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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

Boys Of today have great advantages in
their physical training over those Of even
ten years ago II Is easily within the re-
membranes Of those OF us who have not
been out Of college 70 very long, how the
mere mention OF football mt home brought
down a storm Of parental wrath. while un-
rclenting prohibition followed us back to
school. The game was then an enigma,
and the newspapers added horror 10 the
mystery by printing their accounts Of
matches in manner calculated to chill the
blood Of any well regulated household.
Gradually as the sons induced their par
ents to view the sport themselves, the pre-
judice wore away The game finds favor
In schools from Maine to California, and
The result Is generation OF lads growing
mp whose physical beauty and healthful
condition put us OF the last generation to
shame. Our very sixteen year-old strip
ling can outrow, outrnn, outswim, outride
and outdriye us; give us points on football,
baseball and tennis, and happily devoid of
that sickly pallor peculiar TO the student
OF our day, knows quite IA much with the
Tuddy glow Of health in his cheeks.
And yet there are to be found some few
that do not favor athletics for boysi The
4 glorious influence for good that sports
have on the general education and welfar,
OF both boys and girls has not begun To b,
| appreciated. When see boy who doe
not take his play hour. regard him with
Ms much disquiet as the man who neve
has "A k:aa word for any one Play In N
necessary to the boys and girls as water q
to plant. Without 1t the growth Of th,
one is restricted and unhcalthful, Will
the other, having fewer resources dies =
Harper's Young People.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

Pretty nearly every one has seen the curl
GUS sea ruifles, or sea necklaces" which
are found plentifully on ocean beaches.
These are the egg cases OF the sea snails
They consist of a number of small disk
shaped envelopes attached along sort OF
stem, the biggest OF them being in the
middle. In each envelope there is a little
spot OF thinner material, which the young
break through when they are ready to be
Matched. When the female gasteropod is
about to lay she buries herself in the sand,
from the surface OF which the necklace"
Of eggs is gradually extruded. Being thus
set adrift and exposed to the elements, Ms
well as to devouring enemies, few OF the
eggs are ever Matched. but those which do
come into the world safely and survive
doubtless live to very great age. Inter
view in Washington Star
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
whore Eagles Are Protected.

There Is good reason 70 believe that the
golden eagle. which mt one time seemed
destined to determination, is rapidly in
creasing in numbers. BY fortunate
chance its powers Of destruction, which in
CURED the revenge OF the shepherds and
grouse preservers, are Of certain service to
the deer stalker by keeping down the num-
Der Of mountain hares which live on the
hills, and often spoil the success Of "A hard
mornings stalking by jumping up and
alarming the deer. For once the sports
man and bird Of prey can exist together,
and the eagles are carefully protected, In
order that they may aid In keeping the
forests clear of all other animals but deer.
In these vast preserves-quiet, secluded
and untrodden by sheep or shepherds-the
golden eagles are now suffered To rear their
young, and have no far increased in num-
bers that II is rare to meet with deer
stalker who Is not familiar with their APP
pearance and in some degree with their hab-
its. They occasionally kill u sickly deer
calf. and have been known TO attack the
full grown deer. But their main food In
the blue hares, and these are so numerous
that the problem OF maintaining In any
numbers carnivorous bird which will
swallow five UT six pounds OF meat at n
meal presents no difiicultiea. London
sDcctatoF
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
THs coNoucToR.s MAY.


Reip Him 30 DO MA worA.
Well come into the baggage car.
Johnny said the old Conductor. .If
\ am 70 break you in, might az well
teil you the secrets Of the conductors
business. They are few and simple,
Dut they are powerful. A conductor
relics on nothing in himself or his au-
Ihority. Ills uniform and lantern and
punch don't amount to anything. He
~ able To do business simply because
W the consciences Of the people in the
cars. Take away conscience from tho
human race. and we could not handle
pore than one car load. There would
have TO be conductor for each ear.
Of course. you have To stir the peo-
pies conscience. You will notice that
as l walk through a ear throw my
hand To one side and the other, to-
wards every passenger IN the seats.
NOW, II man or woman has a ticket
Tor me, that simple motion forces that
passenger To give the ticket up. They
may mean to keep it, may have plan
ned not to give il up, but as turn
my hand towards them aud say, Tick
cts on at Newark, please, they can no
more help giving up tine ticket than
they can fly. So many things enter
into that as to make it hard for me
to tell you half of them. First, they
know l have right to the ticket and
they have not; they are not positive
whether know they owe me a ticket
or not, or whether / saw them get on
or saw them sit down or not. They
always presume know all about it,
| nnFAu..fnR ia Nfsar kxxx
having ticket thrust at him when he
does not expect it, but here's curious
fact: A conductors surprise does not
count in the business. When a con.
ductor shows he did not expect ticket,
it is too late for the passenger TO with
draw 1t. But a passengers emotions
are OF the utmost Importance 10 a con-
ductor. In twenty years experience
have detected the guilty consciences OF
passengers thousands of times. A man
hands me ticket that has been
punched or a pass that is out of date
or that is open To a doubt as TO its va
lidity, and-now, mark me, that man
will betray the fact that he has no be,
lief in his own act Some tremor OF
speech, a movement of the eye, will
certainly give him away. Upon that
you must count for success. Watch
your man. but not too closely. He
will certainly make you aware Of hi:
uneasiness. Only the other day -four
men handed me tickets to points JUS
outside New York. Every one oil
them meant TO save money by riding
all the way to the city. / could moi
pretend to remember which one gave
me a ticket To Elizabeth, or which to
Railway or which to the other places.
So when l got to Elizabeth / simply
stood before the four men and said
Fare on from Elizabeth, and got my
money. In that way ! made all four
pay up, though | did so solely by their
help.
Just walk along behind me for a
couple of days. You will at first bt
surprised at the number of men thai
you will see are trying to beat me, bui
you will be more astonished at the va
rious ways in which they are certain
to betray themselves. '-P. r. X. il
Chatter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

One OF the most wonderful discov-
cries in science that have been made is
the fact that beam OF light produces
sound. A beam of sunlight is thrown
through lens ON q glass vessel that
contains lampblack, colored silk or
worsted, or other SUBSTANCES. A disk
having Sits or openings cut in 1t is
made TO revolve swiftly in this beam
of light, so as TO cut il up, thus max.
ing alternate flashes OF light and
shadow. On putting the ear TO the
glass vessel, strange sounds are heard
so long as the flashing beam Is falling
on the vessel.-American Art Jour
nal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

The Egyptians of the present
Kopts as well as Arabs-run about
with bare feet. The ancient Egyp-
tians, on the contrary, who are now
only To- be seen in dried condition in
museums, possessed very good meth
I'd Of knitting stockings, as is shown
in the collection at the Louvre, in
Paris. la the grave of mummy
there was found a pair OF knitted
stockings, which gave the surprising
evidence, firstly. that short stockings,
resembling socks, were worn by the
ancient Egyptians; and secondly, that
the art OF knitting stockings had al
ready attained great perfection In an
cent Egypt New York ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
A Klnd Hearted Emnle,sr.

The late franklin b. Gowen was
very generous, and did many little
deeds of kindness in such quiet way
that very few ever heard of them
One of his employees who had lost his
wife, and in consequence of her long
illness was very short of money, went
to him aud asked permission for few
days absence, after explaining his
misfortune, and also requested pass.
Mr.. Gowen cheerfully complied with
the request, sympathizing kindly with
him.
When he unfolded the pass to show
his mother, he was most agreeably
surprised to find it contained check
for &I00.--C hatter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Wearing CrapA.

Somebody says that the custom
when household goes into mourning
of putting a Grape band on the arms
of the servants is another instance of
the adoption OF everything English.
Now, this is absolutely untrue. The
mourning band on the arm had been in
use in the southern states long before
George Washington was ever heard
OF, and down in Dixie the gentlemen
Of family also wear the Grape badge
for three months, six months, or
twelve months according 10 the
length of time deep mourning is worn
by the ladies Of the household. New
York Sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

rhrec gAunt. grim wolves that hunt for me.
rbree gaunt grim wolves there be,
And one IL Hunger. AMI one Il Sin,
And one Is Misery.
4 III and think TN my heart Il sore.
While the wolf or the wind keeps shaking the
door.
Or peers at his prey through the window pane
TIL his ravenous eyes burn into my brain.
And cry to myself: "If the wolf be sin.
lie shall not come in--he shall not come I'M
But II the wolf be Hunger or Woe,
lie will come to all men, whether or mol"
For out in the twilight, stern and grim,
A destiny weayes mans life for him
As the spider weaves his web for flies;
And the three grim wolves, Sin, Hunger and
Woe,
man must fight them. whether or no.
Though oft In the struggle the tighter dies.
Tonight cry to God for bread,
Tomorrow night shall be dead;
For the faneies are strange and scarcely sane
That fit like specters through my brain:
And dream Of the times long, long ago,
When knew not Sin and Hunger and Woe.
There are three wolves that hunt for men,
And have met the three,
And one is Hunger, and one Is sin,
And enc Is Misery;
Three pairs OF eyes at the window pane
Are burned and branded into my brain
Like signal lights at sea.
Francis TERRY Falrchid.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
To Remove Spot. from nook..

Grease spots. if old, may be re
moved from books by applying solu.
ton of varying strength of caustic
potash upon the back of the leaf The
printing, which looks somewhat faded
after the removal of the spot, may be
freshened by the application of a mix
ture of one part of muriatie acid and
twenty-five parts Of water. In case
of fresh grease spots, carbonate of pot
ash lone part to thirty parts of water),
chloroform, ether or benzine renders
good service. Wax disappears if, af-
ter saturating with benzine or turpen
tine, it is covered with folded blotting
paper and hot fiat iron put upon it.
Parafiine is removed by boiling water
or hot spirits Ink spots or rust yield
10 oxalic acid, in combination with
hot water; chloride of gold or silver
spots 10 weak solution Of corrosive
sublimate of cyanide of potassium.
Sealing wax is dissolved by hot spirits
aud then rubbed off with ossia sepia.-
American Book Maker.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Two Questions.

At handsome reception In this city re-
Gently clever young newspaper woman
was guest. Another guest was woman
whose wealthy marriage several years ago
took her from the MOL and toll OF the same
profession. In the days gone by the two
had known each other. but they seldom
meet now, and the elder and married wom-
an voiced her surprise when they came To-
gether the other evening.
why" she said impulsively. you herei
Are you reporting IL"
NO" replied the other quickly; ''are
youf'-Her Point OF View In New York
Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Metal Displaying wood.

The use Of metal work In modern fur.
nishings Of all kinds Is making rapid prog.
reSs and taking the place OF articles that
have hitherto been manufactured Of wood.
One firm manufactures altar ratings,
balusters, card tables, ceilings, mantel
brackets, coats OF arms. columns. cranes,
bank and Office fittings. elevator fronts.
elevator cars, escutcheons, Tenders, baskets,
fire Innings. fire screens and fire sets. nue
shoppers. garden seats. gates, grille panels,
guards, ash receivers, hatracks. hall
stands, O'Clock teakettle stands. lamps.
chandeliers. mantels, letter chutes. medal
lion newell posts, metal partitions, rail-
ings, statues, screens. transoms. urns and
wood carriers In brass, bronze copper and
iron.-Decorator and furnisheF
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
rAEy WE'RE roo sosr.
ss,dssrs dumped Their hotel Heeanse Tho
coaidn't sleep On Feathers

csaidn't sleep On Feathers
In April, 1864, New York regiment
was IN Covington, Ky. Cincinnati
lies just across the river. aud the temp
tation 10 visit il was too strong Tor men
who had been for years enduring the
privations OF army life. A little party
OF them determined TO GO over and at
tend place of amusement What took
place after the performances is thus de-
scribed By one Of the participants:
We thought il would be a rare treat
10 put up at hotel for the night. en-
JOY a sound sleep ON soft bed, and
have good breakfast before return
ing to camp in the morning.
To this end we repaired To the hotel,
paid dollar and half each for our
double bedded room-there were four
in the party then went TO the
theatre. emssx~
We enjoytsiundsd at III -snance, and,
after partaking oi good oyster sup
per, returned To the hotel and retired,
anticipating a good nights sleep on
the feather beds
After criticising what we had seen,
and eating over again in imagination
the excellent supper we had enjoyed,
and contrasting our nice, comfortable
beds with the places we had been
obliged 10 sleep in during our late
campaign. we turned over and tried
to sleep.
All was quiet for perhaps half an
hour. Then l noticed my bedfellow
becoming very restless, apparently
trying TO get into comfortable posi-
ton.
Come, Johnw I exclaimed, "why
don't you lie still and go to sieepi"
why don't you go to sleep your
self" was the response.
Then we heard similar questions and
EXPLANATIONS from the other bed, and
soon our companions were heard tum-
bling out aud lying down on the floor,
declaring that they couldn't sleep on
that bed; it's too soft"
We chaffed each other a good deal
about our adventure, but decided
rather than pay for beds in the hotel
and then Of our own accord lie on the
floor, we had better go back to the tar
racks and lie in our hunks.
Yes, said one, ''but we have paid
for our breakfast, too: we don't want
to lose that"
"Never mind" rejoined another,
lets go back"
So we got up, dressed and sneaked
downstairs, as though we had been
trying to Jump" our board bill.
The night clerk sat doing in his
chair. We felt too sheepish TO &C
knowledge the truth TO him, and sim
ply inquiring at what hour breakfast
would be ready. we started for the
ferry and managed TO catch the last
boat to Covington.
In less than five minutes after
stretching ourselves in our hunks, we
were sound asleep. We did not think
il worth while TO go back TO the hotel
for our breakfast
Fifteen years afterward | met my
bedfellow of that night, at the break
fast table of hotel, bat neither of us
complained OF having been unable to
enjoy the soft beds. Our Cincinnati
adventure was recalled, and we smiled
together over the days of long ago
| Exchange
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

Fortune telling by means OF the finger
nails, onychomancy, as 1t was called, was
common In ancient times. The practice
was to rub the nails with oil and SCOT or
wax and to hold up the nails thus prepared
against the sun. and upon the transparent
horny substance were supposed to appear
figures or characters. which gave the an
swer required. In more recent times PEG
lie have been found predicting by means OF
the nails OF the fingers and telling the dis
positions OF persons with certain deserip
tions OF the nails Worcester Light
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Irrira,Inn n Australia.

Pumps now erected will irrigate 40
900 acres. The largest set of four cen.
trifugal pumps throws out $50 tons of
water minute. We have sold 10, 600
acres of land 10 colonists The pur-
chasers are Englishmen or native Aus.
tralian farmers. Outside of the cities
you can hardly hud a resident from
the United States. The English farm
ers are just beginning to come over IN
large numbers. They usually buy o
few acres. The lands are adapted TO
raising lemons. oranges. raisins,
grapes and like fruits. Interview in
Chicago Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Children tina, DO No, Know How to p,a,

Children That DO Not Know How to Play.
A kindergarten teacher, at the head of n
free kindergarten working among the des-
perately poor and ignorant Of a neighbor.
ing city, speaks of the pathetic unchildish-
ness Of the little creatures that she coaxes
into her schoolrooms. Hungry, weary and
cold; dirty, ragged and sore; kicked, beat
en- and sworn mt; often themselves wicked
beyond belief, they seem to have nothing
In common with joyous childhood save
smallness OF stature and fewness OF years
They do not know how to play even, and
Il Is this Ignorance OF the underlying pria.
| ciple Of child happiness which seems the
saddest priyation Of all. The beautiful
| land Of make believe" IN unknown to
them.
| The story related by man whose bust.
ness took him much among the poorest,
most wretched districts Of this city, illus.
trates the depths to which child life In the
slums has fallen. lie found company OF
ragged urchins one day playing at funerals
and quarreling over the privilege Of being
the corpsel The one finally selected
stretched himself on the Shiny stones OF
the dingy court, folded his hands peaceful
ly over his heart, closed his eyes and, pale
and pinched looking as he was, looked the
character he assumed with startling effect.
The others found bottles-thcie were plen
ty OF them-and stood them on bricks for
candles around his bier. To these stunted
little souls the shabby pageants OF death
which they had seen In the lanes and alley,
Of their neighborhood were so much fneI
and more desirable than their dreary exist
ences that to counterfeit them was pas
time. Her Point OF View In New York
Times -
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

In Bermuda the soldier crab carries
heavy shells up the hills TO puzzle fu-
turc biologists. Another specie climbs
the mangrove trees. A shore crab in
the Cape Verde Island may ''be seen
running along like piece of paper
blown by strong wind In Ascen-
sion Island there arc crabs which
climb up 10 the top OF Green noun.
tain, and the larger ones steal the
young rabbits from their holes and de-
your them The famous robber crab
of the Philippines, that cracks and
eats cocoanuts. is itself routed out OF
its hole and Toasted ON by the wild
swine. Edinburgh Review.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

Certain tribes on the Amazon have been
fascinated by the music OF the waterfall.
Musical instruments were found In use
among them consisting OF complicated
mechanism by which water was poured
from one bowl into another. 10 imitation
OF the cascade. and then returned by the
receiving bowl into the vessel which had
poured Il, 80 that by repetition of this
mechanism constant murmur Of cas-
cade could be kept up no long rs the audi
ence desired or the player was able TO per
form it.-Good Words
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10
Iilch Food fog Maine Ducks.

William Mason, who lives mile
from Bluehill village. thinks there may
be a gold mine on his farm, and pro
poses TO investigate the matter. Sew,
eral ducks killed by him have had
pieces Of gold in their crops, and as
they have spent most of their time In
a newly deepened pool, the bottom OF
which Is gray sand, it is thought this
is where they got their unusually rich
food Lev iston journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

At present there are more postage stamps
In use than most people have any idea OF.
The stamps range in denomination from
one cent to ninety cents. and there Is a ten
cent stamp. fifteen cent stamp and a
thirty cent stamp. The designs for all the
stamps are selected by the postmaster gen
eral with the assistance OF his subordinates,
The faces ON the stamps are sharply criti'
eised, and the greatest care is taken to get
designs which will be popular and appro
pirate. louisville Courier-J ournal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

went tho other day to one Of the
most Prominent of the foreign fire in.
Eirance companies in New York 10
place 2 ~ 600 policy upon the stock
OF millinery and fancy goods owned
oy lady who keeps one OF the best
known and most fashionable estab-
llshmcnts IN this city. | considered
the rlsk in every respect a good one.
and the premium was all that the com.
pany asked.
Yet the application was promptly
rejected. Surprised by the refusal, /
saw the manager Of the company, and
lie gave me his reasons. you need
not carry the application, said he, Ito
any of the foreign insurance compa-
MES doing business in New York.
None of them will accept il. 1t is a
rule we have agreed upon. Whyi
Oh, reason enough. Whenever a tire
occurs which destroys a stock of goods
belonging to a woman there is sure to
be trouble, and often lawsuit against
the company which wrote the policy.
The demand made is ALWAYS largely
in excess of the loss, and If the com
pany declines to pay then there is a
suit The result is always the same.
On one side Of tic court is woman
with wet eyes and pale face seeking
what she claims as her own, on the
other is a rich foreign corporation
whose stockholders live across the
ocean, and who are trying, as the
plaintiffs attorney is sure 10 say, u
rob this helpless and defenseless wo
mani The jury does not take five
minutes TO decide, and always give:
the woman the lump sum she demands
See now why we don't want 10 insure
a stock Of goods for any woman whC
is III business. Interview in New
| York Star
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-10

In the year 1888 fund was bequeath.
ed by Mrs. Ellen Clifford, a woman
noted for her philanthropy. to estab-
lish home for animals, and two
years later there was erected in Brigh-
ton. on Lake street, not far from Oak
square, a substantial institution where
stray dogs and cats are given food and
shelter until permanent homes are
found for them by the officers in
charge. The electric cars pass Lake
street, and alighting from one Of them,
we followed the directions given US,
which led a considerable distance past
a pond with ice houses on its adjacent
shore, up hill which leads by large
Catholic seminary; and the home
stands on the right hand side, some
distance back from the road. 1t is a
pretty Queen Anne structure, sur
mounted by several, on the side Of
one Of which is modest tablet bear
ing the inscription, The Ellen NJ.
Clifford Home for Animals, established
1855" Entering the gateway, we
were ushered into q pretty little saafice,
finished and furnished in oak. A
CHEEKY fire blazed in the open fire
place, and above the mantel hung a
painting Of handsome King Charles
spaniel and picture Of cat The
superintendent presently appeared,
and we were shown around the prem
ises. Boston Transcript.