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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
Dan Horse. Com N unleataf

That cattle and horses can coInmuni.
cate intelligence sO each other, and are
endowed with certain amount OF
reasoning faculty the following facts
are pretty conclusive proof: once pur-
chased station IN Australia on which q
large number of cattle and horses had
gone wild To get the cattle in fenced
the permanent water "a distance of
twenty milcs). leaving traps ut intervals
At first this answered all right, but
soon the cattle became exceedingly eau.
tions about entering the traps. waiting
outside for two or three nights before
going in. and If they could smell man
or his tracks, not going in at all A
mob would come to the trap gate, and
one would 20 in and drink and come
ont, and then another would do the
same, and so on till all had watered
They had evidently arrived at the con.
clusion that would not catch one and
brighten all the Others away.
To get in the wild horses, 600 OF which
were running on large plain about
20 900 acres), ! erected stock yard with
a gradually widening lane in hollow
where II could not easily be seen, and
by stationing horsemen at intervals OF
the plain galloped the wild horses IN
Ny first hunt (which lasted for som'
days. was successful, the wild horses
heading toward the mouth OF the lan'
without much difficulty. but Of cours'
come escaped by charging back At th'
stock yard gate and in other ways. NJ.
a. -.
failure; every mob Of horses on tn,
plain seemed to know where the var
was and would not head that way. Thu
seems to show that the horses that e.
capped from the first hunt told all tn
Others where the stock yard was. Cor
London Spectator
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Doctor just an instant, please" e1-
claimed caller at the Office Of n man
of physic as he caught sight Of the
physician disappearing into his private
office.
"I'll see you shortly, sir, was the
curt reply.
'But a second is all want, " persist
ed the caller.
"TlI see you directly, sir, with stern.
ness
The visitor took seat in the general
reception room, read the afternoon pa
per, looked at the pictures and played
with the dog. After thirty minutes or
more had passed the medicine man
came out Of his den and, with an air OF
condescension, said To the visitor:
well, now, sir, am at your serv-
ice. Your turn has come. What can
do for your
tOh, nothing in particular" was the
reply. Il just dropped in to tell you
that just before called saw a couple
of men clearing your garden of those
flowers you had put in yesterday; that's
all London Tit Bits
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
Two Remarkable Accidents.

jefferson Miller, Of Jacksonville,
Ind, has good reasons for his strong
dislike Of both rats and thresling ma.
chimes. In 1872 he was feeding n
threshing machine in the barn when a
rat ran across the floor Turning to
watch II his left hand was pulled of by
the machine Again in 1857, while
feeding the same machine in the iden-
teal barn above mentioned, rat ran
between his feet. lie kicked at IL,
slipped aud had his only remaining
hand ground 10 pulp IN the greedy
machine st Louis Republic
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

One Of the most striking features In the
poorer regions of the city is the early age
at which children are made useful in the
household. In my rambles about town |
have seen children-puny, understood
children too-of four and i've years Of
age carrying milk, meat, groceries, etc,
having just performed that part OF the
family marketing. Step into any of the
Seventh avenue butcher shops. bakeries
or groceries and you will almost inyari-
ably see children of from four to eight
years old purchasing family supplies.
have seen children whose eyes were
still on level with the butchers chop
ping block buying five cents worth OF
odds and ends of meat for the family
stew. and paying for it in pennies care
fully counted out into the butchers big
brown hands--pennies hard earned, no
doubt. One time the child couldn't talk
distinctly enough for the man to under
stand.
"How much money have you goty" he
asked
The little thinly clad tot opened a
chubby and very dirty fist and displayed
four cents. Whereupon the butcher, his
diamond pm sparkling in the rays of his
bright cleaver, scooped in the pennies
and chopped him Tor herr of fragment
Of bones and gristle and throw in q
chunk OF fat.
"Smalls' said he. in response to my
| comment. These children commenc,
| running errands Ms soon as they car
walk At six and seven the girls do tn,
marketing and keep house, while th'
boys sell papers and play craps, Por
terhouse. sirg"-New York Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
suNDRY FACTS ABOUT aARps.
! Resarn 10 Favor of thc Instrument
First Made Popular by King David.

! Resarn 70 Favor of the Instrument
First Made Popular by kins David.
In the Strauss orcheeTra there Is one
American woman. n Mis- Carrsi. and
she plays the harp The harp she uses
nightly cost ~, 400 and was made hy a
tlrm III this city
The harp il an old fashioned instra-
ment OF the sweetest tone and very
difficult to play upon correctly. Ii
looks simple enough 60 any one who
has never examined harp closely. II
seems TO consist Of certain number OF
strings which are pulled mt by the player
just as the strings of a banjo are pulled,
except that there are no frets to bother
ones fingers.
But in reality the harp il most per
picking instrument Those who play ii
say its mechanism Is more involved
than that of a piano. Notwithstand-
ing this fact, it is becoming popular
again among young women of social
standing, who originate and sustain
fashions Of all sorts and in all direc-
tons. OF late there have been more
harps ordered for amateurs than for
professionals The cost of such harp
as would be used by an amateur is
, from $3.50 to 81, 900, as much as would
be paid for good piano.
Seven pedals surround the base of
the harp. They are attached to as
/ many rods, which run up through the
: pillar at the front of the harp. and are
: there hitched to more rods with a hold
on the strings-a hold that can be re
: moved or frightened by pressure OF
! the foot on the pedals. This mechan-
: ism corresponds in its effects to the
, shortening or lengthening of violin
: string or the string Of a guitar or banjo
a by running the finger along the frets.
There are forty four strings to a harp
o tuned to G natural II isa particular,
t graceful and effective instrument for 4
) woman to play il she has a good arm
IS and wears short sleeves; and this ma.
o have something to do with its return Il
popular favor. II is also very hand
,, some instrument, or it may be made s.
% with rich carving of the head and deco
u rations upon the top of the sounding
board.
Among the prominent amateur harp
10 lists in this city are Miss Hewitt, daugll
! ter Of ex- Mayor Hewitt; Miss Drexel
70 daughter of Joseph w. Drexel, tin
"A banker; Mime. de Barrios and tn
Is Countess Jerxmanouski - New Yor
ct Evening Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Almost any old time farmer viii
tell you worm fence built in the
light of the moon and ascending node
will worm around and finally fall
down. If you plant potatoes during
similar phases they will all go to tops
and the tubers will be small and
watery. This is the time. however,
to plant cucumbers especially when
the sign is in the arms.
The carpenter of former times
would not think of putting a shaved
shingle roof on building in the dark
of the moon. because the shingles
would curl up, pull the nails out, and
soon leak like sieve Neither would
he cut timbers fora house. nor would
he paint it until the sign was right
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
cloth from broken Glass.

A new and interesting invention has
recently been given practical test
namely, machine for making cloth
from waste glass. Besides utilizing
hundreds of tons of a broken and use
less substance the textile produced VIII
have many advantages over all other
fabrics, il is incombustible, can be
manufactured In all eolors and OF any
desired strength or thickness. The one
property Of incombustibility will ron
der IL invaluable To those working near
or with fire. II is also used for ladies
dresses and for other purposes, in place
Of silk. and il is said to be more glossy
and lustrous and Is more easily washed.
II is stated to have all the appearances
characterizing silk. being as soft and
even more elastic. Its usefulness VIII
Of course depend much on its duraoil'
ity. British Warehouseman.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Marriage by abduction was by no
means uncommon in the early ages. The
daughter Of the king Of Argus WAS alb
Quoted by Phmnician; the Greeks car
ried OF Europa from Tyre and Medea
from Colchis.
Next to the abduction Of the fair
Helen, perhaps tho most remarkable IN
its political consequences was the King
Of Leinster's taking away of the wife OF
y neighboring petty sovereign, o Rourke
Of Breffni.
The king OF Connaught avenged the
insult and drove from the throne his
brother OF Leinster, who appealed to
Henry II OF England for aid To recover
his los. sovereignty The Norman con.
quest OF ireland followed. with long
centuries OF war and devastation. Lon.
don Standard
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
origin Of the Plano.

The pianoforte was invented by Bar
tolommeo Cristofori, harpsichord
maker of Padua, Italy, who exhibited
four Instruments in 1909 The honor
was formerly claimed by Marius, a
French maker. who produced piano in
l7l6, while German writers maintained
that Schroeder. OF Dresden, was the in
itiator OF the instrument. The earliest
date ascribed to the latter's achievement.
however, is I'LL During the present
century. however. an Italian document
was discovered, written by Marchese
Scipione Maffei, Florentine scholar, in
I'LL. which testities that Bartolommeo
Cristofori. Of that city. exhibited four
pianos in 1903, which statement was
originally published in The Giornale in
that year. accompanied by a diagram OF
Cristofori's action principle, employing
hammers. which constituted the chief
difference between the harpsichord and
the piano.
In Maffei's writings Cristofori's name
is given as "Cristofali." but this Il
proved to be an error. because inscrip
tons upon existing pianofortes give the
name as "Cristofori." Father Wood, al
English monk. living at Rome, Is als'
said to have made pianoforte similal
TO Cristofori's in I'LL. which he exhib
tied in England, where IT attracted
much notice.
Cristofori did not remain idle after in
Producing his first instrument He be
came prominently known as a maker
but died in 1874. comparatively poor
Daniel Spillane in Popular Scienc
Monthly
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
souTn AFRlcHs sANk RoeeER.
Chase the Poiics Had for Him Afser hi'
Escape.

Chase the Poiics Had for Him Afser n"
Escape.
An interesting account is given Dy
The Johannesburg Star, Of South Al
RIGA, of the police chase after Mckeon,
the bank robber, whose achievements
In the matter Of perpetrating robberies,
escaping from Jail and eluding the POI
lice entitle him to rank with the notori-
GUS Jack Sheppard, and whose regard
for his clever black horse reminds one
OF Dick Turpin. In the hurried start
after McKeon when he escaped from
the Pretoria Jail Says the newspaperin
question: the mounted police forgot 10
take handouts with them. Further,
Mckeon had friends all along the route.
He was born in Basutoland, and every
Basuto is his fast friend, even to Mama
Consequently when the police inquired
along the road of Basutos il they had
seen two men pass on horseback they
invariably said that they had not Nc
Keon's love for his famous black horse,
now at the mounted police barracks,
was extraordinary The police had to
have three remounts before they could
run that horse down, Two of the
mounted police sighted MeKeon and
| Cooper far ahead of them. They spurred
ON after them, thinking that they would
bring the fugitives TO halt on the steep
banks of the Rhenoster river.
What was their surprise, however,
when they saw McKeon leap his horse
down the twenty foot bank into the
river, swim across, and, when he saw
Cooper's horse would not follow, come
back, and reaching out pull Cooper's
horse down by the bride and drag him
through One Of the policemen had
rife and resolved to take n long shot.
When MMkaon saw the smoke OF the
gun rice he and his companion drew
their horses apart and the bullet passed
between them Shortly after Mckeon
drew his horse up, leaped down, re-
! moved the saddle and stood patting
, his horse on the head. The police APP
preached and he surrendered without
, a word, giving over his two revolvers
with the remark that he was enriching
, the government with revolvers, for
this was the sixth they had had from
him. He said he gave himself up be-
I. cause he did not wish to kill his horse.
Cooper handed over his revolver, too,
Q looking rather gluin. Mckeon said he
0 knew he would receive twenty-five
( lashes, but he would only stay in Jail
for eight months, when he would once
more say good-by TO the authorities.
He did not know why they had given
a him twenty years, for he had not
D murdered any one or stolen a sheep OF
/ OK. Robbing bank Of its surplus
!, money was no crime. The police were
" entirely taken of their guard, and con
y sequently at daybreak the next morn
u ing the birds had flown unobserved 10y
d them. McKeon has since been recap
II tured mt Ladybrand.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
PrIcn Of Tnntllnicks.

The little whitewood toothpiek pointed
at both ends was patented in Americas IN
1865. and would seem small article to
create a monopoly in; yet factory at
Bucksfeld. Me-, used up many thousand
cords Of wood every year in the manu-.
facture Of this small article. The cord
of wood consists Of thousand billets or
four loads Two thousand five hundred
tooihpicks were sold for one shilling,
and large profit was made. Now, the
patent having run out. many others have
gone into the trade, and prices have
fallen TO tiycpence ON $500 toothpicka
retail. and even lower Wholesale
Chambers Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Every householder knows when Box
ing day comes round (becanse OF the
people who come round" with ~, and
also New Years day. Even the Oldest
of us are wished "happy return OF 1t,
for there Is no one. says Cicero, who
does not think he may live 9 year.
Moreover, If we do not give our family
the usual presents on that day they do
not scruple TO remind us OF it. How
ever artificial, indeed, may DO the diyi-
sion Of our year, the first day stands out
in II in peculiar manner, and really
seems to separate the old from the new,
though we must have lived in Scotland
to know how very much New Years day
may mean.
In that country 1t is Christmas day
and all the saints days rolled into one.
Everybody sits up till ~ o'clock to ''see
the New Year in. and in the more en-
thusiastic households the house door is
unbarrud with great formality TO speed
the parting and welcome the coming
guest. In England the New Year has
never been made so much Of, and snch
customs as belonged 10 II are dying out,
but in America it is kept" with enthu'
siasm. ILLUSTRATED London News
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
Tn. coco.nu, !. . y.rm,,ar..

The cocoanHt has been used as YER
mifuge in India for generations by tho
beef eaters OF the country, and Is 50 well
known there as means OF expelling the
fiat worm that we cannot understand
why the information OF that fact has not
reached us before. When properly and
intelligently administered the cocoanut
Is equally efficacious with male fern oil,
kousso. pomegranate root or turpentine,
while II Is as pleasant To the palate as
they are offensive. and In no way injuri-
Gus. -Goldthwaits's Geographical Mag.
azins.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
ANXIOUS Anour nIs nA!L.

An Engilshman In Chicago Wants q Pull.
So He Can send Letters Home.
A plain looking Englishman who is
at the Palmer house asked so many |
questions of the people ehout the hotel |
since his arrival that the clerks hide |
when he appears in the Office Yester- |
day morning he cornered Thomas I
O'Brien, the room clerk, and asked I
where the postmaster lived.
Il can't tell you, sir" replied the
clerk. THE postofiice is at Clark and
Adams streets"
Then the postmaster Is apt 10 be
therel"
Eyes, SIR"
who Ii he7"
''Col. Sexton,
Mice feIlowr
None better"
II want TO transact some business
with him, and would rather know
about the man before going over TO his
Office"
You win find him thorough gen
tlornan."
say WOh ybu tpb aONh q
line to him recommending met Your
recommendation, with my letter Of in
PRODUCTION from home, will be all that
Ii necessary for him to accommodate
me-"
II don't like to refuse you" said the
clerk, but IL is against the rules of the
. house to indorse any paper for the
guests"
n But / don't want that, you know
o Just a letter Of introduction will an
J. swer my purpose. You see, ! wish t
o send home few letters about my jaun
n in the States, and I'd not like to hav'
:, the officer in charge of the post refus
o them because l am stranger, yo'
y know"
Is The clerk would not have been NOR
= surprised II an actor had registered a
= the hotel without asking for cheap rate
4 or some other favor.
!. You mean to say" asked the CLERK
,g that you want to mail some letter
ID but you are afraid they won't go unle'
ID you have letter of introduction to III
70 postmaster"
Quite so. You can dash of fe
lines i'm n minute"
by Eyes; but il is not necessary. Ju
nd put your initials in the lower left han
ry corner OF the envelope. The postmast'
NJ knows you are stopping here. He w
us recognize the initials when he is assor
IL ing the London mail, and your lette
~. will receive the best of care"
'You are kind" said the Englis
nm man, perfectly satisfied with this q
,v surance I'm do that, thank you"
Icy The clerk sighed as the guest walk
ON away. There is plenty of cleverne
lis In England" he murmured; but tn
ned chap is like the man who fell out of
lge balloon--he isn't in it."-Chcago Trl
ity une.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

A gentleman who served on jury that
tried a prisoner defended By General
Henry Morgan tells good ono on that
counselor In his speech IN arguing the
case, General Morgan eomplimented the
jurors highly, telling them that he Sc
leeted them specially for their intelli.
gence. The jury was not out five min
utes before a verdict Of guilty was
returned, whereupon General Morgan
exclaimed. They are the worst set Of
fools | ever Albany GA News
and Advertiser
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
london .. = Center.

The city Of London Is put down by
geographers as the center of the landed
hemisphere. In other words, a radius
OF about 5000 miles ON the curved sur
face Of the earth. with London as cen
ter. would describe a circumference in
closing more land than any 5000 mile
circle that could be drawn from any
other city in the world. Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Diogenes INDUCED in tart irony
when, observing over the door Of a
schoolroom this inscription, '.Let no do
ceiver enter here" lac quietly asked.
show does tho teacher 80 inT-New
York Home Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
e.u.. ans, Effects.

First Theatrical Manager (meeting q
brother manager at the entrance TO the
house Of epresentativesl Hellol what
were You doing in therel
Second Manager | am studying some
new effect. in the way of mob for
NEXT season Puck.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
Telling Time a, Nigh, from the ripper

IeIIInE IInaa AT NISHI NFUtu NHt FIIPVWEs
The time can be approximately told at
night by the position % the Upper II the
position Of the pointer" is taken at any
given hour. say o o'clock in the evening
In the winter time and as soon as II Is
dark in the summer. the hour thereafter
can be pretty accurately measured by
the eye during the night Frequent OBJ
ssryatious OF positions viii have to DO
made at the given hour. as owing 10 the
constant changing Of the earth's position
In space. this position Of the pointers" in
relation TO our point OF observation and
the star also change - Yankee Blade
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
Valuable for WIZ, The, Nigh. Ten.

A well known compounder in Cam
bridge has developed in his labora.
tories where his goods are prepared
a curious race Of old men who never
tell a secret. To enable him to guard
the rich secrets of his laboratories he
pays his men with salaries that adj
vance pace by pace with the length
of service. The result is that the
highest paid workman in his shops Is
very old man. who may be seem
tottering around with oatmeal water
for the mel. Boston Globe.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03
No, Alarmed.

Romantic Miss taddictei 10 poetry
Oh. I'm Just In love with Edgar Allan
Poe
Practical Adorer-W Well, that's all
right. He's deed. New York Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-03

Everybody should be interested In
preserving the forests that are left 10 az,
for they help to maintain the prosperity
Of the whole country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-02
THE SECOND DEGREE.
Evans Pleads Guilty of Murder
ing His Wife.
SENTENCE NOT PRONOUNCED.
Penalty Ten to Twenty Years' Imprfs-
snment-city Sued for $40. 200 for
Lowering . Street Grade.

James II. Evans, the negro charged with
Killing his wife in December at Franklin.
plesded guilty yesterday to murder in the
second degree. He was tried little over
two weeks ago on charge OF murder in
the first degree. and the jury after being
ont for forty-six hours, failed to agree.
The second trial was fixed for yesterday,
and with the opening of Judge Howes'
court in the morning, the selection of a
jury began.
An open venere for twenty-four special
;urvmen had been issued, and there was
Also o regular panel of nine men from
which to draw. All of these had been ex-
hausted at $50 O'Clock in the afternoon.
and but eleven men had been chosen, the
defense having made two peremptory
challenges and the state one. At this
iunctnre Allen A. Garner, the accused $
lawyer, after consultation With Prose-
cutting Attorney Miller, announced that
his client would withdraw his plea of not
guilty and enter plea OF guilty of murder
In the second degree.
Mr. Miller was of the opinion that it
would have been very difficult matter to
convict Evans of murder in the first de-
gree. and thought the ends of justice were
best served by the course adopted. When
asked by the judge if Evans would like to
be sentenced at once, his attorney replied
that they would prefer to have it put off
fer q few days. The sentence will prob
ably be pronounced on Saturday. The
penalty prescribed by law for murder in
the second degree, is not less than ten or
more than twenty years in the peniten-
farv