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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

have frequently had the opportunity OF
dropping into company with our largest
species OF dragon fly along a particular
roadside in autumn
On foot one has scarcely any means OF
Judging OF It's speed. for in moment il
Is past you and out of sight; but what is
the experience when You are driving. saw
at the rate OF eight or ten miles an hour,
The rapid vasager shoots by You almost
out OF sight, then turns, swervinx widely
from right 20 left, and passes you again in
both directions, trayersing repeatedly the
ground over which you are travelling but
once.
We are apt to exaggerate in these mat
ters' but with every allowance, having
compared the flight OF the dragon fiy with
that OF passing hawk, swallow and cuc-
koo, | have computed that IL Is canabIe az
flying at a speed Of 100 miles AN hour
Poachers and Poaehing.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

year-old Katie knoblanch, who had In hei
charge Minnie and Stella Burns aged re-
spectiyely two and four years. She paid
no attention To tue explosion until hear
ing the voices OF hundreds outside, she
opened the door of her room. but WAS met
by dense volume Of smoke and driven
back.
An attempt to reach the roof proved un-
successful, and Katie ia despair rushed TO
the window holding the little ones aloft in
her arms. Everybody on the ground
shouted for her to wait for the life saving
corps. but she did not heed them, for with
the cry, For Gods sake, save the baby"
she dropped Mamie from the window
Down through space, like an arrow, shot
the body OF the infant, landing In the arms
of q woman, who was hurt severely 10y the
shock. and then bounding out on TO the
sidewalk. The crowd had not recovered
from the horror Of the situation when
Katie again appeared at the window with
Stella, a child Of thirty pounds, whom she
promptly but carefully tossed to the
gronnd. The little one was caught by a
sturdy young man named Peter Clancy,
who, although considerably hurt, saved
the child from striking the sidewalk.
Katie then crawled ont Of the window and
hung. between doubt and fear. by large
nail.
Down the street came the hook and lad
der, the horses, urged on by the driver
who had seen the girls peril. running as
they had never run before. A FIREMAN
Jumped or the truck with scaling lad.
dcf, everybody continued 10 yell words OF
encouragement, and il began 10 look ~
though she would Ike rescued, when Katie
whose strength had been fast deserting
her, let 20 her hold upon the nail and fell
striking In life net. hastily improvised
from an oyercoat, and bounding thence
Into the arms Of a bystander. whose hand
was broken by the collision. Katie and
the two children viii recover, although
they were all more or less severely injured;
but New York iiremen agree that they
have never before seen three such n,irse..s
lous escapes At one fire.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
The FaithraI shepherd Dog.

Dr. Dio Lewis was travelling In Tho ,y.s,
and had come 10 ranch whrrrou Nn-
shepherds dog that the owner wunId M
sell for $500. She had at the t.a,c Inur
young puppies
While the visitor WAS admiriu., IN, bttle
mother and her babies the assistant bqr,l,r
reported twenty sheep missing. Two hnps
each larger than the little mother wer,.
standing about, but the herlrr said neither
Tom nor Dick would lind the missing
sheep; Flora must %.
In vain did TIE assistant urge that her
feet were sore; she had been hard nt work
all day and was nearly worn out and
must, IN any case. attend 10 the wants OF
her puppies. The master insisted The
sun was setting aud there was no time TO
Lose.
Flora was called and told to hunt for the
lost sheep, her master pointing to the for
est ON whose edge the shack was situated.
She raised her head, but seemed loath to
leave her babies. The master called sharp
~ TO her. She rose, looked tired aud
broken hearted, and with head and tail
down trotted wearily off toward the forest.
shell he right back. She's lightning
on stray sheep" Next morning the doctor
rode over To learn whether Flora had found
the strnys. AS he alighted from the sad.
dis the dog returned, driving the sheep.
Flora did not raise her head or wag her
tail, even when spoken to, but crawled to
her puppies and lay down by them. She
had been out all night, and, scarcely able
to notice her babies, fell asleep.
What a scene, if one can but picture Il.
The vast, gloomy forest, aud that little
creature. with sore feet and heart yearn.
ing for her puppies, limping and creeping
about in the wild canyon all through the
night, gathering in the lost sheep, p,--Ameri.
can Stockman.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

The empress of Austria il very fond
of going abou. Vienna incognitc. and
the other day she sat down at table
in public garden and asked for a
cup Of coffee While she was enjoy-
ing il and watching the crowd she
noticed a gentleman near her who
was slipping yellowish drink which
she did not recognize. Reckoning to
the head waiter the empress asked
him to tell her what the man was
drinking.
That is absinthe, old lady" said
the waiter, who, ignorant of her
rank, slapped the empress heartily
on the back and added
IF you should drink three or four
glasses of that stuff every day you
would get SO fat that youwould have
to have all your dresses made over"
The empress said nothing. but went
away rejecting on the disadvantages
of masquerading as an ordinary citi.
zen. New York Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
NO. II.
HOW weAvERs LIVE.



Life in a corporation boarding house
has but few attractions to the more in
tclligent factory operatives. When
he enters the portals of that place he
finds that his personal and individual
liberty is considerably abridged One
OF the first things that attracts his at
tention, and which the old tramp
weaver invariably looks for and ex-
poets To see, is a copy of the rules OF
the house, which ranks next to the
rules Of the mill in importance.
These rules are strictly enforced and
abe boarder, whether male or female,
who refuses 10 be governed by them
has no hope OF industrial salvation
there or IN amy other corporation
boarding house. A note To the mill
from the boarding house boss is all that
Ii required and the recalcitrant board
or is discharged from his work and
must leave the boarding house as we'll.
Discipline Is a. much q requisite for
the good management OF the corpora
ton boarding house as for the conducS
Of any other business
As rule the factory operatives who
are To be found IN the corporation
boarding houses are weavers Weav-
/ place to place than any other clas1 of
factory help and confirmed wandercr
is tramp weaver, fellow feared and
despi>ed by all classes Of factory poo
pie. To the tramp weaver q months
stay at one place is about as much N
lac can bear, lie never works when he
has "a dollar in his pocket, and he
would not work at any time did nos
f.r ST. 4. az T.
Between being a tramp weaver and
toiling on the state farm. there is but
one step and that an easy one. Given
months steady work aud two weeks
pay in his hand, the tramp experiences
tremendously uneasy sensation. He
must be on the road again. He draws
the balance due him, and is willing 10
sacrifice the three days forfeit for
leaving without notice folds his one
and only pair of stockings and one
shirt in small bundle, and departs.
/ The place then knows him no more
D Tor perhaps several years
; In the big boarding house there Is Q
} constant change For a man, except
IN winter time, two months is long
stay. New boarders are coming nj.
most every day, aud equal numbers
are leaving In rare cases boarSicr
will remain for year or possibly two,
and the boarder who does that can b
regarded as saver OF money. In ons
, corporation boarding house the report
er visited, which is near Olneyvilla,
there are several female boarders who
have made no change for several
years, and today they are together
worth several thousands of dollars.
One OF these women they are all
weavers, too--owns several blocks Of
, houses on Dexter street t-Providencs
! Telegram.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

Childhood young Brown showed "A strong
taste for mechanics, and II is well worth
mentioning that at the age of twelve years,
when out hunting with one OF his com.
ratles, the nipple of the latter's gun broke
and the boy naturally wAa in great dis
trcss. John had no tools except an old file
aud shocmaker's awl but he shaped a
new nipple and put IL In its place Thirty
five years later lie saw the same gun still
IN good condition. At the age Of eighteen
he was Rpprenticed To gunsrnith, and
made target rifles by hand. some Of
which sold as high as a hundred dollars
apiece. In 1851 Mr.. Brown went 20
llayerhill, Mass. and engaged In business.
There and Mt Boston he broI. = BIT out q
number OF invention for use IN the manu.
kacture OF shoes At the outbreak OF tile
war he joined n company of sharpshooters,
and made a record as the best shot among
them. A few years later his Inventive
genius turned on labor saving machines
During all this time Mr. Brown kept up
his rifle practice and constantly tried 70
improve rifles. He was a director OF the
National Rifle association and member
Of the New York rifle and several other
rifle clubs In the competition rifle prac-
tiee at Creelmoor range he won the badge
of the "All distance champion rife shot
Of America" In 1853 he was member Of
the American team which shot the return
International ride match at Wimbledon,
and 1t is believed that the victory Of the
Americans WAS largely due to his superior
skill and "A rifle invented by him The cir.
cumstances which gave rise To the Brown
military rifle are we'll remembered
Il was after the defeat Of the Amesican
team at Creedmoor, in lss9, that brown
saw clearly that the superiority OF the
English team was due "a superior arms
lie at once set ~ work 10 increase the safe
ty, range accuracy aud rapidity OF firing Of
the military rifle, and succeeded in pro
dncing an arm which was preferred by the
rank and hle, sharpshooters and cavalry
His latest invention IL, as stated before,
the Brown segmental wire gun. but for the
development Of this system OF gun con
struction he il greatly Indebted 10 First
Lieutenant q. n Whistler, Fifth United
States artillery. The lieutenantis thorough
knowledge of ordnance engineering has
been OF immense value to the inventor.
Whistler comes from family OF eminent
engineers. One OF the Whistlers was The
originator Of the American system of rail-.
Ways and locomotive, the elevation VI the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
An Animal Hard 10 shoo,.

The general color Of the Kamchatkan
bighornis brown gray, the head and neck
rather graysr than the rest of the body
Both tail and ears are remarkably short.
The coat on Those that we shot was very
long and thick, almost like that Of a rein.
deer, but autumn was well advanced, and
have no doubt that in summer u Is much
thinner 1t was curious that we should
not only never have shot, but never even
have seen the females. All those tina. fell
to our rifles were rams, n, far as we could
judge, from To years old. Whether
the females always herd together or only
at certain seasons 1t is difficult to say, and
we were unable To get any information
from the natives upon this point-BlAck-
woods Magazine.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

Tho London correspondent Of The
Manchester Guardian refers 70 a caso
IN which boy, aged 10, was admitted
into an lntirrnary in consequence Of
having lost the whole OF the integu-
ment OF one OF his legs from the knee
TO the ankle. the result OF Q burn he
had received some weeks previous. A
fortnight after admission skin grating
was carried out the skin used being
that obtained from a young grey
hound. Several strips OF the borrowed
inteRuments were applied 70 the
wound, about six inches in length and
half an inch in width. After the lapse
Of some deys the gratis were inspected.
and all but one were found TO have
firmly united. In 6x weeks' time the
boy was discharged with the immerss
wound soundly healed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
A ForgivIng Disposition,

She with coldly cutting severity
I learned from one of your old
sehoolmates today that you once
wrote a most absurdly lovesick poem
about young girl. and il was pub
hshed IN The Hightone Magazine.
He-1-e-s, my dear. The girl is
now Mrs Beetle.
What That big fat, greasy thing
with six children
''The same.
"Oh Well dedrir, don't mind !"
New York Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

A house is still standing in North
Castine which was built Immediately
after the close of the Revolutionary
war. In 1914 it was occupied as
headquarters of the British officers.
and from 1870 To 1920 as public
house. Governor John Brooks, of
Massachusetts, made his hcadquar-
ters here in 1918. The old house is
now owned by Mr. Albert Dodge,
who means to keep it in its present
condition. 80 far az the interior ar
rangement Of rooms is concerned. as
landmark of the past. -Kennebec
tMe.) journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

FRANK ENGLAND.

~ -" AN1AAs FhANh EN1AANDs
three years old and looks even younger.
Both have taken the fatal plunge in ways
that involve all the romance of crime The
case OF losey is graphically told by himself
In two chapters,
The first chapter opened on May "a, 1870.
when he told smart friend that he had
singular dream OF policy shop marked
with three numbers, II, -, 40. 'lt'sa sign"
said his friend. Play policy and I'll 20 in
with you" So they went forthwith to
Billy Spencer's policy shop AT 20si1 William
street, played the numbers and lost. Next
day they played and won. and 40 on.
The second chapter opened n few weeks
ago Madison brothers had noticed that
collections were very slow, and asked Mr..
I.osey who had been book keeper for eleven
years. what the reason was. He hesitated.
They took a look at his accounts, and then,
with amazing GOODNESS and the exactness
Of confirmed book keeper, Mr.. Losey drew
out three small memorandum books and
laid before the firm the following state
ment Of the shops which had their money
and the amount to each:
eussa NSiiam street. eet..............,......S0 S0nD 60
W Park row bl5s lf
toA Pearl street. t......................... 3lSl 70
io Tark ..'''-''....''...'s'....... S,lSD "
y Ann street lllB ID
Sn Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn. ....... .,llO 10
1t was too true Mr.. I.osey had lost
t6O,oOO in two years, and Of that just 3d.
702.3s was Madison Brothers money. Next
day the broken down, haggard and red
eyed old man stood before Justice Nc.
Mahon, Of the yombs police court, and
identified the men who had won his
money. or course they denied having
ever seen him, but went TO their cells to
ruminate. The firm has hopes Of squeez-
ing much OF the lost cash out Of them, and
then-well, the sad fact Is, that the aged
and lately highly respected Losey will end
his days in prison, as he IN breaking fast. !"
Ten years ago he was a leading man In his
ward in Brooklyn. light in the Andrews
Methodist church and superintendent OF
Its Sunday school
Frank England's plunge was equally
sudden and disastrous. His parents are
wealthy and he Is well educated but at
twenty-one he married n girl of seventeen
and had TO go To work for himself lie
tried betting ON the races and lost all. His
mother and sisters secretly aided him and
he lost all they advanced A baby was
born and he had not dollar TO pay for doc
tor, nurse or medicine. He begged five dol
lars Of a friend, and meanwhile was served
with disposse~s warrant for nonpaymeut
OF rent. That night lie broke into the
house Of Rev. DR. Clark Wright In Harlem
and was caught in the act
The scene in court next day may be i'm
agined, his wife's mother and sisters being
present. The young wife was reported TO
be dying w.-h puerperal fever. Dr. Wright
searched 0ut the history closely, verified
the accoun, here given and then begged
the court for leniency, and so the youth
was released ION behavior" The lad says
that In short time he won and lost 10000
on the races. SO seems that the gambling
spirit attacks young and old impartially.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

outer rail In rounding curve and also OF
the stone bailasted roadbeSls The steam
whistles with which engines are provided
are also an invention Of one Of the wbis
tiers. An uncle Of Lieutenant Whistlrx
constructed the railrosad from ST Peters
burg to Moscow, and up To this date the
family Is kept in high esteem in Russia
The great London artist boy that name Is
cousin Of Lieutenant Whistler, who, It
may be said. il not less ambitious than
tue most celebrated members Of his family
lie l. man ~ great energy and will
power aud one with whom money carries
no weight where principles are involved
Nothing can induce him 20 withhold his
severe criticism Of the minutest fault In
ordnance construction, however trivial
aud unimportant II might seem or be
Ever since he was graduated Lieutenant
Whistler has been al earnest and active
student OF ordnance. and lac has already
made some inventions In his line which
have been adopted by the United States
government r. DK 7. CLOTH
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

When we see oranges falling from
palmetto trees we might think they
had taken TO producing that fruit,
but n closer inspection will show us
a disappointed squirrel, looking long
ingly after the mandarin or tanger-
inc it had dropped II is an amusing
sight TO see one Of these little fellows
hold an orange and disrobe it of its
covering, preparatory to a feast
Halifax IL Ia. Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

"Do | work for servantst" exclaimed 4
prominent Back hay dentist the other day.
II should say did. Sometimes | wish
had no other patients. Mhyp Because
with them its money when the work q
done. Swells, you know, scorn To pay
bill when il is contracted. aud II had to
depend upon my fashionable constituents
| should often 20 hungry, I'm thinking. :"
Boston Globe
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

Messed by hun
drtstis Of persons,
would scarcely be
credited. The fire
occurred during
the noon hour at
2sB East Twenty
ninth street, and
was caused by the
explosion OF a ker-
osene lamp. Al
most every one in
the building heard
the noise and es-
cape,i Immediate
ly. On the fifth
floor there was
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

The oldest horse In Maine died In
Bangor not long ago This was the
mare Kate, owned BY j. L. Craig. and
she lacked Dut q few months of beinp
AZ years old She was never sick. and
on the day before her death was doing
her work as usual. appearing as smart
as a 4.year-old When they went in
10 hitch her up the following morn-
ing, however, she was found dead IN
her ss1L- S. Louis Globe Democx~A
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

The longest day of the year has nineteen
hourS at st Petersburg, seventeen hours
at Hamburg, sixteen and one-Quarter
hours At London, fifteen hours at New
York aud shree and one-hAlf months "a
spisRbveWsn
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
Military Note.

Ofiicer-Priyate Huber, how Ia a soldier
TO behave when lac comes in contact with q
eiviliAny
Soldier That depends on how the civilian
behaves Texas SiftingA
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
THREE MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.

Thrilling Scene at Recent New York
city ConaagratIon.
There were three almost miraculous es-
cap-s from death at a recent fire in New
York city. which. had they not been wit.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14

Al the electrical exhibition to be held n
Sc. Petersburg, there Is TO be exhibited .
sMlkina clock
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-08-14
THE GAMBLING MANIA.

How Two Men Lost sSo. 900. One In
Policy shops and One On Races.
William A. Losey was a highly respect
able citizen OF brooklyn, well on toward
sixty years Of age. He had been for twenty
five years 10 the employ Of Madison Broth.
ers, Wholesale paper ut Is Beekman street
New York. Frank England is but twenty
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-19
FIRST ITALIAN CHURCH.

Dedication of st. Peter's-A Handsome Tenn
pie Erected by the italian Roman Cath
olics of Pittsburg-Large Attendance at
the Services.
ST. Peters Roman Catholic Church, the
first edifce built in the city for the exclu-
sive worship of the Italian Catholics, was
formally dedicated yesterday. The services
were conducted by Bishop Phelan, who was
assisted BY Rev. Father Bandini, of New
York, and Fathers Murphy, McTighe, Ber-
nard, McDermott, Stager and Molinari, of
this city, the last named being the pastor of
the new church. The new edI fee was
crowded with the italian residents of this
city; in fact, there was such crowd present
that the capacity of the church was taxed,
and many had to content themselves by lis
tening to the services from the outside.
The dedicatory sermon was preached by
Rev. Father Bandini, who is President of
st. Raphael's Society of New York, an
organization whose object is the care of
Italian immigrants coming to this country.
Father Bandini took his text from the
psalms: "Heaven is the throne of glory;
the temple His throne of mercy"
Rev. Father Murphy, of the Holy Ghost
College, delivered a short address. He
paid high tribute to Italy as a nation. He
said that the world owes Italy debt not
only for Christianity, but also for it's arts
and sciences, and Americans, instead of
despising the Italians, should extend to
them the hand of welcome and be proud of
them.
The new church building which stands
on the corner of Webster avenue and Tun-
mel street is a substantial building of brick
and stone. 1t was built at a cost of $35, 900,
of which one-half has already been paid.
The interior of the church is simply decor
ated, and is at the same time very pretty.
In addition to the main altar there are two
smaller side altars. The building is one
story, with basement, the upper floor be-
ing the church proper and the basement be-
ing used as a school room and for Sunday
school, On the arch in front of the altar
there is very handsome allegorical paint
ing, representing St. Peter being delivered
by the angels. The pastor of the church is
Rev. Father Molinari, who is missionary
priest, and the assistant is Rev. Father
Berto.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-19
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

A. NJ. Tucker, General Manager of the
Nypano at Cleveland; sam P. Shane, General
Freight Agent; Horace G. Bundy, and Mr..
Thompson, of the Hollenden House, and
Superintendent Collins, of the Cleveland
Transfer Company, arrived in the city last
evening In Mr.. fuckers private car, They
are on pleasure jaunt.
Major F. NJ Scott, of Beaver Falls.
formerly one OF the proprietors of the st.
Charles Hotel, left for Savannah last even.
ing. He has been i'll for some time. Since
the Major left here he has been employed az
car tracer for the Pennsylvania Company.
C. B. Knott, cashier of the Ponce de Leon
Hotel at st. Augustine Fla, and Sam Nc.
Clinton, of Steubenville, put up at the
Anderson yesterday.
Edward and Walter Keys, welI-known
New York bookmakers. registered at the
Duquesne yesterday. They are Pittsburg
boys.
Congressman E. P. Gillespie, of Green
vile, and Frank lie Moyne, of Washington.
are stopping at the Monongahela House.
J. NJ. Boyd, of Johnstown. and H. W.
Hartman, of Ellwood, stopped at the Du-
quesne last evening.
j. A. Allen, of Painesville, and r. B.
Frey, of Finleyville, are registered at the st.
Charles.
j. L. Parker and wife, of Altoona, and
Il. Moss, of Lancaster, are at the Central
Hotel
Judge W. ]. Baer, of Somerset, was at
the Monongahela House last evening.
L. B. Ridenour, of Washington, was at
the Seventh Avenue yesterday.
James ]. Kincaide, of jamestown. is a
guest at Newell's Hotel
John Newell left for New York last
evening.