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WasPE hereby certify that we
Wv have supplied Mr.. THEO.
ESTORNEL, st. Thomas and st.
Croix, y, w. l., with Machinery,
&C, for the manufacture of "Aerated
Waters having all the latest i'm
provements, and being in every re-
spect similar to hat which gained
the Highest Awards at the Interna-
tional Health Exhibition, London,
d88A, viz, 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2
Bronze Medals.
BARNETT g. FOSTER.
, 1892-11-12
THE AVIS
CAeistiaagted, St, Creix,
Saturday, 18th November 1892.


The weather during til past fortnight has
continued sho Very Canes are in most places
very backward. Here aud there a piece may
be seen with real canes, though not very large;
but most Of the piecesshrw only green plants.
All however, are slowly advancing under the
influence Of recent showers.
We venture to think that the telegram an
nouncing Mr.. Clevelands election to the
Presidency of the United States has taken
nearly everybody 10y surprise. Although it
was understood that the contests would be
close, general considerations, as we'll as the
Immediately preceding kilograms, pointed ra-
Their to President Harrison as the successful
candidate. That his rival has won, will
cause rejoicing among the admirers of free
trade everywhere; but we should be disap-
pointed if we expected much in the way of
immediate results. Tho inconing President
, 1892-11-12

.CORRECTION.-Tn our article on the
Mongooso in Wednesdays issue, 3rd column
Of 2nd page. 18th line from top, instead Of
Presumably" read personally"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

The other evening two dapper "dudes'
walked into the writing room Of fash.
ionahle up town hotel which il is Just
now the fad to review, and looking
YEARLY around to see who wasn't looss-
ing" they deliberately pocketed all the
stationery there was in sight.
Surreptitiously taking handsome pa
per embossed with the silver crest Of a
famous house may not BE- manly. but
the paper is line 10 use to impress friends
out Of town that their relatives and ac-
quaintances are magnates living in
swelldom. There are pennies saved. too
by stealing note paper from swell
hotel that might bny an extra package
of cigarettes. New York Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Curing an otter slim.

A full grown sea otter is from foul
to Ave feet long and perhaps foo
or more wide, When hunter Sc
cures one he loosens the hide from
the nose and head and, without cut
ting it lengthwise at all. he pulls the
skin down over the body. the hide
being So elastic that this il not diff
ficult job Ii is then stretched over
a smooth board 81 feet long, niche.
wide at one end and 10 ut the Other
end. Each end of this board il
tapered to point Another board
exactly the same size is then inserted
and the skin is stretched foot OF
eighteen inches longer than its orig
inal length.
A third board. half the length OF
the other, il wedged in and the skin
lightly tackled at the ends to hold il
in place If any flesh adheres to the
skin it is then cut of, and the hide
~ cured and dried in this condition
In few days it is taken off Of thu
boards and turned fur side out, When
it is ready for market. Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Danger Ia Smoking Rooms.

Remaining in closed rooms in which
smoke il sometimes so thick that
one cannot see is particularly . he
avoided by people who are subject to
weakness of the heart. even if they
do not smoke. DIR. Vallin has recited
before the Society of Medicine three
conclusive facts in this respect One
told of young officer who had given
up the use of tobacco three months
before, and who was overcome with
a suffocation similar to angina after
having passed two or three nights in
his room where his friends had been
in the habit of coming to smoke.
The case recalls an epidemic of the
same disease observed by DR. Gelin.
eau among some sailors who were
crowded in the hold of a tramp
steamer. They were Obliged during
a storm to cover the hatchways and
smoked to excess in order to have
something to do. Even those who
themselves did not smoke were
stricken like the others, for they had
inhaled the same poisonous air and
subjected themselves to the action OF
nicotine upon the lungs. Jules Ro-
chard in Revue dies Deux Mondes.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
sticky Onion Juice.

A very convenient mucilage can lie
made out of onion juice by any one
who wishes to use it. A good sized
Spanish onion, after being boiled
short time, will yield on being pressed
quite large quantity of very alhe-
sive fluid. This is used quite exten.
sively in various trades for FASTING
paper onto tin or zinc, or even glass,
and the tenacity with which it holds
would surprise any one on making
the first attempt 1t is the cheapest
and best mucilage for such purposes,
and answers just as well as many OF
the more costly and patent cements.
Some of the cements sold by street
fakirs at ten cents bottle consist OF
nothing but onion juice and water,
and the bottle and cork cost a great
deal more than tho contents. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

An electric storm ut sea Is one of the
alarming experiences 10 which mari.
ner is exposed, but as a matter of record
it is one that is least fruitful in disas-
trous results. As rule few precau.
tions are taken to guard against stroke
Of lightning, especially III the merchan;
service. Ships of war are usually fitted
with lightning conductors preoaution
made necessary by the explosives stored
away in their magazines. But these
safeguards are seldom seen on a mer
chant vessel and judging by the ex.
treme rarity Of the cases where they
have been struck. Jacks claim that he
is safer on the ocean than on shore dur
ing an electrical disturbance must be
admitted.
1t is well established theory that one
caught IN thunderstorm should not
take shelter under tail tree, especially
II IT stands in a clearing Why hight
ming should strike an isolated piece Of
timber on shore and spare II after II has
been converted into a vessels mast IS
yet 10 be satisfactorily explained New
York Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
A lIirh Tunnel.

A remarkable piece of engineering
work il the tunnel of the Parana
Orovn railroad through an Andean
mountain peak at Galera, Peru. Il
is at an elevation of Goo feet above
the perpetual snow line, and is 3.s41
feet long. 1t is the highest railroad
tunnel in the world. and is located
in the highest inhabited region in the
world. The town of Galera is Is. G3s
feet above the sea level, nearly /, 500
feet higher than the hotel on the top
of Pixies peak Philadelphia Ledger
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
The French and Thirteen a, Table.

Among the French every precaution
II taken TO avoid the seating of thirteen
at dinner. In many cases the host has
been known to dispatch messengers to
bring IN fourteenth friend TO dispel
the supposed fatal charm. when by some
tnadyertence or accident the original
number OF invited guests was reduced
to thirteen
As an instance of the hold this super-
sfition has on our Gallic friends u Is re-
lated that several years ago dinner was
given By a fashionable club IN New York
to the officers of n french frigate lying
IN the harbor Upon sitting down To tho
table II WAS discovered that the company
numbered but thirteen. Another person
was yainly sought after to break the
spell Thereupon one of the officers
arose and left the room. thus leaving his
friends IN the security Of safe dozen.
although denying himself most ENJOY
able and tempting repslst
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

she Had Locked Forward % Her vists
for Fifty rearA

she Had Locked Forward % Her xisis
for Fifty rearA
She was an odd looking little old
woman in q skinny and faded black
alpaca dress and big, old fashioned
black straw bonnet with some limp
black feathers and faded ribbon on
1t. But her small and deeply wrin-
killed. old face had a kindly look and
her blue eyes were as bright and
twinkling as the eyes of child.
She talked to every person near
her on the train and the burden Of it
all was that she was going back
home"
''Jist think of 1t. she said in her
cracked. childish voice; It'll be fifty
years next May, the 10th day. sence !
left my old home in New Hampshire.
an amt never been back sence, an
here when ] went away reckoned
sure I'd git back once in four or five
years. anyhow, but | amt never
went until now. and it'll be fifty
years the 10th day of next May. !
was married ON the 9th an me an
Aaron. he's my husband. started for
the west the very next day.
Aaron said | should come home
in two years. but our first baby. was
born about that time an | couldn't
come then. an somehow or other
there want no time after that when
could come. But ! amt blamin
Aaron. He'd been wiilin fer me 10
come if could of got off. Aaron,
he's been back twice. II was easier
fer him To git away than fer me.
IN find changesl La me! yes.
There's skasly any one left that
know, but I've got an own sister an
n brother who'll be glad To see me.
An the old house | was born in is
still standin know jist how il
looks. Some thingsll be jist as
natchrel There don't nobody know
how glad I'll be to git back home.
I'll be home in the mornin. Here
you. Mr. Porter. mind that You git
me up airly But. la mel amt like
/ ly to oversleep so nigh home.
But she was not awake in the
morning when all the other passen.
gers were up and dressed The por.
ter called her but there was no re-
Spouse, and one of the ladies' in the
car parted the curtains of the old
lady's berth and stepped back with a
frightened look, saying in a whisper:
she is dead =
She had gone home in the night. -
Detroit Free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
eosr aIlsrs flas1 Lsornse
Compelled to Print MS own Pess.r. ana
to Admit the udIsnes Fres.

=" 'Fa"k Hts Own Posters aud
10 Admit the A udIenes Fr.~.
james Whitcomb Riley never viii
forget his first experience a. a platform
lecturer, remarked an old Hoosier nj the
Grand Pacific the other day aIt was n
good many years ago. Jimmy was eking
out an existence as a painter NJ that
time, and when times were dull and he
was out OF job he spent his leisure mo-
ments in stringing together verses. Some
OF these were so good. in his own esti-
nation at least, that he sometimes re-
cited them at little gatherings about the
neighborhood
But. unknown even to his friends,
the embryo poet had rather lofty aspira-
tons and burned TO launch out as a pub
lie entertainer So he began quietly
casting for an eligible opportunity to
try II ON the dog.
''He was poor then--poor Is no name
for it. In fact, he was generally in
debt. and though he worked hard never
seemed to have any money or u fair pros
pect OF getting any II viii readily be
seen that II was not an easy matter for
Riley to realize his hopes under such
circumstances AT last, however, he
raised "A little money on job of paint
Ing and with 1t invaded ueighboring
hamlet. where his fame had not preceded
him
After considerable red tape he Sc
cured the privilege Of using the school
house for bis entertainment In fact,
the school house was the only available
place in the village for such a gathering
/ Then he hung up a lot of posters an
nouncing that james Whitcomb Riley.
the Hoosier poet. would give one OF his
\ unique and inimitable entertainments ut
the Hamtown school house ON the fol-
! lowing Saturday night. These posters
were blank paper decorated with char
coal instead of printers ink, and Riley
spent one whole day in printing them.
AT the last moment. however, per-
feet deluge of cold water was thrown
over the young poets aspirations by an
unexpected announcement from the
| Hamtowu school board On the after
noon of the eyentful day tho president
Of the board waited on Riley. who was
neryously pacing his room at the little
excuse for a hotel, and informed him
that by an agreement entered into when
the school building was erected no en-
tertainments were to be given in it un-
less they We're of a public character.
But mine is to be n public enter
tainmcnt. insisted MIR Riley.
"'Oh. no, 1t isn't asserted the town
[ dignitary You are going to charge an
admission fee. That doesn't look like a
public atfair--does III
cit isn't free entertainment. TO be
sure; hut 1t is certainly to he public
maintained the poet.
MOT IA we understand the term,
said the official In short, the only
way you can go on with the show is TO
throw the doors open.
Here was a pretty state of affairs,
but the question must be settled at once,
and Riley promptly accepted the horn
Of the dilemma nearest him, and said
that the entertainment should bc given
at all hazards and that no admission fec
would be charged. Chicago Mail.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

Ii has been found that mahogany
should not BIO sawed thinner than
twenty six to the inch, though occa-
sionally it is sawed thirty to the inch.
The process of saving twenty six to
the inch Is rs nice a one as can well
be imagined. Il is species of sur
gerry that requires keen instru-
ment, an experienced hand and an
intelligent mind A log worth $125
in bulk may be sawed so that il shall
sell for five times that sum, or so
that il shall be worth not more than
fifty dollars. New York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
cAaessss TO &C AVOIDED.
Sisitow 90 tho Lion Learns Some
1hings He Did Not Know before.

A yisitew 90 the Lion Learns Some
Thugs Ne Did Not Know before.
Yes, he's q friendly old chap.
said the lion keeper. He was born
in captivity at Bainum's headquar
tiers in Bridgeport. Conn. and he'll
let even "a stranger scratch him be
hind the ears
The stranger tried the experiment
cautiously. and the lion seemed
pleased.
Now, he'll lick your hand for
thanks, II you like, added the keep
or. Don't be afraid; his teeth are
nearly all gone, anyway"
The stranger put his hand through
the bars again. and at the keepers
word of command the well trained
hon gave ii a gentle lick with his
tongue
Wow! Great Scottl'' exclaimed
the owner of the hand, as he jerled
it out and looked at it ruefully. If a
piece of sandpaper had been applied
TO il vigorously it would have looked
and felt about the same. Lost his
teeth. did you sayi His tongue Is
covered with them"
We'll, said the keeper. with a
good natured grin NJ the success OF
his practical joke, you're just about
right A lions tongue is covered
with strong horny little hooks-pap-
pillR il the scientific name for them
and they all point backward.
When he ticks hard he can scrape the
meat and cartilage off the bones OF
a tough horse quicker than you could
with a sharp knife.
II suppose you have to feed lion
! as old rs this one on what the Others
would regard as daintiesi" said the
visitor.
No" answered the keeper, las a
general thing lion won't cat at all
or he'll eat anything in the fresh
7 meat line. The whole cat tribe has
low sense of taste. You have often
seen cat lick herself, haven't youi
She gets handfuls of hair in her
mouth without Winding il at all
I Consider what discomfort one hair
/ produces i'll the mouth of human
being whose sense of taste il deli
/ cate.
This old fellows claws are pretty
well worn down. said the visitor. II
suppose by constant use on the flooi
and walls of his cage"
HE has one claw not worn down
at all answered the keeper. but
I'll bet you cant detect it.
The visitor looked at all the paws
and could sec nothing but well worn
claws. Where is it," he asked
AT the end of the tail. said the
keeper.
"Oh, now" remarked the visitor
no more jokes on me today. thank
you.
The keeper put his hand between
the bars caught the patient ex-mon
arch of the forest by the tail and
\ showed the visitor a sort of horny
hook concealed among the long hairs
at the end of it. What use it serves
there, he added, 'naturalists don't
know, | believe. Some say he uses
il to lash himself into rage. Next
time you look at any books on Nine.
veh, notice how the old Assyrians
/ exaggerated this hook on the tails OF
lions carved upon their funny old
marbles. New York Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
How the hoy KneM.

Here is n telephone reply which may
or may not have pleased one of the
speakers;
lis Mr.. & I'M asked man after
he had got" the other man-only it was
an Office boy
.No, he isn't in, Mr. W" was the
answer in thin but clear voice
elbow do Won know II is Mr.. w
asked the other, who may have been
pleased 70 think that he had such a good
Telephone voice that even an Office
boy could recognize it.
Cause you're the ono what no one
can ever understand" came back the
prompt reply. Now York Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

AT meeting of the Royal Botanic So
ciety DIR r. G. a Prior presented ripe
seeds Of Arancaria imbricat3t. the mon.
key puzzle tree of Chill. collected from "A
large tree growing IN the open air at
Corsham, Wits. lie mentioned that in
England the plant. though common, sell
dom ripens its seeds II was first intro
duced here 100 years ago by MIR. Men
zies, Scotch bOtanist. who aecompa.
MED Vancouyer's expedition in search
of a passage between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. In returning from their
attempt they put in at Valparaiso and
We're hospitality entertained by the vice
roy of Chill
While dessert was on the table Men.
zies observed some nuts he had not seen
before. Instead OF eating his share he
saved them. and taking box Of soil
back with him on board ship succeeded
in raising five plants. which he brought
TO England. and these formed a stock
from which most of the large trees now
growing in yarlons parts of England
have originated. -Philadeiphia Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

The function of a Negroes blacl;
skin Is supposed to be the conversion
of the suns light into heat. The heat
thus generated remains in the skin
and does not penetrate to the deeper
tissues. Being thus provided with n
sun proof armor, the negro can stand
an amount of heat that would b.
fatal 10 white man and run little
or no risk of sunstroke. = st. Louis
Republic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Found All ov.r

A good illustration of the amount
of change brought about by deep sea
Investigations in our ideas of the dis
tribution of the fishes is to be seen in
tho history of the discoholi. Ii is
now shown that the discoboles, disk
bearers, lumpdshcs, sucking fishes
or sea snails, as they are variously
called, are no longer restricted to the
Atlantic and Pacific in THEN. northern
parts and to the Arctic ocean. New
York Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

An Austrian chemist is reported TO
have solved the problem Of water
prootilg leather by cheap and eff.
cent method He employs a solu-
tion of fifteen parts Of gelatine and
five parts Of bichromate of potash
dissolved IN eco parts of water. I'm
ORIGINATING the leather with this so.
luton causes the albnmen to coagu.
late IN the pores. New York Jour
nal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Chinese Iunportations.

The report of the maritime Gus.
toms of the Chinese empire for 1890
shows that the importations amount
ed to l27. 093, 4Sl taels, an increase OF
II per cent. over the preceding year.
The expectations, on the contrary,
have fallen from SO. 947. S32 taels in
1889 10 81. Ia, $50 in 1890. This dimi,
mutton is due To the active coInpeti-
ton of Ceylon and India in the tea
trade. The importation of rice was
considerable; that of opium was in.
creased per cent, and of cotton 25
per cent.
The expectation of tea amounted
TO 1905. 396 piculs, as opposed TO
l,s77.33 in 1882 and the value of
the silk was 30. 255, 9O5 taels. against
SO. 40l. 967 taels in 1850. The entire
customs receipts for 1890 were 81
996. 226 taels. a tael is equivalent
10 seventy five cents Philadelphia
Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Valuable Animals.

The high state officials and the rich
people of Egypt have peculiar aversion
to riding the horse, their faYorite mount
being species Of white ass, which is
held "a being semisaered animal.
Fine specimens OF these snow white
creatures are seldom sold for what
would be loss thnn 81 400 in United
States currency st Louis Republic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Tho End Of Human r,re.

An interesting calculation is made
by a French geologist TO tho effect
that, taking into consideration the
wear and tear ON the solid land by
ocean washing, rivers. wind and
weather and leaving out of the cal.
cnlation volcanic action. the world
will in 1900, 600 years DO completely
under water and no dry land exist
~ all Now York Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
rlent, Of Water Necessary 70 nenltn

As the waste IN animal food in those
who lead indolent lives is carried off bv
the kidneys, II Is very desirable that
they should he kept well flushed with
plenty of water, for pure water is TO the
kidneys what fresh air Is to the lungs.
and taken In the early morning. prefer.
ably as hot as II can De slipped, II washes
away the unhealthy secrrtions that have
accumulated in the stomach during the
night. and stimulates it 10 healthy &c.
ton, and then, passing ON through the
system till IL reaches the kidneys, carries
away by their aid the uric acid, govt poi
son and other impurities that should
have no fixed habitation III the body at
all. and would not have If the sufferer
were properly dieted for even two or
three weeks each year. -Gentlemans
Magazine
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
enid I'm i,rnuli

Brazil, which only a century ago
was the richest OF gold producing
countries, has now ceased to be largo
~ productive. The total output OF
the metal from that part of the world
from the end of the Sixteenth cen
fury until now is estimated at $780,
0oO, 600. Washington Star.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25
Cold Moro Common rhan BRONZE.

Herodotus tells If king who loaded
his prisoners with golden chains, that
substance being more common than
bronze. Copper was even worn for or
nament in preference 10 gold. The treas.
ures brought by the Queen Of Sheba TO
Solomon's temple must have been Of
enormous value. Washington Star.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

Newspaper Reporter ITO president Of
companyl-Has your company taken
any steps 10 pay its tnxesl
Prusident--Why certainly, SIR We
have made two protests against the con-
stitationality Of the law.-Texas sift-
ingA
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

Have you any K, T. & or shouted a
broker through the telephone 10 friend,
another broker.
What" was the answer.
*, I. a. o."
What's thatg"
Stock. man., naming II in full
What do you think IL isy"
SAY. blt this Is grocery here was
the answer.
"Oh. sugari'' cried tina broker, dis
gusted at getting the wrong connection
why, yes yelled the other man.
"Lots Of II. What kind do you wantS
New York Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

An old maid is so much afraid Of
robbers that she strews pepper under
the bed every time she retires for the
night. When questioned on tho sub
ject, she said:
Any scamp attempting 20 hide
there win betray himself through
having to sneeze. -Ayondpost.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

He liishing for loving protosta-
tionsl Ny angel, do not believe /
am worthy to be your husband.
She tthoughtfully) That's Just
what my mother says
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

There are BARRIERS in India whose
touch Is 50 light that they can shave
you whlc asleep There are men in
this country who can skin you be
fore yen find it out. while You are
wide awake. Rams Horn.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-25

There is a beautiful shade OF crimson
used IN preparing confectionery which Is
generally supposed 20 he foreign colorlpg
matter, whereas II Is simply sugar esFS
ened at q certain stage Of cooking.