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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

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.sef srd Hsns Caris,n were dr9~ red
here tesiaf ia The sxn.ien crefk Both
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

Pspss. Nzrch ? The Figaro. Ss~sie
sasf W.,s- t.axs fsseu Enss3 fssr ruE,lishfne
the sfexx<tssns 4 NJ CIe1asaefzn srsi
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

cHAnt fsrnva. :. G.. March 2 Ia
.i,le. the pife murderer. who ras 10
have beer hsnged here fonerrov. has
been respiied y f5usefytof 1iIlmart until
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

Ins A3effs. Cal Nsrh y The
re<asienee a A - Ehlidfrss. F.rs.eiituf
r. re ~ hank. vas DESTROYED - IRE
tslsy ik<s. sofsf
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

VISA .4oS Gareha Princes hieu
iari tonight aftrn3c3 sstauehs tf<fz
hoase ard Laughed heartily nver Digfg
Belts performance = .Julasef
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

FrFzxk. Nareh ? The earress n
su~tsis hs@ dssesssed nof - ~ - Amer
va i'aribe the srtfis fssr
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

Nfv yeak Nsreh g The recent raee
track leersiatife = ffe Nee tfrrfy
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-10

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neetsae = shs different rsiIrus.l ergss.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

The amount OF advice given to women as
TO .he better methods of retaining their
husbands ; love il wcarisome in the ex
tr-me. The fact that much OF this is writ.
ten by those spinstors who have lovely
theories rather than experience as a guide
may have made much Of this quite imprac.
tical However, ! heard chat between
two clever little women the other day upon
which | have been ponderiug ever since:
Yes" (" said Mrs A., 81 am awfully fond
OF my husband, and he is a splendid fellow,
but do you know he has somehow acquired
the habit Of emheIlishing his little stories
which be tells me in the most elaborate
fashion, Why, at first | felt dreadfully
over ii and wept. not oCeaus but little lakes
OF tears, and fancied myself one Of the most
deeply injured Of women Did chide him
or rsproach him. or did tell him that
should never more have faith tn him'
Not /
4 just sat down and gave my best
thought TO Ire matter and decided that II
dill that il would be esimply ruinous To all
our happint,s that his pride would be
gone aud he 80 deeply humliiated AZ to no
longer strive for my love or admiration
OF course ! am not quite an idiot, and a
man or woman must needs have phenom-
eual memory To toe AN artistic liar Now
this, fortunately for me. perhaps my nus
band does not possess 50 when he comes
home late with most interesting account
OF the supper which he gave to one uf the
boys who sails for Europe next week !
take II that he didn't want 10 come home
aud spared my feelings by this excuse.
When he has forgotten this and the
supper is really given and he again stays
away ! have 50 far gained control OF my
self that fail To remind him that il is the
second compliment paid 10 the departing
friend. aud though il isn't 4 little bit easy,
you may I've sure that | find il a most satts
factory condition Of things. so have laid
It down as Que OF the cardinal rules of do
mestic bliss, first, that a woman must al.
ways believe implicitly in what her hus
band tells her. second. that II she cannot
believe II she must SO school herself as to
assume that faith, and thus shall she sc
cure her own comfort aud that Of her hus.
band hy the subtle nattery thus implied. y
Chicago Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

MAXWELL. COLLINS. GRAY,
wari went into the commission business in
Chicago. lie returned east because Of poor
health and began a. a nalt~trr Ia Batavia,
y. Y, where hc secured fortune that en-.
abled him 10 retire from business several
years ago. In ISL bee was Nominated for
state treasurer and was the oHly Democrat
on the state ticket elected that fall His
victory was made the morc significant by
the fact that his Republican opponent was
James W llu>tod. the famous Bald Eagle
of Westchester lie was reelected two
years later aud was afterward made state
Insurance commissioner by Governor Hill,
from which office he was removed a year or
so ago 10y Governor Flower because. 10 l.
said, OF his 'antisnappcr" pruclryities
The new minister To Mexico. cN Governor
Isaac Pusey Gray of Indiana. is a native OF
Pennsylvania, ~ Quaker parvntage and
was born In ls3s He went "a Ohio with his
parents when boy and remained there un
til 1850. when he located permanently AT
Union City, Ind, where he practiced law
and became interested in politics. lie Has
Wing first and then Republican, but
Joined the Greeley movement IN iEi5 and
has since then been a Democrat He served
four years in the Indiana state senate and
was elected lieutenant governor in 1870, be
coming governor on the death Of James ID
Williams In 1880 he was the defeated can
didatc of the Democracy for nited states
senator. his opponent being eN President
Harrison, He was elected governor In 1884
and was mentioned A. candidate for the
Democratic nomination for vice president,
which was secured hy MIR Hendricks in that
year. Mr. Gray has the reputation ot being
an able speaker. an industrious worker and
an extremely skillful political organizer
Patrick Andrew Collins Colonel News
successor as consul general at London. isa
Irishman. lie was born In County Cork IN
is44 and was brought TO this country by his
widowed mother in isis, the family settling
in Boston, where Patrick attended the pub
lie schools. When he was II years ofuge, he
left school and soon Hfterward went to
Ohio, where he worked in mine, drove
oxen, ran n stationary engine and had "A
rough and laborious time OF il generally.
firing OF the west, he returned to Boston
and learned the upholstrrcr'- trade lie
soon became n leader among the Irish
Americans and was one OF the organizers OF
the Fcnian movement. Heseryed twoterms
in the state assembly and one IN the senate
At the end of his term he graduated from
Harvard law school and began the practice
of law. lie Was a member Of the Fort
eighth congress and was twice re-elattr,l.
He has been delegate to all the Demo
cratic national conventions since 1876 and
presided at the st Louis convention In 1855.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

aspect - of excessive nervous tension, 10
that the better the instructor swings the
clubs or Eyratcs on the parallel bars the
more suggestion Is given of a possible
nervous prostration waiting not far of
''ludgesl IL happens not very seldom that
the woman who becomes teacher Of phy.
siology has herself begun by breaking
down, - that though she has brought her
self back To what she calls health, she
never again attaius to the look of It, DIR.
johnson parodied the line Who rules DER
freemen should himself he Free by making
II read, Who drives fat oxen should him,
self be fat
If we stipulated that every woman who
teaches people to be well should also be
well and look well herself. we should be
carrying the same demand n step farther.
"lt mtst always be held la view. and the
writer speaks from some experience, that
To attain anything like high muscular
training for "A young woman j. problem
incomparably more difficult than the same
thing for men The slight excess of fatigue
for which healthy boy atones with few
extra hours Of sound sleep may sometimes
cost years Of impaired health to an appar-
entity healthy girl This makes the science
Of health for women more important, OF
course but also more difficult New York
Post
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

Severe sprains require elevation OF the
limb, support to the foot aud local BATH
as hot as can be borne, TO be repeated every
three hours. After each bath the ankle
should be wrapped generously in cotton
batting, over which should be applied n
tight flannel bandage or loose rubber
bandage.
After the third day, the stage Of active
hyperRmia texcess Of blood having passed,
massage may be used on the parts, and
when the swelling has somewhat subsided,
a starch bandage may be applied.
The splnt should include the entire foot.
except the toes, and extend one half or
two-thirds up the leg, and when hardened
should be cut open down the front and
thus made removable The hot bath
should be repeated several times a day,
from ten to twenty minutes at time, the
limb being dried and then well massaged
during the Intervals
Precaution should be used In working
the foot not 10 turn it in otherwise the ex-
terual lateral ligament tibers which were
torn and stretched-now undergoing repair
slowly because OF their low vitality or
meagrr blood snpply-may be reform, the
tender parts bruised. pain caused and re
pair delayed. Youths Companion.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

The girl who goes TO the university of
Michigan today, just as when | entered
there in 1877, finds her own boarding place
In one OF the quiet homes OF the pleasant
little city whose interest ceuters in the
25uU students scattered within its borders.
She makes the business arrangements for
her winters fuel and its storage; she finds
her washerwoman or her laundry; she ar
ranges her own hours of exercise, OF study
and Of sleep; she chooses her own society,
clubs and church The advice she gets
comes from another girl student OF sopho-
moric dignity who chances to be in the
same house or possibly from a still more
advanced young woman whom she met on
the journey. or sat near in church on her
first Sunday
Strong is the comradeship among these
ambitious girls, who nurse one another in
illness, admonish one another In health
and rival one another in study only less
eagerly than they all rival the boys In
my time in college the little group OF girls,
suddenly introduced into the army OF
young men, felt that the fate OF our sex
hung upon proving that lady Greek" in
volved the accents, aud that women's
minds were particularly absorptive Of the
calculus and metaphysics And still in
those sections where, with growing expe
rience, the anxieties about coeducatinn
have been allayed, healthy and hearty re-
latlonship and honest rivalry between
young men and women exists Ii Il a
stimulating atmosphere and develops in
good stock a strength and independent
balance which tell in after life.-Mrs Alice
Freeman Palmer in Forum
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

A small bouquet OF artificial flowers "a
made OF white tissue paper-a bunch of
asters, for instance When finished they
are dipped in solution OF the following
ingredients; One grain OF chloride OF COZ
bait, one half grain OF common salt, one
quarter grain Of gum arabic, one.eighth
grain Of calcium chloride and three grains
o. water Proportions can be increased
according to the quantity desired to bQ
used. The flowers OF this iloral barometer
become light red ia color when the weat her
is damp In dry weather they assume d
violet hue. and in protracted spells OF
drought they show beautiful deep blue.
In localities were great dryness prevails
the solution mentioned above must b,|
mixed with few drops Of glycerin.-New
York Recorder
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
Velvet Lining for Medicine.

Many people avoid taking medicine when
they need il on account OF the disagreeable
taste. 4 medical friend Informed me the
other day that such an excuse for refusing
treatment WAS nonsensical \ little ex-
tract Of licorice destroys the taste of alOcs:
peppermint water disguises the nauscous
taste Of salts; milk Is a good ahater Of the
bitter flavor Of Peruvian bark. aud cloves
that of sennn Castor oil cannot be tasted
If beaten and thoroughly mixed with the
white Of an eg2
Another method, he said, of covering he
nauseous taste OF castor or cudliver oil is
to put a Tablespoonful Of strained orange
juice in a wineglass, pour the oil into the
center Of the juice, and then squeeze few
drops ~ the juice upon the Oil and upon
the edge OF the glass.-New York Tele-
gram
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

Bathing should be begun from the day
OF birth. Let no foolish old wife's stories
cause you 10 omit it. \ young infant Is
apt To cry at first. but this is a. good exer
else as he can have MT the time always pro.
vided ii is not severe screaming Bath
ing is a necessity to perfect health in the
development OF infants. The fact that Ger
tain.children, like swine, seem to thrive In
neglect aud dirt is only proof Of the
yigor Of their physical nature. which will
exist in apparent health under such un.
wholesome surroundings. Such children
often develop afterward scrofulous sweat.
ings
IL has been repeatedly proved IN tene
ment districts of large cities that only a
comparatively few Of the children, and
those the more vigorous, born in squalor
and dirt survive. When child Is restless
at night warm bath-about 90 degs. is
the right temperature-with cup OF rock
salt dissolved in IL is wonderfully sooth
ing Only pure soap should be used \
little fine starch is the best baby powder
1t is hardly safe to use any other powder
about young child.-Ilall's journal Of
Health.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
STORY or GENERAL SHERMAN.
Singular Interview at jackson. Miss. Dur
Ing the War.


Yes. Joseph T.. Johnston had crossed
Pearl river on his retreat TO the east ana /,
was known that sherman would eyacuate
Jackson and pursue him az sooua- possible
With great difficulty had seourd from
the Federal authorities the assurance that
my cotton factory would not be burned
but on the night whom the evacuation was
~ progress | learned from reliahle source
that a change had been made IN the orders
And that the torch was likely Ia be applied
g. the property at any moment.
lrlselYtd ~ ~tek an immediate Interview
vit.a ,ipurml sherman himself. entertain
ing, however. hut slender hopes, especially
~ slich an untmety hour-fUr u wat past
midnight of reaching the presence OF the
Federal chief | had little trouble in asrer
taining that hi- headquarters werc IN the
-- residence In west jackson. aud before
many minutes lad passed was al the front
gate Of the place, where, 10 my great sur
prise. found no guards 10 check my prog
rvs.. The house WAS quiet aud unlighted.
80 far ~ J could discern. Somewhat pua
2led | paused for minute or two and said
To myself surely this T. not the hes.dquar
ters OF a great United States army"
But seeing no one To inquire of | opened
the gate, went up 10 the house and onto the
+
listening Rut head NO sound within. nor
was therr any guard to challenge my in
truSiun. Through shaded transom
caught the reflection af light tricd the
hnli door futud tt aiar. pushed il oprn aud
nepped inside Tho place wa~ silrnt
there Was nothing Ia Indicate occupancy by
the military.
Il have come Ia the wrong house, said
But observing that dim light was reflect
ed through the half open door of room
opening into the hall advanced and en.
tered the apartment lt had but single
occupant. He was sleeping upon lounge.
aud my steps aroused him Returned over
and looked at me
What DO you want" he demanded
! want 70 see General w L sherman =
Il m General Sherman. What do you
want.
~ explained as briefly as possible. II,
snid shortly in substance that his u-det.
4 were % spare the factory, and they would
/ be- obpyed lie said that he wanted To ge
To sleep lie stretched himself and shut
his eyes. and walked out aud returned uT
town. a few hours later the factory was in
nshc~
And sou say that General sherman had
no bodyEuardst"
II say that ! entered his bedroom and left
l II without being chuliongel-iu fact, with.
I out meeting a soul except the general him.
\ self
| This remarkable incident was told in
| Green s bank, and the narrator was Joshua
/ Green its founder and president. Henry
\ Clay Fairinan IN sunny South
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
A Good w, 10 Clcan Glasses.

Its the greatest idea in the world, said
William II. Paseur rs he stood at the desk
in ihe southern hotel yesterday rubbing
his glasses with $50 bill Nov. can t
see 10 feet without my glasses, and glns-ss
have a tendency To become blurred, You
know. Now, | have worn speetacles con
stantly for over q years and have in a
small Way made a study Of them. A linen
handkerchief does not clean them well
and silk is always sure to leave "A thread
Sticking To- the frames. Paper Is Of no ar-
count. as IL leaves specks on the glass
Cotton !, sure % leave a lot Of lint behind
IT.. GhamO'- j. Ton thick. aud Kid don do
at all. I've tried them all. ana know.
The thing To use my boy is bank uate
II cleans the glasses beautifully and leaves
nothing behihl il.
"Df course il isn't necessary 10 uso a
fifty every time, but | happened u haye
this one loose in my pocket, and I'm eS-
peeting friend along In minute aud |
want 10 make an impression. Yes, they
SAY that bills carry disease with them, bnt
! amt afraid much. I've never caught
anything from them. You can use anc
as well a a fifty, but use a nifty, II you
can; there's more money in it"-St Louis
Globe Democrat
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
1hr rrc.lrt,t of ChIldren.

When quite young children often show
disposition TO hold objects very close 10
their eyes, Others have slight tendency to
squiut, thus showing that there is au inc,
quality in the eyes. II attended to In time
this can be remeded by wearing specially
prepared spectaeles for given time, but il
neglected spectacles will be OF no avail and
nothing remains but surgical operation.
Parents cannot be too careful about this
matter, as many a child has lost the sight
Of one eye on account OF the ignorance and
negligence OF the parents.
W hen child first enters school its eyes
should be thoroughly tested by means Of
certain simple tests in the hands Of the
teacher, so that IT can be ascertained be.
yond the possibility Of doubt whether
the sight Is defective or not and able to
bear the necessary strain arising from
close application TO study. Nothing Is Of
30 much Importance to child as its eye
sight. Little or no progress can be made
at school unless the eyes are in "A normal
condition. philadelphia Star.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
rhe cnrc nfnn on stnre.

The preventive for bad smell ia an oil
stove is to use good oil and to keep tha
stove absolutely and perfectly clean. Every
day the fues over the burners must bA
thoroughly cleansed. Several thicknesset
OF old soft cotton cloth tied around sticA
answer for this purpose better than any
brush. The oil reservoir must on no act
count be filed 10 the brim, or the oil oozes
out and causes a smell Once week II il
well to wash every getatabie part with hot
water and soda This thoroughly takes
off any oily SCOT which may have accumu-
lated and which iH the chief cause OF smell.
st. Paul Pioneer Press
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

oENEl'Al 7. 7 EDGEt.r the story 81 hi.
life IS not without enough of the lights aud
shades % sentiment nnd ad,ersity to make
II n littlo r0uAntjg.
Geueral EeArri Is a native of Ohio and Is
nearly os years oi age He il said To have
started out ia lie rs an apprentice to his
father, who was harness maker in Woos.
ter, -, t yaut ur more ago There he had
lgyc episode that resulted Ia n breach Of
promise suit IN which the verdict was
against him, and there when Morse CAV. his
telegraph 60 the world Young Eekeft was
Cng " the first to master IL aud soon be.
came proficient III IT, use His recognized
ability as mn operator gained him the su-
pcHntcndcncy ~ the pitt-burg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago telegraph line and he
secured a murr responsible position when
that Inns WAS itkeu int0th Western Union
system He lrft the company 10 operate an
Improbable gold mime Ia North Carolina.
where hn was when the war broke out
General Mcclellan appointed him super
intendent of military telrgraphs for the
Army ii The Potomac III 1862 and in Sep.
temhrr of that year he was called 10 Wash.
ington ana given charge OF the military
telegraph headquarters, with the rank Of
major. He was hrryrtted lieutenant colonel
IN 1871 and thcn brigalicr general, aud ap.
pointed assistant secretary 81 war, which
position he filled till ls0B, when be resigned
10 become general superintendent OF the
Western Union.
In 1873 General Eekert became president
Of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph com
pany, holding tile position until the com,
pany was absorbed by the Western Union
in 1881, when he was made vice president
and general manager lie will continue to
net as general manager Of the company un-
iii the meeting Of the board Of directors in
October when his successnr ~ that posi-
tion will In all probability be appointed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
InEngll.h MnrLhnn.n..

|. was the great reproaeh against the
English workhouse In old times that hus-
band and wife, even in advanced age, were
separated, and the touching wish embodied
In John Andersen, My Jo," could not be
carried out. But as n matter OF fact Il now
appears that the wish itself Is wanting.
I've looked after be for 20 year" says an
ancient dame, sand I've had enough OF II, !"
and II came In here on purpose 10 get out Of
the reach OF the old gals tongue" retorts
the husband. Only few couples still care
for one another's society. VIC are told. San
Francisco Argonaut
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26

Professor Oppenheim is n short, good
looking young woman, with a fair com.
plexion, very blond hair, a large mouth
showing large white teeth, and she has n
clear green eye, She wears "A doctors gown
OF black silk over her walking costume,
and upon her fair hair rests the academic
mortar board.
At her lectures she explains the indica-
tions which the head, the eyes, the nose,
the mouth betray to her carefully trained
mind Subjects are invited to come upon
the platform, and she reads from their
heads and faces as from a printed chart
Just what sort of persons they are. She In
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
The stnl of Women In the L. $. Trea.ut

The most skillfui persons to Identify the
notes and bonds which were defaced anil
charrcd in the great Chicago fire we're
women. There was one mass of charrel
paper from the Chicago fire amounting tb
sl65, 900. consisting of legal tenders, nH
tional bank and fractional notes, bonds
and coupons. They were SO charred that
they would erumble ut the touch. This
black mass was given to six ladies for
Identification, and In the course of time
they accomplished their task. Other like
amounts from that city were In like man
ner successfully Identified. WashinRtoh d
Cor Boston journal