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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

II quantity OF work produced dur.
ing his singular existence, from the
time when DE Quincy tirst began. nn.
usuf y late, TO write for publication,
was very large. As collected by tie
anti or II filed fourteen volumes. The
collt stion was subsequently enlarged
TO sixteen, and the contents Of each
volume have been very considerably
increased. But this printed and re.
printed total, so far as can be Judged
fro DE Quincey's own assertions. and
FRO! the observations Of those who
were acquainted with him nobody can
be ID to have known hlm) during his
lat. years, must have been but the
smaller part of what he actually wrote.
] was always writing, and ALWAYS
lea ing deposits of his manuscripts In
the various lodgings where II was his
ha to bestow himself. The greater
par of De Quincey's writing was OF
kind almost as easily written by so full
a reader and so logical thinker as an
ordinary newspaper article by an or
binary man, and except when he was
sleeping, wandering about or reading
he was always writing 1t is Of course
true that he spent a great deal of time,
esl scially in his last years of all, in re.
writing and refashicling previously
executed work, and also that illness
and opium made con idcrable inroads
on his leisure. But we should imagine
that II we had all hat he actually
wrote during these sarly forty years,
forty or sixty printed volumes would
more nearly express its amount than
fourteen or sixteen. -Macmillans Mag
a.. na.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
Tho -lciim of Exces.,v. rndr,,rv.


Some men work because they love
york and hate play. They do not
lime in society; they have no CONVEX
sation; the tair sex are not passing fair
to their distorted vision; the white
washed ceiling of their Office and its
shabby tittir are more attractive to
them than landscapes or Italian skies,
md they are under the agreeable thrall
Il no diverting hobbies.
In heavens name let such men work
al through the day If they like IT,
They accumulate immense fortunes
and even though they may be miserly
in their lifetime, when they die some
one benefits by their millions.
A man of this kind ON an enforced
holiday is very COMPASSIONATE object.
| remember one such who, while
driving through some of the most en-
trancing scenery of our land on a fair
summer d." hid his face behind a
Journal of the money market all the
time. His doctor had told him he
would kill himself II he did not take a
change. lie obeyed the letter Of the
injunction, but not the spirit. And he
did really die little while after of
paralysis Of the brain, or something of
the kind, due TO excessive industry. -
All the Year Round.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
A LiRh,ninx Arres,sr waps.a.

Severe thunder storms have done no
little damage to electrical plants
throughout the country, and forcibly
call attention TO the need of a light
ming arrester that will arrest lightning.
at least to the extent OF protecting dyn-
amos. 1t is worth noticing that there
Is wide difference between the COM
paratively mild action of lightning on
arc machines and its deadly attacks on
ncandescent dynamos In the first
case the field magnets and the arIna.
ture, with its immense number of
windings, serve as pair of impedance
coils of imposing dimensions, with the
usual result of limiting the damage to
a more or less serious arc across the
comnutator
In case of the incandescent machine.
however, the field magnets serve only
to force an incoming discharge to break
through the arnature, which, with its
few windings, offers very little effective
resistance. The result Is n short cir
cult either through the core or between
coils, and in either case the arnatpze Is
Immediately destroyed. The actual In
jury done by the lightning is generally
slight Ii Is enough II 1t merely pune
lures the insulation, when the subse-
quent short circuit completes the work
of destruction. To protect this class
u dynamos, then, 1t Is necessary to
head off the lightning very completely
and to take elaborate precautions
against dangerous short circuits. The
high tension power dynamos are espe-
cially thin skinned, and create no little
demand for some protective device
that shall prove effectual. Electrical
World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
The Golni,l DnIInrs

There are said to be but 1875 of the
famous goloid dollars in existence. The
Il. 1 one of these ever coined Is in the
possession of Col John A. Stephens. of
Augusta, Ga, having formerly been
the property of Alexander II. Stephens,
ex-governor of Georgia and chairman
OF the committee on weights, measures
i'd coins at the time these historic
eces were struck. The goloid dollar
/ about the size of silver half dollar,
but hardly as thick and much lighter.
1t has bronze color darker than gold,
which is due to the copper contained
In its composition.
On one side are the words, United
States of America, 100 cents" on the
rim and In the center these words, let.
tiers and figures: "Goloid. metric. 1.
g.; l6.1, s.; 10, c.; Grams 14.25."
On the other side are the words. "E
Pluribus Unum, 1873, on the rim, and
n the center the head of a female,
it'll the word Liberty" across the
-ow. The figures indicate the compo-
on, which is the invention OF man
med Hubbell. The composite metals
its makeup. ~ exactly 81 Ii
cash. Goloid is composition Of nine
teen different metals, of which but one
part gold, sixteen and one tenth silver
and one and nine tenths copper.
'.ouis Republic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
Great shinglc Float Fishing,

Joseph Murphy, the Irish comedian,
is an enthusiastic ongler, and never
misses an opportunity TO go on fish
ing trip.
One day he went out on a fishing ex.
cursion with friend who was full OF
bright ideas in the angling line. As
the two paused at an inviting spot and
prepared to cast, one of Murphy 8
friends bright idea struck him. Pick.
ing up one Of pile of shingles lying
on the bank he tied a line around it,
put on hook, which he baited with a
live frog, and threw it into the water.
The shingle foated on the surface OF
the water
Now, Joe" said Murphy's friend.
''if big fish bites he will try to go tc
the bottom after he finds himself
hooked, and the shingles full broad
side will offer such resistance that he
will be held where he is. We can set
number Of these lines and then go
further along and fish for perch
When we come back we will probably
find big catch" This struck the
comedian as great idea, and they set
out eighteen of these shingle lines be.
fore they left the spot. Then they
went along and had great luck catch.
ing perch. But what do you suppose
we found when we returned to our
traps1" Murphy asks I'VE found our
eighteen frogs calmly amusing them.
selves on eighteen shingles. Chicago
Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
PROGRESS m se4


St tno @AKtts1sc Sense sn the
Race hclIglon's Part.
Inc history 81 the development az
the artistic sense in the race "a qnito -
surprising as that Of the evolution Of
any other faealty or power. or Of anv
great movement that may have had
centuries for its culsnination Tba
student OF art, commencing with priu,.
tive forms as discovered in the "a.
mains Of Oriental cities, and passing
through the cultured period of Greece
to the dominancy of mediaval i'm.
agery and on to the present time, will
be struck with the advantages Of each
succeeding period. and the complete
triumph OF taste in our latest civiliza-
tons
Primitive art in Egypt, Assyria and
Ph@nicia, with its grotesque images
and incongruous ideas OF beauty.
served TO excite the fears of the people.
developing all the superstition of
which they were capable, and thus be-
came the source, not of moral educa-
ton but Of degradation and oppression
OF the intellectual life.
Religion was not the mother of SUI.
perstitious art, for the latter really
preceded the former, and became the
mother OF the superstitious symbols OF
religion. In this way the nsthetical
principle, unframed and without sub
lective strength, ran TO objective
forms that discreditcd ii, and really
perverted the religious principle itself.
With the development of refined
aesthetics among the Greeks religion
had another chance of expressing il
self, but while primitive art tinctured
religion with superstition. Grecian art
corrupted il, aud in time extinguished
its open manifestation. AS neither
the one nor the other in any way as
sisted in the publication of religion or
the assertion of its teachings. Christi.
anity finally appropriated il, and has
both borrowed from it its entertaining
power and conferred upon it its ap.
proval and benediction.
AT the present time art stands alone;
it is not the handmade of religion, nor
is IT related to religion any more than
it is 10 civilization In this isolated
condition it may be better viewed and
estimated than when vitality related to
particular religion or particular
form OF civilization. Ii is now in bon.
dage to nothing but is seeking a chan.
mel OF its own. form and an express
sion that must distinguish it from all
associated developments of the art life
in man. Free from the direction OF
religion 1t is not particularly directing
or aiding religion, but is developing
itself in spontaneous forms according
TO its constitutional vigor, and with
reference to no ends but art itself, ex.
cept the great end Of all conserving
forces-the education Of the race.
Art is not for religion, but for itself,
and to be Judged by what II ;s in i.
self, unrelated % other things. Thus
its perfection, or imperfection, will be
determined, not by its relation to re-
ligion, but by its own potencies and
the ends il serves in human society.
1t has outgrown primitism, cultured
paganism and Roman Catholic indi.
vidualism; and. being free. like com.
merce, philosophy and social stats.
tics, il should powerfully aid the race
in culture, reiinementan progression.
Methodist Review.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

Two kinds Of boring ssa snalls ann.
ps'ea 10 ancient tunes the most famous
~ AM dyeaa known rs Tyfinn uurple.
wnacn was considered too splendid % b.
worn by any bat kings and noble. One
~, onhn 81 wool dyed with Il WAS worth
49,. tne process by which II was ex-
saaceed being very tedious and sir
pounds OF dye liquor being required for
s1Alning a pound Of wool The liquor
we procured by placing the very small
y, mneikss IN mortar and crushing them
40 this the animals extracted from the
larger shells were added. as well rs Ger.
sain proportions OF urine and water In
which the snails had been allowed 10
putrefy. In the mixture thus com.
pounded the cloth or wool TO be dyed
was soaked. being afterward exposed TO
ngn1 Chemists say that by this proc
ess there WAS effected transformation
% uric acid into purpurate Of ammonia.
termed for short '.murexide,- because
one OF the two species of snails used was
the mnrex. The other species was what
Is known as the purpura
Inc murex and purpura were mixed
In the process In the proportion Of two
70 one. Fabrics thus dyed had a very
surprising aud beautiful effect Of color,
presenting metallic green reflections
from one point Of view and in Others
showing brown and purple tints. Chem
lists for some time imagined that the
iridescence Of the feathers of humming
birds and peacocks was caused by sub
stance OF the nature OF murexide, but II
Is known now that these brilliant hues
are occasioned by a structure OF the
feathers which breaks up the light
Murexide is now obtained from guano
A. well as from mollusks. interview in
Washington Star
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
The TactIcn of Love.

Miss Hurryup : Ahl George, you
cannot tell what troubles a girl has
who is receiving the attentions Of a
gentleman.
Mr.. Holdotf Troubles. Garrett OF
what nature, pray1
Miss H. Well. ones little brothers
are always making fun of one, and
ones relatives are always saying.
when is il to come off" as If mar
riage was prize fight. There's the
inquisitiveness of ones parents. They
want to know everything. There's
pa, now; lie is constantly asking sucf
things as: Carrie, what are Mr.. Hold
offs intentionsl What does he cal
upon you SO regularly Tor, and STAY
SO late when he does eallin And lie
sometimes looks so mad when he ask,
these questions that actually tremble
Mr.. H-And what answer do you
make to his questions Carrie. deareSti
Miss H. Il cant make any answer
at all, for you see you haven't said
anything TO me. and-and-of course,
II
Then MIR. Holdof whispered some
thing in Carries ear. and the next
time her father questions her she will
DO ready with satisfactory reply. :
Boston Courier
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

There has been considerable discus
sion Of late on ths probable usefulness
OF an electric tricycle., and it is stated
that the invention Of such a machine il
now an established fact. This, accord
ing to report. has been affected by the
use of form Of storage battery much
lighter than the kind hitherto used
Several of these placed in a light, port
able box are sufficient to drive the ina
chine with an ordiTary lead about .
hundred miles at the rate of eight miles
an hour. The elements of the "active
nlaterial' are supposed To be carried by
the rider, and the batteries can be re-
charged whenever water is available. -.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
Tom Corwln's disappointment.

There is something pathetic in the
failure Of the wits of political life.
Thomas Corwin never ceased to at
tribute to his reputation of being funny
his inability to compass the highest
honors. lie felt that his abilities and
services entitled him to any honor with.
In the gift of the people He rose to
be secretary OF the treasury in Fillmore's
cabinet. but that did not satisfy him.
He died feeling that if he had not been
SO funny, il he had not INDUCED in his
exquisite ridieule Of the Michigan militia
general who attacked Gen. Harrison.
he might have been president Corwin
was UNNECESSARILY greater than his rep
utation, and his fun almost always
helped out his serious argument. -Har.
per's Weekly j.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
A TaIloress Hard Lot.

One OF three women who was visited,
and who wss supporting an invalid hus
band, a little boy and a baby, was not more
than % years old. Her home was one small
room. about l2xt4, ON the ground floor OF
a queer, rambling old tenement house,
whose only means of entrance was through
an arched passageway which led back and
opened into small court yard. around
which the buildings rose four stories high
on every side. She sat stitching away on
the piles Of trousers, rocking the cradle
with one foot while the little child was try
ing to feed himself at the table from loaf
Of rye bread and some molasses. The baby
woke with cry, and AS she nursed the
child from her furnished breast she told the
story Of her working eighteen and twenty
hours a day TO keep her listle family In
food and pay her rent There has never
been any kind Of organization among the
tailoresses, and they stand in mortal terror
OF doing anything that could imperil their
place In the shops Enquirer.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
Tive Kind. Of Courage.

In some or the everyday occurrences of
hfe women exhibit much more moral
courage than men You can see that ON
the IL" cars II you use your eyes When
q man retains his seat while woman
endeavors to maintain her balance by
hanging to a strap in front OF him. he
generally makes pretense OF not seeing
her II he has a, paper with him he will
appear TO be absorbed in its perusal II
be cannot avail himself of that conven-
lent screen. he will pretend to be en-
gagged in such deep meditation rs to be
oblivious TO all that is going on around
him. In one way or another he will be-
tray the fact that his conscience Is max
ing coward OF him and that be is try
ing to cheat IL.
II is very different with the average
woman. Who that travels much in the
Il" cars hasn't seen her often drop her
child into seat that has just been va
Gated. while women in various stages Of
WEAKNESS are standing up all around
herr She has paid no fare for the child.
she could very well continue to hold ii
in her lap. she knows that she Is making
some woman stand who would other
wise get seat Bnt is she .abashedf
Does she act as II she We're ashamed of
herself7 Does she seek 10 avoid tho
glances that are bestowed upon her by
hiding her face benind newspaper
Not a bit of 1t. She doesn't let her con-
science make a coward of her She
looks the people about her square IN the
eyes without hinching She says. or
rather seems to say. we'll knew that
you don't like IL; but what aresyou no
ing TO do about ity". IS - /,
IL this isn't moral courage what would
you call itf--Hsw York Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
German Discipline.

The Empress Victoria, wife of the
late Emperor Frederick Of Germany.
has always been careful and keen
eyed disciplinarian in domestic life.
She notices the slightest variation in
the dress of housemaid as quickly as
she used to detect fault in her chill.
dren, aud Furnishes one as inexorably
as the other. Prince Henry, the
brother OF the present emperor, had.
when small boy, the greatest objec
ton to his daily bath, and the nursery
became every morning the scene OF a
vigorous and fearful struggle on his
part against Tubing"
His mother tried in vain to persuade
him that baths were inevitable, and
that he must submit to them; but she
finally gave the nurse orders one
morning to let him have his own way.
Prince Henry, confident that he had
gained remarkable victory, was ex-
ultant, and when he set olt for his
morning walk took no pains to con
ceal his triumph. He INDUCED in
ouhuig eduhlibS TtiittThs 10 Ills aLlenu.
ants; but on returning home he was
surprised To notice that the sentinel at
the gate did not present arms as he
passed.
On reaching the palace he found a
second sentinel equally remiss, and
knowing as well as any Of his
punctilious military race what was
due TO his rank, the little fel.
low walked up to the man and
asked, severely: DO you know who
| amf' Yes, Hoheit," said the sen
tinel, standing motionless. Who am
II" "Prinz Heinrich" why don't
you salute, thenf Because we do
not present arms to an unwashed
prince, replied the sentinel, who had
received his orders from the princes
mother The little fellow said not
word, but walked on, bravely winking
back the two big tears which filled his
eyes. Next morning. however be
took his bath with perfect docility, and
was never known TO complain Of it
again. San Francisco Argonaut.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

$500. a a level Owned ~ y DaAs
~ w~sl,aw,en.s Broshsr's Bsie.
n A gentleman well known J hsai-
peus circles a. a bold speciasor Is
one OF the regular cs,stonses ot =
well known money lender : this
aty. and his usual pledge string,
which the proprietor offered toshow
Ia the reporter.
The manager took the newsnper
man to the outer room and. opsning
0 mammoth safe. pulled out drawer
after drawer full of jewelry. watches.
vhalnA earrings and the thousand
ami one varieties of the jewelers.
art each with a tag attached and
number corresponding with the num-
Der opIsrsite the name Of the owner
IN the bug book kept for that purgHe
After selecting little box the man
ager resumed his seat and ,StId
This ring has history and ro-
mantle one. II has been pledged
numls,rle<ss times and the owner
would not sell II for any price ON &C
iraiut of III history. which he has re-
latesi To me minutely several times,
ami which ! know to he authentic in
every particular. | can give names,
except IN later generations. just as ne
naS told me.
Charles Carroll. of Carrollton. one
Of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. had two beautiful
daughters who went tn England IN
l7y4. One married the Duke af Leeds
and the other Richard Wellesley.
afterwari the Duke of Wellington.
At the marriage of the latter. which
t,S,k place In the Castle Of Dublin,
the bride received this ring from Sir
Arthur Wellesley.
You viii nee the two figures
painted by Nomar. celebrated min
mture painter of that date. are beau
uful IN design and execution. and the
manner of the setting of the pearls
and r1ibies to the eye of the connois-
Seur prove II To be genuine without
doubt. This ring was won at Brus-
sells the night before the battle of
Waterloo at the party described in
the well known poem Of Byron, be-
ginning
There Was q sound Of revelry by night
To make a long story short. the
ring descended. generally by will,
through different members of the
Carroll family until it came into the
present owners hands by gift from
iRtitia, the last of the CAROLS. now
mother superior of convent in Bal
timore.
Think Of the bright eyes which
have gazed upon this beautiful ring.
"All the people living at the time
this ring was given to the beau
uful bride in Dublin castle are no
more. All the great armies of Wei
lington and all these mighty hosts
which followed the war drums of bis
foe. the great Napoleon. have gone
to the great beyond. while the bau-
BILE. just a. bright, the colors of the
paintings just ~ clear az ever. now
reIS'atss in the safe of Boston money
lender. From the Duke of yelling.
ton to a pawnshop does tins not
furnish food for thoughtr Boston
Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

While Jersey City blacksmith was
turning off horse shoes the other day
a man Cd in the door and watched
him for while. and then slowly adj
vanced, stooped down and carefully
picked an old shoe which had been
kicked de weeks before. lie held ii
ready to drop on the instant, but after
a minute grinned all over his face and
chuckled;
'.She amt hot"
WHO said it vast" asked the smith.
but that's where I've got dad lie
picked up one yesterday, and we heard
him holler seven miles Dad says my
skull is too thick, but amt hollering
any TO speak OF, am I"-Sew York
Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

A "ian down east, a selectmnn OF his
town by the way. bought a pound Of
nails. which he had wrapped up in a
piece of brown paper, and bright new
tin pan, both Of which he left. on the
seat Of his wagon for a short time In the
sun. When he came ont OF the store
again he found his bundle OF nails in
flames, the rays of the sun having set
the paper afire. History docs not re
cord whether the nails were scorched or
not.-Lewiston Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17

Il remember when we were in school
together 50 many years ago you had a
warm friend who was always praising
your good qualities. What's become
OF himf'
"Oh, we're friends still, but ! never
hear Of his putting himself out TO
glorify me-
Then you had an enemy who was
forever running you down. What's
become of hint"
"Oh, he's at it yet Chicago Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-17
salarIe. Of London Journalist.

Herr Blowitz, the Paris correspon.
dent of The London Times (his salary
is $50, 900 yearD, is the largest sal.
aried employee connected with journal.
ism in Europe Several London critics
are well paid-notably Clement Scott,
of The Daily Telegraph. who is sup.
posed to receive $40 900 a year. An.
drew Lang must draw a large salary
rs an editorial writer for The Daily
News, and, aside from his occasional
journalistic work, he is fertile book.
maker, and lie lectures regularly be-
fore number Of educational institu.
tons, But the large majority of Lon
don journalists are small salaried men ;
the average reporter gets SIS week,
and one seldom commands more than
$25-I mean the local equivalent there
for. When Mr.. Bennett started the
London edition Of The New York Her.
aid he paid travelling expenses and $50
week 10 the American reporters he
imported. But already he has sent
most Of the importations back home
Eugene Field in Chicago News