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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
,.a.e sew,.p.s rirs, Inspiration.

The youth OF high scholastic attain
ments who Is always carrying of prizes
naturally raises hopes Of his subsequent
success in particular career. OF course
the most is made of him. He is not only
credit TO himself but 10 his teachers;
to the latter, indeed ] Is practical
certificate--a "huIuan document'-of
the first class Finally he leaves school,
and it is confidently predicted that, If
he does not achieve greatness IN the bat
tie of life. il can only be on account of
some moral flaw which has not yet had
time to declare itself,
But the dull boy" seldom receives
the benefit of the doubt in any specula-
ton as to his future. Once dubbed
"dunce" or reputed SLOW" and he is
allowed to develop in the shade, emerg-
ing from which he satisfies or surprises
his friends only because nothing was ex-
pected Of him. No one can dispute the
claim Of Sir Isaac Newton to a monu.
ment in Westminster abbey, nor TO the
praise conferred by Pope's well known
epitaph:
Nature and natures laws lay hid in night.
God said. LET Newton be"' and all was light
Nevertheless the greatest Of English
philosophers was so called 'dunce" at
school. Sir David Brewster tells us that
Newton made little progress ''until one
day the boy who was above him having
given him severe kick in the stomach,
from which he suffered great pain, he
labored necessarily till he got above
him in ths school and from that time
continued to rise until he was the head
boy. London Standard.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20

An illustration Of the intimacy Of the
most modern and most ancient of ciyiliza
tions is found in the fact that 1t was left
for an American citizen To first successfully
essay the mechanical fabrication Of fel;ed
cloths Thomas Robinson Williams, OF
South Kingston, X l.. invented the pro
cess OF making feited cloths of commercial
length, and patented It May - 1880 Since
that day felts have appeared in innnmera
BILE forms, IA printed and embossed piano
cloths, ladies skirts, floor coverings, often
with highly artistic designs, material for
roofs and protectors against weather,
piano hammers shoe Innings, etc. II is diff
ficult to imagine any department of indus.
try In which wool, In its felted form, does
not somewhere play its part. Thus we
have taken the simple discovery of an
tiqnity and made it among the chief in
strumentalities OF civilization. S. n ID
North in Popular Science Monthly
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Hnraea nj Grass.

In the neighborhood of Turin there is
to be seen, at the entrance to field. the
following notice in large letters;
Horses admitted to Craze at the fol-
lowing rates;
First Horses with long tails, three
francs
"Second-Horses with clipped tails.
one franc.
II you go TO a countryman and ask
him the reason for that difference in the
charge, he will reply:
The reason is very simple, The
horses with long tails can easily drive
away the flies, while those with clipped
tails cannot do so. and they are so tor
mented by these insects that they eat
absolutely nothing. Monde Umoris-
ticu
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
some yankee rra,t. In Mexico.

"ff anybody thinks the citizens OF the
Cactus Republic do not possess their fuii
share OF Yankee shrewdness he Is likely
TO become wiser without growing wealth
Ter during a years soiourn in Mexico"
said Ignatius Schumacher, as he joined
the circle of bonanza kings who were
talking pay rock in the corridors of the
Southern. Il went down there a couple
of years ago to pick up few fortunes in
the mining district AT Chihuahua be-
came acquainted with an old greaser
who professed to become very fond OF
me. One day, when | had warmed his
leathery old heart with rulque, he con-
fided to me that he knew the location OF
an old Aztec mine OF fabulous richness.
II was situated upon branch OF the
Yaquai river. ON land owned by his
brother, wealthy ranchero IL was
from this mine that the Montezumas
drew the bulk OF their fabulous wealth.
During the war wagad by Cortez the
mine was forgotten. and he-my com
panion--had lately discovered it. He
had specimens Of the ore, and 1t was
fully 30 per cent. coin silver. or course
| bit-bit ravenously. ! set out for his
brothers ranch next day and reached 1t
after three days ride. The old mine
was certainly there and it gave every
indication Of being AS rich as represented.
| scraped together every dollar could
command and bought third interest in
1t. Then went 10 work to form com
pany to develop it. did not work long,
however. The first man | interviewed
looked AT me pityingly and remarked:
so old Jose has caught another sucker,
has her My innocent friend, that old
hole is salted. Iou could carry away
every ounce Of pay rock within twenty.
five miles of the place in a meal sack. -
st. Louis Globe Democrat
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
A Mistaken Impression.

That the intuition Of women Is some
times at fault was amusingly illustrated
by recent incident in Portland. 4 lady
was couversing with gentleman whom
she knew but slightly, and whom, for some
unaccounl.ble reason, she took to be
widuwer She had never heard IL said that
he was. He simply impressed her in that
way She took il for granted, and asked in
nocently how long his wife had been dead.
The involuntary alarm which caused him
to exclaim, Coed heavens, madami when
did she dieY' was no greater than that
which this unexpected answer produced in
her He was q stranger there, travelling
on business, and hadn't seen or heard from
his wife for some little time.-Bangor (Me.D }
Commercial.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
A BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
Happy School Children IN an Indianapo-
lis SchoolroOm.

In indianapolis ! entered one Of the
rooms containing the Youngest children
ct the time Of the opeuiug exercises.
The scene encountered was a glimpse
Of fairyland. | was in room full of
bright and happy children Whose eyes
were directed toward the teacher. not
because they We're forbidden TO look in
any other direction. but because to
them the most attractive object in the
room was their teacher. She under
stood them. sympathized and loved
them. and did all in her power to in
terest them aud make them happy.
The room itself was charming. The
window sills were filled with living
plants, and living plants were scattered
here and there throughout the room.
The teachers desk was literally strewn
with flowers. aud upon each Of the chill
dren's desks flowers had been placed TO
welcome the little ones to school.
The book used during the reading les
son was the book of nature-the plant
they had Just been studying. The scene
presented 10y the happy little children,
each with flower in his hand, surround
ing the teacher, who was smiling upon
them. was truly beautiful.
For reading matter the children Were
called upon for sentences expressing
thoughts concerning their flowers. The
sentences were written upon the board
by the teacher. and when number o.
them had been written the pupils begai
to read them. The children were inter
ested because they all took an activ,
part in the lesson from the beginning I,
the end They were all observing, al
thinking.
Some Of the little ones even cominitte'
the crime of laying their hands upon tn
teacher, and she SO far forgot herself a
to fondle them in return. Yet the dis
cipline was perfect. What is perfec
discipline in the classroom but perfec
attention? There was no noise, ther
were everywhere signs of life, and sue
signs Of life as become gathering o
young children.-Dr. j. NJ. Rice in Fo
rum
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Inrra,i,ude of Parties.

The ingratitude of party Is proyerbial.
One need go no further back in search
of an example than the first Lord lddes-
leigh; instructive stories have been told
of the ingratitude which was shown
toward him. The late Robert Lowe did
something for his party once upon a
time. What did his party ever do for
him? But the examples which, on a
moments reflection. occur to ones mind
are too numerous TO mention. A man
may, aud frequently does, give all-time,
money. intellect, his whole life-to the
so called public service, to be shelved at
last And suppose he is not shelved;
suppose, that is, he dies in harness.
What then?-All the Year Round.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Labor In A.eendiag a Mou ntalu.

DR. J. Buchheister has made a curious
calculation ON the amount OF energy ex-
pended by person weighing ION pounds in
climbing mountain peak 1000 feet high,
the time allowed for the ascent being Eve
hours lie fnds that the total work done
is sequal TO raising $50 900 pounds one foot,
or one pound .SsO, ,Oo0 feet. OF this work.
l,I76,OOO foot pounds is expended by tho
muscles OF the legs in raising OF lifting the
body; 1900 by the heart in circhlating the
blood; 5000 by the chest in br athing and
$4,000 in the various exertions of balancing
the body, overcoming frictipn of the
ground, etc. st Louis Republic
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Hawk. on the hallway.

An engine driver on Scotch railway has
noticed that hawks OF the merlin or
stone falcon species fly close behind the
train, near the ground, partly hidden by
the smoke As the cars thunder along
through the fields aud meadows small
birds fy up ia clouds, and while they are
bewildered aud frightened the merlin
dashes among them out Of the smoke aud
easily secures it, prey Should IL be un
successful Il returns to the wake OF the
train aud awaits the starting OF another
beyy The engine driver aflirms that the
hawk has no difficulty in keeping up with
the swiftest express train. London Tit
Rftn
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
A. Man, children a. She /. Year. Old.

Mr.. A. NJ Thomas, who lives just across
The Georgia state line. in Gadsden county
Fla. is thirty i've years old and il the
father OF thirty.two children, all Of whom
are alive. Mr.. Thomas wife Is three years
younger than himself Fifteen years ago
they were married Twenty months later
they found themselves the parents of four
bright aud beautiful children With al
most unvarying regularity ever since the
family has been increased by the addition.
sometimes OF twins, sometimes OF triplets
until the number has reached thirty-twa
Mr. Thomas and his wife are thrifty
happy and contented couple, and their
thirty and two little ones are as fine a set
OF children a. one may often see.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
A ror,nn. IN .Attentano... ;.

A certain hotel keeper in London de-
sided not TO charge his customers for
attendance. but he found that many of
them objected to the omission, and ac-
cordingly there appeared the charge of
eighteen pence day IN each bill. That
eighteen pence produced f2 900 year.
He began business with only 81 500,
and he recently retired into private life
worth fl50OO0. He was at one time in
domestic service, and he has recently
bought an Essex estate, with it's old
mansion and deer park.-London Tit
Bits
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
A Hint to Mothers !.

The Mistress Bridget, what on earth
keeps baby soquiet' ! have net heard him
whimper for an hour
The Maid-Snre, the swate d dhild Is play
In wild the saucer av melasa Is and tho
handful NV feathers | gave him What
wild a-pckin' the feathers from the hands
and face NV him, he's that diverted he's no
time TO cry. But belize he'll need little
washin' be this time. -Pittsbdrg Bulletin.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Charging the Jury.

''This Is a small case. gentlemen" said
Judge Wing to the jury Tuesday morning,
In the case Of the dogs and the cows. 1T
reminds me Of the case that was tried be
fore colored friend aud brother years ago
Il was his first ea~e - trial justiceF and be
felt his dignity lie heard the Jaw. and the
evidence, aud the arguments, and II came
time for him TO charge the jury. At his
apparent hesitation one OF the attorneys
nudged him and said. Now charge the
Jury, aud the Judge arose and said Bred
ren. dis am a small case. and | shan't
charge but dollar an q halt '"-Lswts-
ton Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20

Bus Driver Ito conductor of opposi-
ton bus)--rve know'd yer ever since
yer was born. lknow'd yer poor mother:
she had two on yer at that time. One
was VERY nice little boy, t'other was
half hidiot--a sort of brown paper fell
Ter. The very nice little hoy died
VERY young, he did. London Tit-Bits.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Gaining Time.

Teacher-What is the height of Pixies
peak?
Boy-Do you mean how high 1t In
above the surrounding country
How high is it above the seai
auml Athigh tide or low tideT
EITHER"
IL forget. Good News
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20

A Boston editor. asked to define the
difference between cult and fad,
rose 10 the emergency in this manner:
"a fad is anything that arouses evan.
escent mentality, while cult Is any
thing that inspires permanent mental
ity. ."-Philsdelphia Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20

"Jimpson Is to be arrested lnr kissing
Cora, although she was willing
How can he be arrested thrnf
'lt was after dark aud SHE thought II
was Simpson The charge is obtaining
goods under false pFeteuses New Yors
kpoeh
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
SOM. Men Ar. Like Roos,er..

It would probably be hard to convince
bantam rooster that his Growing doesn't
have good deal to do with making the
sun rise Rams Horn.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
An An, pupil.

Teaeher-Cease means TO stop. Mako
sentence. please. with cease as the tixss
word.
Pupil--CsAse the eclook.-Joarnai Of Eaa-
cation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
Tn. stnhx Of Rotanr.

Jean Ingelow, the authoress, whose de-
lighiful tales will live long after she passes
away, has stated that the study OF botany
has ever been one Of her best relaxatives,
and so say they ALL -Meehan's Monthly.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07
For Those With Colds

Nothing but travel, and extensive
travel withal, will give a person ;
full idea of the queer ways that there
are in the world.
An American who was not LONG
since Journeying through the midland
counties of England, relates that in a
small country town he once entered
an inn, rather pretentious for the
place, and called for turbot-a favor
lite fish in those parts.
Inc American had had a few days
OF dense fog, and his appearance and
manner perhaps showed that he had
become little wheezy in consequence
OF the climate. He was forced TO
nave frequent recourse to his nocket
handkerchief
When the turbot was brought, the
guest fancied, even before it reached
his plate, that it was no longer fresh;
and an attempt to eat it confirmed
that impression.
tie called the landlord, who at once
sent a waiter for fresh turbot. and
removed the Objectionable fish.
~ beg yer parding, sir" said the
lnn-keeper, "but we got the ldee. sir,
as you came in, that you had a bad
cold in yer cad, sir"
''And suppose l had? What wonld
that have to do with my being served
with spoiled fish," exclaimed the
American somewhat Indignantly,
''HeVerything, sir. We has this
'ule in this 'ouse: Fish as is a leetle
doubtful, like that ERE, sir-them |
Which has lost the SAVIOR of youth. as
may say-them we serves to parties
IS appears to we colds in their leads
II; and we finds that, bein' as such
,artles can't smell nothink, they
lkes the fish just as we'll, sir. and
often they prefers 'emn
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07

AN OCEAN steamer 20. feet longer
than the Great Eastern is to be con.
structed by one of the international
lines. 1t will be 700 feet long: the
Great Easternwas $50 feet long. The
new steamer have engines of 40,
goo horse power, which is 5. 900 more
than the new Campania The Great
Eastern's engines were of but 1900
horse power which was the cause of
its failure in navigation. 1t is said
That the new steamer will make d
Knots an hour, which is not improba-
Die, for it would have to 90 but a lit
tie over seven times its own length to
cover a mile. Besides considerable
over a quarter of mile would no
gained by counting from the LEAVING
point Of the stern to the arriving
point Of the bow.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07
French Riots.

PARIS, July This city il under m,l;,..
control; at least it rests upon results whs.h..
soldiers or mobs composed Of canaille - !.
control.
The original cause of the riots has -.
lost sight Of in succeeding events. The ~,
primarily We're caused by fninc one Il 4.
managers of the students hall for allow;,.
girls to appear in state little removed ,ro,s
nudity. The governments anxiety over ~
riots is caused by the fear that the r;otar, -
beng encouraged and fostered by the a.,
longists.
Prompt action of the military ana Il.
knowledge that the latter were authorizes y
use any amount of force to disperse r;o,ara
mas had quieting effect. The nilitarv i
empowered to fire into crowds II thev rag,,sa
TO dlsperse. The students have with5raan
from the rioters, who are now compnsas II
the Paris canalle. seA II
Hundreds of rioters gathered in the v;etn.
lty OF the markets and started disturbance
conflicts occurred between the rioters
ana the police. reinforced by soldiers The
crowd of rioters is composed chiefly AZ ina
nm raft Of the city. The fighting was severe.
ana numbers on both sides were injured.
me affair has assumed a serious phase.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07

The history Of a multitude OF
these great syndicate schemes, here
and abroad, is the same. Sometimes
1t is the original owners that make
The profit, sometimes the promoters,
who buy to sell again; but always it
Is the purchasers that lose. Men
whose business and who are sure Of
being able to maintain it, do not usu-
ally go into these combinations un-
less assured of an immediate profit
that the business cannot legiti-
mately yield. Thus in the great
majority of cases the company ac-
Qulres declining business, at a fic-
titious capitalization, and by the
time the vendors and the promoters
have unloaded failure COMES as a
matter of course, - !. s4a
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07
The Old Hen Went Too

The excuses which are given h,
cnlldren In order to escape from some
ulStaSteful duty are often exceedlnpl,
ingenious and even witty. Jobnny
was afraid of the dark. His motheI
was trying to induce him to 90 to bed
without her accompanying him
Johnny was averse to this. The how
was the owner of little bantam men
ana thirteen chickens, so his mother
uSed these as sort of argument to
convince him of his folly in being
afraid of the dark.
''Why, Johnny just think Of vour
chickens, how brayely they 90 off tn
bed every night without tbought of
the dark, and YOU, a great BIG how
are afraid to g upstairs alone
Johnny was silent for a moment
and then said:
But mamma, don't YOU see the
reason that the chickens are willing
70 60 TO bed in the dark is bpcanso
the ola hen goes with 'em: and 81 7
think YOU ought 10 go with me -
Boston Journal
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07

a good story is told by Mr.. RI. s
PARSONS in regard to the Yankee
shrewdness Of Noah Webster. Mr.
PARSONS in his youth was a resident
OF New Haven, where he became &C.
quainted with Webster. and he can
Vouch for the authenticity of the
story. When Webster published his
dictionary the American publishers of
Walkers dictionary then the most
popular lexicon of the English lam
guage, made a determined fight
against it Soon after its appearance
they issued pamphlet i'm which its
errors were pointed out There were
many of these errors. and the pamph-
let made formidable showing against
Webster's works However, the
American photographer was not ia
the least perturbed. He got a COPY
OF the pamphlet as soon as il came
from the press, and immediately cor
rected the errors in his work which
lt pointed out, and ut once brought
out a second edition Of his diction-
airy Before there vas much Of a sale
lot the pamphlet Wcbster's revised
edition was in the market The
pamphlet fell iat and Webster had
me satisfaction OF using the labors or |
lls rivals IN revising his dictionary.
II Louis Globe Democrat.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07

aminer appointed to look into the
matter was still much mystitied
when On certain evening he was dis
cussing the subject with the supposed
veteran at the home of the latter.
During the conversation the Govern
ment official had a notion that some
body was listening on the outside of
the sitting room door. In the midst
of it pretty young girl burst in Sob
bing and, throwing herself upon the
old mans neck, said:
Grandpa tell the truth. 1t was
your brother and not yourself who
served in the war;"
Thereupon the ancient claimant
owned that this was the fact and con-
fessed that an attorney in his neigh
borhood had induced him to make the
miSre representation,
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, July THE twelytl
international convention Of the most marnif
cent religious society ever brought into NJ
lstence-the Young Peoples Society u
SChrlstian Endeavor-has opened here.
Over 10000 delegates have already arrived
and nearly as many more arc reported -
telegraph as being en- route. In the aaranne
credentials already received BY General
Secretary j. w. Baer, of Boston. every sfate
and territory of the union, nil the provinces
o. Canada. England, nearly every country
III Europe, as well as India, China, Japan
and Africa and Australia are represented
A society purely local to the place u IL
organization, Portland, Maine, until thefall
OF 1881, now has 2. 600 societies, and men,
oership closely approaching d miilion.anll
half. 1t knows no denomination, for clergy
men. representing no less than twenty-five
evangelical sects will speak from its platform
here.
The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-07
CURRENCY SCARCE
Banking Methods in "
Not Sufficient. 20
me suD-Ireasury Freely Giving a.,
Notes in Exchange for Coin -. a'aal
of Large Amounts-Cleari,
Certificates Help.

New YoRK, July The chief -.
the monetary situation, accordin, & -ss g
leading bank presidents. were unrss. -
or confidence and scarcity Of currana,. -. e.
latter IS apparently becoming ! yars -
matter. Orders were received bv 49, -
Tor large amounts of currency from - go
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsh.,,s -
Several bank officers called at ~
treasury and asked what they could 81 !. a
way.of currency If they needed any. r..
sistant treasurer informed the hanl =
Gals that the sub-treasury would cons;,.
40 as II had done, namely, TO give the -
an the currency they needed, small -.
exchange for greenbacks. gold certien...s 4
gold coin, and for notes of the demon
OF $40 and upwards. large treas,,~s "a
would be received. aosA
BY saturday it is hoped much "a i.
rency that has been drawn by tia
banks OF this city and elsewhere for 4. -
ment OF interest and dividends w.
GIN TO flow back into the banks az III.
The scarcity of currency in harss
Known and everything has been dons ~
treasury officials that was possihla = y u
the strain. - Ase
Clearing house loan COMMITTEES -.
eoou,uUO more certificates. thus mak;raa
total amount now issued So. lis. 600 !
Three hundred and thirty thousand 90.
u silver went out on one steamer yesterasss