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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
Cheap Funerals In New York.

A Hester street undertaken says: ssFu-
nerals don't come very high in this
neighborhood, but such as they are tho
poor people seem to have trouble paying
the bills. furnish what is considered
respectable funeral for $3.50, but that
does not include any carriages The
coffin and the hearse attendance is all
that / can give for the money. The
people in this neighborhoed are mostly
Polish Jews and Greeks, who are nearly
all very poor. and $3.50 represents o
small fortune. Only few Of them, In
my experience, have ever expressed any
objection to having their dead buried In
Potter's field, but they all are sensitive
and superstitious about the funeral, and
will sacrifice almost anything TO obtain
coffin and hearse.
"They seem to Lave no idea OF the
value of our money. A woman, whose
husband died the other day. came TO me
with brass ring, which she thought
would take in exchange for coffin. She
was very much surprised when refused
her, and offered to work for me for q
year IL would only give her husband a
decent funeral He was finally buried
at the expense of the city. y."-New York
Letter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
Faring sumptuously Every DAY.

have in my mind several men, about SO
years OF age, bachelors, men about town,
who appear To have everything that God and
creature can provide They have money,
they live in sumptuosity, their names printed
among the elite Of social gossip concerning
their comings and their goings is frequent,
and, il one might judge byappearances, they
are happiness personified They are bach
elors; they go and come nt their own whim
and caprice. Here today, In the south OF
France tomorrow, quartered in the mag
nificent Ponce de Leon the next day, shoot
ing ON the boundi,-S praires Of the far west
later, back again for the caterings Of the
metropolis Immediately thereafter.
They live for themselves
They eat drink, drive, shoot, walk, attend
this, that or the other entertainment In
search Of what-cnntentment, comfort, pleas
ure, enjoyment.
Do they get in
Apparently, yes In reality, no. Follow
them from the club 10 their own apartment.
A valet undreSses him aud puts him into led
and leaves him. There he is alone He goes
10 sleep, perchance 10 dream, Of whati What
has he done the livelong day 10 make himself
hnppyl He has had enough 10 eat and to
drink and TO wear He has done nothing for
his kind, has thought of no benevolence, no
humanitarian idea has crossed his brain. he
has simply hugged himself, he has added an
other day to the delusive experience that he
Is popular because his name is properly
spelled in newspapers as an attendant at a
ball or a concert or an entertainment of
some nature, and he SHORES as any pig SHORES,
through the long watches of the night, and
wakes TO repeat the experience the following
day.-Joe Howards Letter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

"Oh. yes, I'll remember Detroit: no
fear about that" said sweet voiced Dora
Wiley as she rocked to and FROM an easy
chair in the Russell House. ~ shall re-
member it as the first place in which I
was really insalted. and by woman
too"
Glow and when did all this happen7'
asked the reporter.
''One night this week, /" continued Miss
Wiley in reply. "A woman sat in one
OF the boxes with her back to the stage.
One could bear that sort Of thing for q
little while. but when an auditor turns
his or her back squarely ON you for n
whole evening you cannot drive from
your mind the impression that an insult
is intended. Well, that was the feeling
that came to mind as scene after scene
Of the play went by, and still that wom-
an sat there
81 became so annoyed-exasperated, /
might say-that could hardly sing at
all. Ii affected others on the stage the
same, but perhaps to less extent. The
legitimate result, of course, was to take
our minds off our work to certain ex-
tent, and TO a measure the audience suf-
fered by the acts of that one woman, al
though, perhaps. they may not have mo-
ticed it."-Detroit Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
NO. "a.


One of the leading banking firms In
Paris, on the recommendation Of q Lon
don correspondent, engaged an English
clerk Of the name of Stephenson. For
about three years the mans punctuality
was altogether unprecedented. He came
to his work at 0 in the morning and did
not leave the Office before the last stroke
of 5. He was not man, he was clock.
Besides, during the whole time he never
asked for holiday. One fine morning,
however, to the great surprise Of his SUI
perior, Stephenson blushingly craved
permission to absent himself for an hour
ON the following day.
Next day at i2 he left the Office. II
was observed that q carriage stood wait
ing for him at the door. At o'clock he
drove up again in the same carriage and
resumed his calculations as cool and self
possessed rs II nothing had happened.
This short absence puzzled the brains Of
all the employees In the bank. The prin-
cipal himself, eager to obtain the solu-
tion Of the enigma, invited this paragon
of clerks TO dinner. Between two glasses
OF Chambertin the banker said, "You
will not think me indiscreet IL | ask You
what you did with yourself in that hours
leave of absence you applied for last
Tuesday,
''Oh! dear nor replied Stephenson, 81
went and got marriedr'-Messager
Boiteux.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
Great depth 81 The saru.pay.

The river is probably the deepest stream In
the world; excepting la few places the
general depth is from tt0 10 800 feet; and the
bottom OF the Saguenay at its mouth Is 600
feet below the bottom OF the st. Lawrence
Thus a low point of rock at the shore or an
island Is roally the top Of great hill, spring.
ing up steeply fran the bottom; aud many
OF the cliffs are not half out of water. As the
spring tides rise about eighteen feet, the cur
rents Of the river are violent and eccentric; ;
In some places the ebb stream runs from
four 20 six miles an hour; the eddics along
the shore are like those on rapid; and the
undercurrents sometimes lay hold Of a vessel
and turn her about hold her stil In spite
of tow boat.
Before the use of tow boats a vessel left
helpless by a calm sometimes drifted against
the rocks, lodged on ledge and when the
tide fell capsized in deep water. As anchor
age is very rarely found, large iron rings
were let into the rocks, and vessels even now
sometimes tie up to the cliffs and await a
fair wind. The tide, for some unexplained
reason, advances with extraordinary rapidity
In the Saguenay thus, Notwithstanding the
fact that the ebb current very rarely ceases
10 flow out of the river, yet high tide arrives
at Chicoutimi only forty minutes later
than at Tadousac- seventy miles On the
St. Lawrence the tide advances "a the same
time only from Tsdousac To Murray Bay
about thirty five miles.-C. H. Farnham in
Harueris
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
TIE sELATED COURIER.
, waited he, the lArrari messenger,

why waited he, the lAggari messenger
A Thousand suns like funeral pyres had burned;
A thousand days. slow winged had taken iiiglis
Through the dim valleys of the twilight Land
Into the regions Of eternal night
Why tarried he. the absent messenger
Through many nights the harvest moon had
waned.
And shadows faded from deep dusk to gray
Then eastern skies were hecked wlth crimson
sfreaks.
And all the nights had vanished into day.
Why was he late. the tardy messengers
The SHOWS Of many winters filled the skies
SLOW dfified down, then nielted slow away
To babble seward In the snmnaer streams
That follow where lune'sSnn footsteps stray.
Why ioitered he, theslothful messengcrf
Before mine eyes the glow Of summer days.
Slow deepened like the tints Of ripening grain,
Until the north winds banners led the van
And snow flakes fell, and covered sood and
plain.
Why fingered he, the Sow paced messenger
Because 20 those who wait he latest comes,
sought him then, but found that he had fed
To carry 10 the one WHO Stunned him most
strange and soemA message from the dead
Ernest M'Gaffny In Inter Ocean
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
Diamond smurrler.. Devices.

Diamonds are smuggled into this
country by a good many strange de-
vices" remarked voluble customs
official the other day. Not long ago
examined the baggage Of a newly ar
rived tourist and found in 1t beautiful
set of silver mounted brushes. Curiosity
prompted me to lift one. heard some
thing rattle and investigated, with the
result that found over 5000 worth Of
stones concealed in the backs of these
brushes. Another individual had the
heels of his boots followed out and fitted
with drawer which he filled with dia-
monds. One day one of the heels came
of and disclosed the hiding place Of a
number Of valuable jewels. New York
Telegram.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
In the Minority.

An African traveller was recounting to
company his hairbreadth escapes in
the jungles and savannas about the
great equatorial lake region. He had
encountered there, he said. the most
savage and bloodthirsty men in the
world.
AS we were marching" the traveller
related, from Nmgosji to Gohangbo,
we suddenly found ourselves in the midst
of most terrible and desperate combat.
And what oddsl Ten to oneY'
Were You one of the ten?" asked .
bystander.
''Sir," said the explorer, grandilo-
quently, Il wish you to understand that
was one of the one. Youths Com
nanion
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

Among the problems which have remained
unsolved 20 the present day Is the growth OF
a second forest upon the site once occupied
by a forest which usually differed in charac-
ter from the later growth. IL has been sup
posed that the seeds from which the second
forest sprang had been lying undeveloped In
the ground for great leRgth Of time. per-
haps centuries, but the improbahility OF their
retaining their vitality for such u length OF
time, and under the conditions to which they
must have been exposed, makes the theory
rather implausihle, and besides, the origin OF
the seeds is not accounted for. A practical
woodsmAn Of Indiana supposes that the seeds
from which the seeoad forest arises are car
ried In great numbers and from long dis
tances by birds and the small animals which
are found in the forests, and supports his
view by relating observations Of incidents In
which IL was actually carried out ON = small
scale. Globe Democrat
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
wnkIe Collins. 0ha.t..

"Mr. Wilkie Collins. says Pail Mall Ca
zette writer. sis again suffering from his old
enemy the gout, which has pursued him
with tiendish malignity for years. The fa-
nous novelist once related 70 me with his
own lips the history of The Moonstone,' and
said that some Of the most entertaining
scenes OF that exciting novel were dictated
when in the grasp OF the gout devil. II gout
Is the enemy Of his old age, ghosts persecutsd
aim wi On he was young, 80 that the life OF
the popular novelist has not been all beer
and skittles- When l was writing ''The
Woman In white,"' said Mr. Collins, 4
often used 20 take up my work little before
midnight and work into the small hours o.
the morning Then the must horrible mon
sters, with green eyes tri al fangs and
lolling tongues, -s-.. ...let nle ON the stair
case and follo.. me 10 bed, not once, but
night safter night. OF course they were tho
result OF overwork, and a rest hanished them
from my oyerwrought brain New York
Trihline
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
COLLECTION or RARE RELICS.
Tho Valuable Memorabilia in "a Chicago
Mans aPnnsrAaInn--I IInrnIn Nsn,nnrn.

The Valuable Memorabilia kn - Chicago
Mans Possession--T.tncoin Mementos.
G. Il. Gunther, the candy man, has a col-
lection Of memorabilia Of the worlds great
men which is probably unequaled in the
United States The elegantly decorated fire.
proof room forming the second story of his
State street store Is completely filled with
rare relics. Besides these Mr.. Gunther has
enough more relies 10 ill 1--we rooms Of equal
sire. Many of these are too valuable 10 he
exhibited, and an exhibition safe is now
being built for them. They include all this
deeds, etc, by means Of which George Wash
ington proved bis ownership in Mount
Vernon
''Oh, you want to SEQ the Lincoln colIec-
tion, said MIR Gunther Ia a reporter "WelI,
here's part Of it, Ny Lincoln collection
entire would I'LL whole side Of this room
Here you see Is "A well worn leaf from one of
Lincoln's copybooks when he was a boy. You
see he didn't make any mistakes even then
Here are several Of hrs bills for legal services
That one You see Is for only s5-not much
Like modern fee. That pile there In the full
text of the Lincoln Douglas debate. They
are IN exactly the shape In which Lincoln
left them after correcting them for publca-
ton. There are the milifler and the vest he
were ON his inauguration trip To Washington.
There are his spectacles-not much like tho-a
of our dudes now That is the original man
uscript OF the act freeing the slaves In the
District OF Columbia. There is Lincoln's
favorite poem written 10y himself You $50
IL begins: ''Oh, why should tho spirit of
mortal lie proudf' There are two original
photographs taken before his Inauguration
All these bronze, gold and silver medals COM
memorate events in his life.
THAT manuscript there is one of the most
valuable here. You know the original
emancipation proclamation was burned in
the Chicago fire. Well, this is "a page from
Lncoln's last message, written after Lees
surrender, in which ne nffirns the eInancipa-
tion proclamation. You see IL says: 4 re-
peat the declaration made a year ago that
while remain in my present position shall
not attempt To retiact or modify the einan-
cipation proclamation, nor shall return to
slavery any person Who Is free by the terms of
that proclamation OF by any OF the acts OF
congress. 1t is the only document in exist
ence in the original which proves Lincoln's
acts in reference to the abolition of slavery.
In connection with this YOU SEE this rssolu-
tion of congress abolishing slavery here. 1t
is the original document, engrosscd on
parchment and signed 10y Collax, Hamlin
and all the members of congress who voted
for the proclamation.
THAT deed of land made by the father and
mother Of Lincoln is very interesting. You
see his mother had to make her mark. See
how writing shows how man is feeling at
the time That order for pass through the
lines shows that be was all worn out at the
time he wrote IT, But how long can you
n,,Ie E.n "a
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

Few people can form definite idea of
what ID involved in the expression, An
inch of rain II may aid such to follow
this curious calculation: An acre is equal
to 6.272, $40 square inches; an inch deep
Of water on this area viii be as many
cubic inches Of water, which. at a27 TO
the gallon, is 9e 900 gallons. This inn
mense quantity of water will weigh $50,
o0G pounds. or 100 tons. One-hundredth
of an inch lO.0l) alone is equal to one ton
Of water 10 the acre.-St. Louis Republic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

have a little girl and when it is her bed
time, In indication that she Is getting tired
and sleepy, she win yawn or gape, as it is
sometimes called. One evening / said:
ssGracie, see you are yawning; it Is time
for bed.n She spoke up quickly and said;
Mamma, was not gaping; that was only
another kind Of sneeze. Boston GlobA
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
A New Word Wanted.

A clever coirer of words may find chance
for his skill in manufacturing a suitable
name for the product Of the type writer.
The difficulty lies in deciding whether the re-
suit should 10 termed manuscript or type
matter. The present adjective, type writ
ten, Is Of advantage, inasnineh as IL meets
both conditions Still, Americans are moth
Ing IL not inventive. New York Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

Mira Scriblets--I see that the Aristotle
manuscript has been published.
Mr.. Scriblets-I fear that the payment
for 1t win be too late TO do Mr.. Aristotle
any aps1-Puck.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07

Ny son, when q workman begins TO lean
against his house 'twon't be lotig before some
other man gets a lien upon it.-Burdetts ia
Brooklyn Eagle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-11-07
Az Appreprla,e Co.,um..

What was the idea Of dressing tho
little page at the Revere wedding like
desperadoy'
"oh. he was to hold mp the train. you
knowr'-Pnck.
The record-union., 1891-02-05

influence. The management of the aided
charities will see in the existence of such
a body the very best of reasons for disers-
ton and economy, and the wisest posi-
BILE use of public funds, and this will
work equally economic use of private
support afforded the institutions. New
York has had a board such as is now
proposed, for great many years, and the
testimony is unanimous that it is ono of
the most helpful and money-saying insti-
buttons Of the Empire State. New York
would sooner think Of yielding up any
other.oficial organization, well nigh, than
of abandoning its Board of Charities.
We are almost wholly in ignorance in
this State of the cost of crime to the peo-
pie. If the real truth were known it
would operate more than sensationally.
The revelation would, indeed, be almost
revolutionary. The proposed board will
tell US within two years what we are pay
ing out on account of the criminal class,
and what we can and ought to do to stop
the leak. Ia whatever light the measure
is viewed it eommends itself to good
judgment and sound reason We are do
ing business now with score or more of
relief and charitable bodies, and running
large number of State relief asylums
and similar institutions upon the basis of
schemes that ordinary business wis
dom cannot approve for moment. We
want one general eye over the whole sys-
tenn Of public relief, and this eye the pro-
posed board will be. In single year it
will save to the State in cold money, five
times its cost, besides greatly conserving
the best purposes Of the institutions SUI
pervised. We trust that the bill will
pass, and that board of high-minded,
philanthropic and self-sacri1icing citizens
will be chosen to compose it who will
have the courage to do their duty, utterly
regardless OF political, churchly, social or
any other influences than those that are
exercised for the best interests of the
whole people.
The record-union., 1891-02-05

THE San Francisco Chronicle apollo
gizes for not having mentioned it be-
fore, but says that it is fact that DIR.
ODonnell had no tickets printed in the
late election; that the 1900 votes he re-
ceived represented 1900 voters who,
with pencil, wrote the name of that
candidate into tickets that others printed.
Therefore, argues the Chronicle, the re-
form ballot system is not SO good as the
California method. So! Well, under
the reform system the 1900 voters who
wrote DR.. O'Donnell's name into their bal
lots would have been spared that trouble.
His name would have appeared in the
official ballot if he had the Endorsement
required to secure the legislation. De-
cidedly the ballot-reform bill has the best
Of the Chronicle in that round.
The record-union., 1891-02-05
AUcTIoN SAL

OF THE ENTIRE FURNITURE AND
" Carpets of the SACRAMENTO HOUSE.
80 rooms. BELL Il CO., Auctioneers, will sell
FRIDAY, February 9, 1891, on the premises,
925 Front street, between and j, sale to COM
mence at 10 O'Clock A. II. sharp consisting in
part. Us follows. Parlor Furniture, Elegant Oak
Bedroom Suites, Spring and Top Mattresses,
Fine Feather Pillows, Blankets, Comforts.
Spreads, Sheets, Pillow Cases and Shams.
Toilet Sets, Lace Curtains and Cornices, Ward,
robes, Center Tables, Chairs. Bed and Spring
Lounges, Elegant Brussels Carpets, Stair and
Hall Carpets, Dining-roorn and Kitchen Eur
niturc, Ranges, Parlor Stoves, Crockery and
Glassware, etc. n B.-The Sacramento House
contains 9 rooms the furniture of which is
IN very good order. Some very handsome
Brussels Carpets and Ash Bedroom Suites.
All goods to be sold to the highest and best
bidder, regardless ofcost. Sale positive. Terms
The record-union., 1891-02-05

EVERY possible effort should be put
forth by the State authorities and local
officers to discover and capture the fiends
who perpetrated the terrible double
crime at Wards Ferry Bridge, ON Satur-
day night. The bridge tender and another
man were shot down, their bodies thrown
into the ruins of the bridge, and the
whole pile fired by the murderers. Rob-
berry for money was the motive that in
spired the wretches to commit the terri
Bile crime. Ifrewards are needed to spur
the officers to the capture Of the murder
ers and incendiaries, the county and
State should exercise ali the liberality tho
Law permits in that direction.
The record-union., 1891-02-05

THE action of the police authorities of
San Francisco forcing their way into the
rooms of certain Chinese societies in that
city, and breaking up the furniture and
overthrowing and destroying the idols,
and in tearing down the decorations and
leveling the partition walls to the ground,
was Illegal. 1t is said, of course, that the
action is approved by the Chinese Con-
sulate and by the Chinese merchants;
that the societies are maintained as means
to bleed simpler Chinese of their money,
to furnish highbinders to do deeds of
blood, and fighting men for any who wish
to hire them, and that they are criminal
organizations. This is probably all true,
but it remains that the proceeding of
violence was unlawful, and constitutes
a dangerous precedent. We do not enter
tain doubt that if any owners of the de-
stroyed property choose to proceed
against the police authorities they will
recover in a civil action for damages As
to whether the officers are not responsible
under the criminal law will, we appre-
bend, divide the lawyers in opinion, but
that they committed trespass that is suf-
ficient foundation for an action for dam
ages, is not to be gainsayed.
The record-union., 1891-02-05

THE friends OF ballot reform need to be
alert. The fear is that in the multitude of
ballot propositions now before the Legis-
laturo the whole subject will be swamped.
The necessity, therefore, Of pushing the
best of the bills and of abandoning all
others is apparent. If ballot reform is
defeated at this session it will be because
the friends Of the movement have scat
tered their forces along line too ex-
tended.