlessness. her jollity. shrewd-
ness and beauty were the boast of the
civilized world, and with impunity did
she set her proud feet on the hearts of
mankind. Men admired and reverenced
her, for here, they said, is new order
of women. Untrammeled by the obliga-
tious of wife and motherhood, she is free
to accept our entire devotion; with the
discretion and knowledge of the matron
she combines the freshness OF maiden.
Heretofore this union was held to be
impossible, and she has realized mans
ideal. But, alasi whence has this clear
eyed goddess of girlish liberty fed away2
! illustrated American.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
The Iinl,y King.

The anecdotes current about little Don
Alfonso are simply innumerable, and ap-
pealing As they do to every mothers
heart, go far toward increasing the
popularity Of the throne throughout
Spain.
He Is exceedingly frank and unre-
strained in the expression of his opin-
ions, especially when they concern the
personal appearance of his lieges, and
although extremely disconcerting 10 the
parties Immediately concerned, they con-
stitute n source Of delight TO everybody
else. 1t was only with the greatest diff
Guilty that his mother was able TO i'm
press upon him the necessity of abstain
ing from making remarks Of this char
acter in an audible tone OF voice at
church. Her ACCOMPLISHMENTS, however,
bore unexpected fruit.
The king manifestly took 1t for granted
that the instructions TO remain quiet and
silent during divine service applied to
others as well as to himself; for shortly
afterward, when the royal family and
the court attended mass in state at the
Attocha church, little Don Alfonso sud
denly interrupted the preacher in the
midst Of one Of his most impassioned and
eloquent perorations by commanding
him, in "a shrill and piping tone of voice.
10 be still, and not to make ''such a noise
in church. ."-Harper's Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
A CUNNING CHAMPION.
worehester, Mass, Has an Oarsman
aT Great Akitt


The progress made by oarsman
Thomas Higgins of the Wachusett Boat
club of Worchester, Mass, has been
more rapid than that Of any oarsman
in New England and his many friends
have good reason to look on him as a
coming champion. He was born at
Flushing. l.. L.. in 1876. Higgins is a
boiler maker by trade, stands feet
VA inches in height and weighs about
25s pounds when in condition. His
first appearance as AN oarsman was in
the single-scull race for the fall cham
pionship of New England at Boston on
Labor day, lsaa, when he finished u
good second TO Mathew Quigley, the
well known stroke of the Atlanta
eight.
The way that Higgins walked
through that large field of scullers
astunished his admirers. In the spring
of the following year the N. T.. A. X.
A held their annual regatta at Wor-
cester on June l., when Higgins ran
away from a large field of senllers, and
won his maiden race. In the fall of
1850 he again visited Boston. and com
peted in the intermediate single scull
race, which he won, defeating
all the fast men in that class.
When IL was announced that Higgins
intended TO row in the senior single at
Lawrence on July against Caffrey
and Bergen maay thought the young
man was doing II To please Paul
Henery, who Is president of the Wa
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
OVER THE WHIRLPOOL
Photographer Dixon Of Toronto,
who walked the wire.

The whirlpool rapids had never been
crossed by man until July eth. 1891,
when MIR. Dixon of Toronto. crossed Il
successfully ON three-quarter inch
cable stretched between three and four
hundred feet above the roaring tenn
pestuous flood. Mr. Dixon is. from all
reports a semi professional He Is about
feet inches in height, weighs about
ii5 pounds, and looks To be about
thirty-iive years old lie had contem-
plated dong this most daring act for
some time, and had gone to consider
able expense and trouble to get every
thing in good shape. The cable was
stretched as taut as could be. and the
guys We're placed about twenty-five
feet apart and fastened To the rocks
below. Al an early hour the people
from all around the country began to
gather nj the starting point on the
Canadian side, and at three o'clock
the road from the Clifton
house to the rapids was black
with spectators. The start of the dar-
ing man was watched with intense i'm
terest, and his progress was followed
with mingled hope and alarm. When
half way across he bowed to the crowds
ON both sides of the river, and then for
a few moments lay prone on his back.
When lthin forty feet of the Ameri-
can side he quiclSened his pace, and in
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
A Rrare Llttls woman.

Miss Loie NJ. Royce, one of the heroic
school teachers of the western states
who came near losing their lives during
the great blizzard of Jan. 10, 1888, was
married Friday night in West Bay City
to Charles S. Thomas. a well known
newspaper man.
At the time of the great blizzard, Miss
Royce. who was then eighteen years old,
was teaching in a country school near
Plainview, Neb. On the day in question
she found three pupils at her school in
the morning.
During the day the storm increased in
fury, and at the close of school the
teacher and the pupils were unable to
leave the building. They remained un-
til all of their fuel was used up, and they
were becoming afraid they would freeze
TO death in their prison when, during q
lull in the storm, the teacher determined
to make an effort to reach n house a few
rods from the school building. Taking
the two youngest children by the hand
and bidding the other to follow close be-
hind her, the teacher started ont on what
proved to be terrible journey. Hardly
had ths.y left the school building when
the storm again increased, and in short
time they had lost their way.
After wandering about until all Of the
party had become exhausted and could
go no farther they laid down together.
During the night two of tho children
died in the teachers arms. In the nom
ing Miss Royce who was nearly frozen
10 death. succeeded in reaching house,
and party went out after the one child.
who wis stih alive, but he died in q
short time after being found. For q
long time Miss Royce'a life was despaired
Of. Her limbs were badly frozen, and
after few days it was found necessary
to ampntate both feet, just above the
ankle.
After months Of suffering, however
she recovered sufficiently TO be taken to
California, where she and her parents
spent months nj Riverside During and
after her long illness Miss Royce was il
receipt Of many letters of sympathy
4 from people Of all parts Of the country
Presents from unknown persons wer,
numerous, and offers Of marriage wer'
often found In her correspondence. Soor
after regaining her health Miss Royce
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
Women Delegate. No, wanted.

The Methodist conference at Yonkers
has decided by a very emphatic vote of
$50 TO 60 that women should not be ad-
mitted as delegates to the general con-
ference. The report Of the debate does
not show that the question was discussed
or decided upon its merits. When 1t Ia
said that IL does not follow because q
woman can sing bass that she ought to
sing bass, il would seem to be u sufficient
reply 10 suggest that If bass were
needed to complete a quartet ii would be
rather absurd to reject bass voice be-
cause 1t was the voice Of woman.
The decisive consideration in the de
bate seems TO have been that there was
divine reason for the difference OF
sexes, and that participation in a confer
ence was not included in the sphere OF
women. But how the male sex. as such,
qualified those who belong TO it rs wise
counselors was not stated in any speech
nor illustrated in the argument. There
Is always better way of determining
whether wood will float and stone sink
than any argument based upon theory.
The better way is experiment. The
counsel of women in schools is proved TO
be of very great value. The opinion of
man who thinks that the counsel was
not meant to be taken is not an argu-
ment against the efact.-Harper's Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

"why don't you change the tune In that
organ clee in a whilei | should think
tive get frightfully monotonous.n Thus
asked the casual visitor.
"That tune is one | have ridden to for
years. can keep time to it better than TO
any other I've never had an accident whilo
riding to it, and all Of my horses are broken
10 step 10 it when I'm riding at this slow
gait, just as they are TO other specified tunes
when I'm riding at faster paca Its the
same with most riders They learn 10 ride
10 some particular tune, and stick 10 1t for
years, solely because they are used TO 1t and
can trust themselves 10 ride 10 It, When you
hear the same tunes ground out year after
year ia the circus don't blame tho band mas
ter. II isn't his fault; it's that Of the rider.
New York Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
Advice to Lady Gardeners.

Now plant schemes for summer travel.
Rake in your husbands loose change and
cut back his superfiuous expenses. Gull
tivate hectic fiushes and sick spells,
showing the need of fresh air and of
transplanting TO the seaside. Prepare
for summer dresses and get ready your
guide books. Saratoga should be brought
out and overhauled. Water the family
doctor with generous fees and cultivate
his ideas that the European travel treat
ment would best suit your case. Begin
to mulch your husband with kindness
and flattery. 1t may encourage the
growth Of his liberality. When he is
ripe for picking he snould have more
fondling and be put into the sunlight of
warm affection. This should be kept up
until he begins to drop big leaves from
his check book When you have got all
you can. turn him out of the pot and
throw him into corner to dry off,
Philadelphia Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
Sunday uaII a. ao.so...

II Boston was the Puritan place 1t
once was il would be said here that
the defeat which one Of her base ball
clubs suffered in st. Louis day before
yesterday was owing To the participa-
tion of her club in sunday game. II
anybody Is TO be punished for this kind
OF playing. IT is but Justice that those
who come from New England should
be the first victims, because they have
been told better so often at
home But this business Of Sun
day ball playing is matter
of temperament and OF locality largely.
At the West they believe in and ex-
pect II. Gut in California it requires
an extraordinary attraction to make .
game pay on any day. In Boston we
hold differently, or the people who
give tone To public inion do, and,
though we much fear that sunday au-
dieneies here would not he small ones,
yet we are inclined 20 hope that long
time will elapse before Sunday ball ID
one of the peculiarly Boston institu-
tions. -Boston Globe.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
A Club That Doe. Good Work.

The Working Girls club organization
is quietly but rapidly growing to be a
power among the working people. There
is no talk Of combines and strikes, no ag-
gressive measures, but they do combine
in social societies which draw them
nearer together. teach them the value of
cooperation, and the spirit and teach
ings of club life instill firmly in their
minds the fact that increased capability
means increased wages. There is in the
New York association bureau for OBJ
tanning situations, and there is to be
soon trade classes for those who are un-
able TO obtain work through incom-
potency, when. as Miss Dodge says,
"Those who want to do everything and
do not know how to do anything may
learn to do something, and do it we'll. -
New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

The professionals do not monopolize
the wheel as do most other sports. The
racers on the cinder track do some
wonderful things-the best record up
To ls9i was mile in : min. 20 3-5 Sec,
and don't think | has been beaten
yet-but the largest part of the popu-
larity of the v. heel is quite outside the
professional racing world.
The amateur cyclists are ''the
pee pile They make and break no re-
cords, and care not "A fig who does.
They ride for health. for fun, for pure
air, for coantry scenery, for a jolly
good time-and they get {.
No one who likes the bicycle doubts
that the time will come when man can
ride faster than the speediest horse can
trot. The Eglishman Osmond, ran in
on "a safety in eight sec nds more than
the time made by tie fleet Maud S
The new English records are lit lie short
of marvellous. That osmond should do
a mile in minutes Ii see nd, is won
derful enough. even with the advnn-
taRes of "a perfect track. pacemaking and
weather coalitions, but at he should
ride twenty four miles in / h 40 A.
sec almost exceeds belief Have You
ever figured out just what that means?
When any one here gets below min
81 see for the mile he Is considered
.'some pumpkins" but when IL comes
to doing twenty four successive miles
at an average pace Of min 81 sec and
"A fraction. that seems almost beyond
belief. And sixty-three miles
within three hours, too! The APP
pearance OF Osmond ON safety
marks an epoch in the history of rae
ing. There Is every reason To believe
that he has by no means reached his
limit, and we can at last entertain
reasona ole hopes OF the trotting horse
| time being eqnalsd II not surpassed.
In his first safety race Usmond won APP
parently W thout being pushed, but
with the other men close up; q week
or so later he did min
% sec in q handicap with seemi z
ease, and IL was thought that he could
have beaten Jones minutes 20 sec
/ onds that day had he tried Now he
/ does . minutes i6 seconds without be-
/ ing run out, showing a steady improve
ment. Another gratifying result lis
/ that there seems To b. "A best man" in
| England on the safety-onc who clear
/ ly overtpps the vulgar herd--and,
talk as we may, that's what we
] love to see. Who did not have n
+ feeling of regret last fall at seeing
! Windle dragged from his position Of
ia test rider In America, II not the
/ world. even II his downfall could be
charged TO poor form. aud that with
out particle OF harsl-fceling toward
I Zimmerman? The truth is that we
/ like have one man to look up to and
not divide ur affections between half
dozen aspirants, rising and falling,
sometimes one winning and sometimes
another.
Word has been received that c. NJ. G.
Stewart, the enterprising and success
ful importer of first-elass draft and
coach horses, has just completed the
purchase of choice and large lot oi
horses in Frnnee for his extensive es
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
y,stor,n.. Ra,lw.v rra,..

The train by which the queen travelled
from Cherbourg to Grasse consisted Of
fourteen carriages, Of which the two in
the center are her majesty's private
property, the one being fitted rs q sit
ting room and the other as a bedroom,
with bath compartment. There were
four sleeping saloons and two luggage
vans. The queens own carriages are
usually kept ut Brussels. - London
World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

chusett Boat club and genuine sport.
but when he took the flyers into camp
in fine style on that occasion he was
the lion OF the hour. Higgins 10 as
modest as he is clever with the sculls,
and unlike many successful athletes
who have up To short time led an OBJ
scnre life, his head Is the same size and
he knows all of his old friends.
His future as an oarsman viii be
watched with interest, as he is said to
be rowing very fast
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
She Knew soms,hins Asoa, Horses.

She Knew somsthing About Horses
One of the few bright afternoons re-
Gently enjoyed by New Yorkers served
10 bring out brilliant array of prone
naders and equipages in Fifth avenue.
The drive was crowded with carriages.
when one of team Of horses attached
to rafting, banging, numbering Fifth
avenue stage slipped and fell. As Is
usual in such common occurrences, the
falling animal served to entangle him
self in his harness in such way that
every time he struggled TO arise he was
tripped and made to fall again. The
commotion caused large group Of
promenaders TO gather at the spot, and
there was the usual amount of ''guying'
of tine driver by the bystanders. The
driver was q stupid fellow, and per.
sisted in trying to make the fallen ami.
NAL rise to his feet.
Among the interested group Of watch.
ers were two handsomely dressed women.
One of them became impatient and irri.
tated at the stupidity of the driver.
''Clara, hold my muff, I" she said, as sht
handed the dainty bit Of fur to her COM
panion. Stepping from the curb, she
quickly loosened the catch on the chair
section Of the traces of the standing
horse, and then unfastened the hams
chains in front, leaving one horse free
This sufficiently cleared the entangle
ment to enable the fallen horse 10 ge
mp, and the two women went on theil
way, the one who had been 30 promp
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
ROCKY BAR, IDAHO SATURDAY. OCTOBER

saying: at makes me angry to see men
in charge of horses SO fearfully stupid.
II is always easier to release the standing
horse than to untangle the harness Of
the fallen one, and when the other Is led
away the one down can rise easily. Men
are stupid, anyway. New York Trib-
uue
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

For the first time in the history Of the
North American Indians q white wom-
an, Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, has
received the honor of national adop-
tion by an Indian nation. Instances of
''name giving" have not been infrequent
among the Indians. the naming" being
accompanied with considerable cere-
mony. and usually terminating with q
feast. These ceremonies, however, are
purely complimentary, evidencing feel
ing of friendship for the person manned"
and appreciation for some act of kind
ness. But this is the first instance in In
dian annals of formal adoption of a
white woman into an Indian community,
TO become an actual member OF their
nation, to be fully recognized as such
and entitled to all the privileges of one
of the blood.
So the legal admission into their ma
tion Of Mrs. Converse. the poet and In
dianologist, by the president and coun-
cillors of the New York state Seneca In
dians, and their recognition of her as
one of their own people, is unique. Mrs.
Converse has always defended the rights
of the Indians of this state, aud she ef-
fectiyely aided the Indian delegation at
Albany to oppose a bill before the as
sembly which, If carried as law, would
have deprived them of their lands. The
bill was killed in committee. Before
the hearing Of the Indians by the COM
mittee Mrs. Converse had been invited
10 sit in their Six Nations council, held
at Albany, an honor never before be-
slowed upon white woman save Mary
Jemison. This Six Nations, the most
important of all the Indian councils,
convenes only in cases Of urgency and Is
representative of the rights of all the
Indians of the league Of the Iroquois.
| When the Seneca national council, in
session at Carrollton. Cattarangus coun-
ty, n. Y, in the Allegany reservation,
was called an application was laid be-
fore that body 10 the effect that, "by
love and affection" it was the desire of
the Indians that Mrs. Converse should
be received into their nation as legal
member Of it. Upon this appeal u vote
was taken, and it was unanimously re-
solved that she be at once invited to ap-
pear before the council and receive her
Indian name.-New York Cor. Boston
Advertiser.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

II never saw such a man as Quimby. You
can't believe word ho says"
al heard him say n thing yesterday / fully
belieye.n
''What was thatTn
"He claimed 10 DO the champion liar Of
tho state. n--Nebraska State Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

by the use Of artificial feet, became such
an expert walker that no one, to zee her
ON the street. would think that she was
without natures apparatus for walking.
Chicago Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

Necklaces OF colored stones, rs the sap
phire alternating with the ruby or the emo
raid with the turquoise, have lately driven
out the diamond In Paria
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
Anna Dickinson the Last.

Anna Dickinson is almost the last of
the great popular lecturers. There were
in the list Cough, Beecher, Phillips,
Chaplin, Curtis and Miss Dickinson.
Cough was a great natural actor, and
fascinated by his dramatic art in de-
scription and in story telling rather than
by any power of rhetoric. Beecher,
Chaplin, Curtis and Phillips had all tho
eloquence of culture as well AS Of natural
endowment. Miss Dickinson was unique
among them, largely from her womanly
quality.-Boston Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24

It is proposed to build great temple
for women on the banks of the Potomac,
In which each organization Of women
will have special department dedicated
TO it forever The land has already been
given, and is under the control of the
Glen Echo Chautauqua society. Clara
Barton is TO prepare one department for
the Red Cross society, and other wei
known societies will join her. This tenn
pie is called just now the Woman's Para
disc.