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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

ward wady Halfa, They were met by
the Egyptian troops. led by English Off
cers. at Toski, and after hard fight
were utterly defeated. Wad Nejumi
was killed in the desperate charge made
by his uen, and great number of his
followers were also shot down. Among
the prisoners were Abdullah Nejuini. the
infant son of the general, and his nurse
The child was taken to Cairo. where
he was placed under the charge Of the
English nurses in the government hos
pital AS IA kind Of state prisoner. The
English soldiers gave him the name of
Jimmy, this being rs near as they could
get to Nejumi. Jimmy has high opin
ion Of his own importance and returns
the salutes of the Soudanese soldiers and
policemen with grave politeness. BY the
Soudanese he is considered II parsonage
of high rankin fact. dervish chief
and already the authorities are begin
ming toask themselves what is to be done
with the boy. This question will soon
become one Of Importance, for Jimmy
is now about years old. The accom-
panying illustration is from photograph
by Mr.. G. s. Sheppard.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

England il beyond the ordinary range
Of the stork, though hardly year passes
without one or two being seen on the
east coast and generally, alas! shot Un-
like the bittern and ruff. IL was no more
common before the fens and swamps
of Cambridge and Lincolnshire were
drained than IL is at the present day,
Mime honored friend. Sir Thomas
Brown, of Norwich" wrote Willughby.
200 years ago. says that It Is but rarely
seen on our coasts. There Is. we be-
heve. no record of its nesting In Eng
land. and the inposSihility of protecting
q migratory bird precludes the hope Of
its being introduced into the country
Chambers journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
A Mystsry About Blasaish.

Although the blnefish In familiar to
everybody. exactly where Pomatomus
saltatrix comes from or where he is born
few know about. BE has the widest
kind Of distribution. for Professor q.
Brown Goode tells Us bluehsh ara found
In the Malay archipelago. Australia.
Cape OF Good Hope. In the Meiiter-
ranean. and ranges along our coast from
Brazil to Nova Scotia. but no one has
yet established the facts as TO its places
OF reproduction. OF Is IL known where
bluetish spawn.-New York Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
AarruL CUPID.

Al I went walking down the dale.
Master Cupid ram beside me,
And with many winsone tale
Laughingly the trickstsr piled me
Seeking with hts subtle art
Entrancr lo my guarded heart .
NAY" said '''tis no avail"
Yet the little rogue deiied me-
-Ah." said he, II never fail;
None hath ever yet denied me.
Thou shaft see what cunning art
can practice on the heart"
-Braggart boyl pass unharmed;
Roasting hath undone thee, stupid
On walked. forewarned. foresrmed.
Smiling back at Master Cupid.
VRinly with his Wanted art
serking entrance to my heart
As | looked ! saw he wept
Ger the -itd defeat before him
All. my sentrieS must have slept
As bent IA pity Ger him.
For the imp OF woudrous art
Leaped into my open heart.
Willis Is. Hawkins la Detroit Free Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

Those who have tried ammonia and
peunyroyal as remedy against mos
quito blood poisoning should try men.
thol. pencils Of which cost from ten TO
twenty five cents II the bite Is wetted
with the tongue Immediately after pune.
tnre, and well rubbed with the menthol
until the peppermint action Is felt, the
inflammation will entirely disappear
and no irritation epsne after the frs.
minute or two II IL real panacea and
very little known. New York Truth
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

Only once this winter
Did my fayorits rosebaSh bloomi
Then the daintiest, loveliest blossom
Flushed In my little room-
But. ahl as its leaves were unfolding
Growing pinksr aud brighter each hour
Came Effie, our baby to visit,
Aud away went the beautiful flower.
"Oh. Efile! Oh. baby! how could you"
said, when the sweet scented thing
Had come, in the midst Of the winter,
To bring us glad tidings OF spring."
~'Es." said Ellie. and tenderly Kissed IL,
"'Tis as boofeg as boofer tan be.
An fought cause Il was very bonfer
Dod made II on purpose for me-"
Detroit Free PrMm
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.


In 1889 the dervishes from Khartoum
made a desperate effort to drive the
Egyptians from their advanced post at
Wady Halfa. Under the leadership OF
the famous Wad Nejuini, the great gen.
eral of the dervishes who defeated Hicks
Pasha and was the military adviser OF
the mahdi, a vast mob Of dervishes. with
their wives, children and camp follow,
ers, advanced along the Nile valley to.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
Medicine. From AnImnl..

The beaver yields secretion known M
castor or castoreum, powerful antiSpas-
modie medicine commonly used In eases Of
hysteria, and the well known aromatic sub
stance, musk-which, besides being used
for toilet purposes, Is, in combination with
other drugs, also frequently used rs rem,
edy In hysteria and epilepsy-is the secre
tion Of small kind OF goat found IN the
mountainous parts Of Asia-London Tit.
BitA
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

Life is de,p and perplexing problem
only to those who seek a solution in the
tones OF the old fathers, the scienfists. the
philosophers and the investigators, In the
light that glows from a true, warm heart
1t Ia a sweet, plain, easy lesson that the
simplest child Of nature can rsad.-Dstrois
Free Press
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
The pLAYmAres

Who src thy rlaymaics. boyf
"Aiy favorite i Joy,
Who brings with him biz sister Peace. ta
stay
The liReloug day.
love them both. but hs
Il most 10 me"
And where tbs play mates now.
U man Of sober browI
'Alasi dear Joy. the merriest Is dead.
But have wed
Peace; and our babe. boy.
Newborn. l. JOY"
-. d. Tai In Harpers Young People.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

Nervous Lady-Therei I've had some
ashes put on the hill outside, and now
guess those noisy coasters viii go some
where else.
Boy loutsidel-Hil All Of youl Heres
bully place 10 shine y.r runners. -Gco&
NswA
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

T C. Kennelley, OF Lebanon, s. ID.
has sold his eight legged calf to museum
man for $l.O00 The lnonstrosity Is the
proud owner of two heads. two tails and
sight lega
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

Horace-will you be my wifes
Minnie--l can't say.
Horace-Dont you know Jour own
mindY
you think of diamonds. --Jewelsrs' cir
eulAx.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09

The historical gray coat OF Napoleon |.
which WAS stolen from museum, Was
found recently by thr police IN the Quar-
tier du Temple in Paria An old clothes
dealer had gwen the thief three shillings
fnr if
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-09
pnnhlr r.rrIbla.

Little Dick--Why are you girls 50
afraid of batsl
Little Dot-Oooi A bat IL o mouss ON
wings.-Good Nswa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
Arctic Explorations,

This is going to be notable year in
Arctic exploration. No less than five,
and possibly six, great expeditions for
polar research are going or have gone
forth from five countries, four of
which have always taken an active
interest in this branch of geographical
work, namely, Norway, Denmark,
England and America. The fifth coun,
try is Germany, and the object of the
members of the expedition from that
nation is to study the glacial phenom-
ena of South Greenland. OF two the
object of the promoters is identical,
the discovery of the North Pole. This
is the work DR.. NanSen, a Norwegian,
and Mr.. Jackson, an Englshman, have
set themselves to do, but in the minds
of many thoughtful persons it is Il
hopeless task, at least by the methods
each proposes to follow. DR.. Nansen's
scheme, which is, in brief, to throw
himself with a specially constructed
vessel into the pack ice north of the
new Siberian Islands, with the cXpec-
tation that the current will carry hm
across the Pole, as some of the cloth
ing of the crew of the Inflated Jcali-
nette was, seems especially chimerical.
and there is little doubt that it WAS
nothing but his known daring and
lol IHtl bIHlliillt SuCttSS III Altllt IT.
gions that led scientific bodies to con
slider the proposition for Il moment
and assist in raising the necessary
funds.
Mr. Jacksons idea to reach the Pole
by landing on Franz Josef Land and
travelling northward by means of
sledges is not new one. 1t has been
before attempted, and there is. there
fore, it would seem, but little chanc"
of success this time, especially since
the conditions of the attempt are mu"i'
the same. A possible expedition is
one to Arctic America, for the pui-
pose of locating the magnetic pole a
feasible and important project, and
which will be- if the funds can b
raised, a purely American enterprise
and the conception of Lieut.. Glider
The two remaining expeditions. whi"
in common, and it may be that sec
tions of the two will meet each other
in their work. These are those of DR..
Ryder, a Dane, who returned last year
from the east coast of Greenland with
valuable discoveries, and who returns
there this year to pursue his research
cS, and Lieut.. Peary, whose splendid
achievements of 1892 justly placed
him in the front rank of the Arctic
explorers of the country. Both pro
pose to make explorations on the east
coast of Greenland, but that with
Lieut.. Peary is but an incident. His
main object is to explore the northern
limits of Greenland and the outlying
land bpyOnd
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
CALIFORNIA HERMlTS.
NJ II Passing Their Lives In Idle Solitude
on the Mountain Tops.

Is man essentially social animal:
The scientists say so. But in the
mountains of California there are al
most enough men who for years have
led life of utter solitude to diSprovp
the generalization. These mountain
hCrmitS can be found scattered through
the Sierra and the Coast Range from
one end of the State to the other. They
are particularly numerous through this
region, centcring about the Yosemite
Valley and extending far back into
the high Sierra. Some of them were
once guides in the valley, others have
been miners and some again seem to
have taken up the life of solitude sim
ply because they like it. To this class
belongs old =. X. Gibson-"Old Glib"
as he is generally called-who lives on
mountain ranch not far from here.
He is scventy-seven years old, but IS
possessed of as much physical strength
and endurance as the average man of
half his age. He came here thirty
years ago from Tennessee, where he
left Il wife and large family of chill
dren. One of his sons came to see
him recently and tried to induce him
to visit his former home, but "Old
Glib steadfaStly refused to leave his
little ranch and solitary cabin. He has
never seen a railroad, and the stage
drivers from the nearest station try
their utmost to persuade him to go to
town and at least look at train OF
cars. But his invariable answer is,
DO you think | am going down there
to be blowcd up by one of them there
blamed engines? Not much"
Nearly all the men who live this lif
of solitude very long get bit queer in
the head, and "Old Glib" is no eXccp-
ton to the rule He has rgmarolc
description of himself which declares;
that he is 1.-The best man in the United
States or adjoining territories, either
directly or indirectly, financially, com
mercially. enthusiastically or unchurch-
flied" The old man is hard worker,
and when he is not busy on his ranch
he is working energetically making
shakes" that is, clapboards split and
sawed by hand from big pine trees.
Old man Lambert, who has claim
In the high Sierra, some twenty or
thirty miles back of the Yosemite, is
another of the mountain hermits He
has neither ranch nor mining claim.
but lives by what he shoots and by an
occasional few dollars earned from
camping parties. He has lived alone
In that same spot for years and years,
and will in all likelihood stay there
until he dies. There are months at a
time that he does not see another hl.
man being. A party of campers last
summer found him making a huge
stone wall that seemed to have no pur-
pose whatever. In surprise they asked
him what he was piling up those
stones for.
why he said, "a mans got to do
something, up here alone, or he'll go
wrong, sure. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
How Nature Grows a Tree

Nature invariably does two things
when she tries to grow Il tree-she pro-
tccts the Lark from hottest sunshine
and the roots from severe changes of
temperature. Both these points are al
most invariably overlooked by man.
Observe Il maple, elm or birch as it
shoots up from the ground; its sides
are clothed all the way with small
twigs, unless removed by knife or
browsing. Any tree starting in an open
lot is thus protected from the sun.
Otherwise the extreme heat will rllp-
ture cells and the bark will dry or
split. AS far as possible there must be
equal development of cells on all sides
of the tree. But care of the roots is
even more important.
The feeding of n tree Is at unequal
depths, but most of it is near the sur
face. If the sun be allowed to strike
directly on the soil, the finer rootlcts
that do the foraging are destroyed, and
extreme droughts will affect the roots
for foot in depth. What is worse,
the extreme changes of temperature
also affect the tree and suck its life
away. In some cases such conditions
are produced as to encourage the de-
velopment of fungi, or other enemies
to plant life. Nature guards against
this by laying down each autumn
layer of leaves, to emulch her forests
or solitary pets.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
ReDairinp an OCEAN CabIe

1t has always been matter of spec
ulation and wonder to most people as
to how Il marine cable once broken in
midocean is ever got together again
The explanation is this: First, it must
be known that the cable practically
rests everywhere on the bottom of the
sea. Or course there are places where
sudden deep places coming between
shallow ones will cause the cable to
make span as over Il ravine or gully.
In other places the ocean is so deep
that the cable finds it's specific gravity
somewhere in midwater, so to speak
In that case it rests quite as firmly as
if it We're ON solid ground.
When a break occurs the first step,
of course, is to accurately locate its
position. "A conductor such as cable
offers certain amount of obstruction
or resistance to the passage of an
electric current. Apparatus has been
devised for the measuring of this re
sistance.' The unit of resistance is
called an ohm. The resistance of the
average cable is, roughly speaking,
three ohms per nautical mile Resist
ance practically ceases at the point
where the conductors make consider
able contact with the water There
fore, if when measuring to locate a
break it be found that the measuring
apparatus indicates resistance of 900
OhmS the position of the fault will be
known to be 300 miles from shore.
With this information the captain of
the repairing ship is able to determine
by his charts of the course of the cable
the latitude and longitude of the spot
where the break occurred, and can pro-
ceed with certainty to effect the repair.
When the approximate neighborhood
of the track is reached a grapnel is
dropped overheard and the vessel
SteamS slowly in Il course at right an
giles to the run of the cable. On the
deck of the ship there is a machine
called a dynOmeter, which, as its name
implies, is used to measure resistance
The rope securing the grapncl passes
under this. If the dynometer records
Il steady increase of strain it indicates
that the grapnel has caught the cable.
If, on the other hand, the resistance
varies from nothing to tons and from
tons to nothing again, it is known that
the grapnel is only engaging rocks or
other projections of an uneven bottom.
1t is frequently necessary to drag over
such ground several times before the
cable can be secured.
Having secured one end of a parted
cable, the vessel moorS it to a buoy
and proceeds to search for the other
end. When both ends are brought to-
gether on deck the electrician holds
communication with the shore on both
sides to make sure that there are no
other defective places and that the
cable is perfect in both directions. This
having been satisfactorily determined.
all that remains is to splice the ends
together and drop the cable once more
back into the sea.-New Orleans Times
Democrat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
Uses of Electricity.

The development of electrical indus
tries in the last few years has been
chiefly due to the perfection of the
dynamo as Il generator of electricity
rather than to the discoveries of new
principles. AS Il machine the dynamo
is nearly perfect, but behind it is til.
steam engine, which is relatively i'm
perfect and waSteful. If it were IL,
efficient as the dynamo one pound ot
coal would maintain an arc light ri
night and a hundred glow lamp
where now there are but ten. So on,
must look for improvements in tn
generation of electrical currents HS
well as in methods of utilizing them.
There is more to be hoped for from
the side of chemistry and the galvan.c
battery, for the important elements
carbon and oxygen, are abundant
enough. Now that Dewar has succeed
ed in solidifying the latter, it may b
that Il binding post can be fixed to it
which is impossible in Il gas. On the
other hand, the work of Hertz and
Tesla have made it appear probable
that present ways of producing ligh
may very soon be as antiquated as Is
the talloW dip.
The wants Of men have always been
beyond their ability to supply them.
Primitive man employed animals to IL
small extent, and civilized man supple
ments these with the power of wind.
steam and lately, of electricity. How
much civilization is dependent upon
these is beyond reckoning, but it is
certain that safety, comfort and leisure
depend largely upon making the I'M
nerved energies of nature do our need
full work.
Wind, water and steam can at best
turn a crank, so their usefulness has
been largely of mechanical sort, but
electricity has endowments of higher
order and is not restricted to a single
talent 1t cannot only turn the crank
of motor, but it glows like the sun
in an arc lamp, in it's furnace it fuses
the most refractory substances 1t can
freeze as Well 1t can talk in a telc-
phone, do chemical work in a tank,
make magnets of iron and steel, pro-
ducc ether waves like light, affect other
bodies at distance, and, acting ply
siologically, will kill or cure a man.
Such a gifted gcnii is not to be COM
pared with the common cry of scrvi-
tors, and there is little wonder that
everybody is as anxious aS the oil
Athenians to learn what new thing is
next to be eXpected.-Prof. A. E. Dol
bear. in the Cosmopolitan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
FROsTBJJRG, MD. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.

of devoted love. "Oh, kind sir, can't
you go after him and bring him back !?
He'll pay you well, l know"
We'll, 1 might | suppose" answered
the man. You come to my house and
stay with my old woman, and I'll
mount Dobbin and see if l can over
take him. Cheer up-Ill bring him
back with me as sure as my names
John Henry"
Minnie thankfully followed John
Henry down the road to his "old
woman" Il motherly lady who could
not be kind enough to her upon learn.
ing her story. After bathing her acl-
ing head and partaking Of the dainty
lunch set before her she felt much re-
freshed; and when, at last, she could
see far down the country road a rather
dlapidated looking old horse trotting
slowly along with two men astride its
back, she laughed with delight. 1t was
with difficulty she could believe that
bedraggled looking being could be the
stylish man who had married her such
short time ago, and yet it seemed as
though she had lived lifetime in those
few hours.
Here he is, safe and soundn' shout
ed John Henry, as the horse stopped
at the gate.
Minnie, rushing down to meet them,
fell upon Clydes neck, and the unfor-
tunate hat, which he still held, was
subjected to a pressure which destroy
ed it's beauty forever.-Waverley.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-23
WHOLE NUMBER, 1 IA.
A story of Cold Nerve Developed Under
Stress of Circumstances.

stress of circumstances.
''As general thing" said an old
'49er. the tenderfoot wasn't in it with
the bad man of the mining camp. and
it wasn't natural to expect that he
should be, but occasionally there did
appear one who could more than hold
his Cwn. | recall a man named Caleb
Finby who came to Dream Gulch in its
earlier days, when that region was full
of bad men. He was a tall, spare
young man, with head full of brains,
and he was quick and busincss-like in
everything that he did, but still he was
not Il man that the generality of men
would have picked out as the possessOr
of nerve.
Mr.. Finby set out one day to go to
the neighboring camp of Devils Claw
Canyon. AS he was proceeding along
the road he suddenly came upon, or,
rather, there came suddenly upon him.
man who asked him to throw up his
hands. 1t was Big Bill Better, the ter
ror of Devils Claw Canyon
~ throw 'em up said Mr. Finby,
cheerfully, as he raised them. because
you ask me to, and | don't want to
seem impolite. But at the same time |
must inform you that you are taking
an entirely unnecessary precaution; my
gun ism loaded.
Mr.. Better was himself a man of
fine gall, and his recognition of that
quality in another awakened in him a
certain degree of admiration. Quick to
perceive the change in Mr.. Bclter's
manner, faint and underlined as it was,
Mr.. Finby went on:
But | realize now, as | have not
done before the carelessness of going
about in this way practically unarmed; !;
and if you'll permit me, I'll load now
as guard against future contingcn-
cieS.'
Mr.. Finby'S hands came down as he
uttered the concluding words for he
had seen the hand that had held the
pistol lcvelled against him fall slowly,
as the Terror listened with a sort of
aStonshed amusement
Mr.. Finby had in his hip pocket
pistol and in his waistcoat pocket Il box
of cartridges, which he had bought in
Difference to the advice of friends, but
which he had never brought together
into useful conjunction, partly because
he was not personally bloodthirsty, and
partly because of over confidence in the
human race. But he proceeded now to
load, with perfect calmneSs, but in his
heart amazed at the utter lack of pre-
caution now displayed by Mr.. Better.
who stood leaning against tree and
laughing, apparently quite overcome by
the broad humor of the situation Sud
denly it was discovered that Mr.. Fin
by's gun was being held in such a posi-
ton that N1r. Better could, without in
convenience, look square into the muz-
zle of it, and Mr.. Better discovered also
at the same moment in Mr.. Finby's eye
a light whose meaning no sane man
could by any possibility misunderstood
Mr.. Better was a man with a vast ap-
probation Of the humorous, but not
even his sense of humor could discover
the faintest gleam of fun in the stu
alton as at present developed, and he
suffered the tenderfoot to proceed
without further molestation.' New
York Sun.