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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
The Time to i,e Careful.

Now is the season above all others for
mothers carefully to watch their flock
especially the older children, who have
had n winter Of study and necessarily
curtailed exercise; the boys and girls
who have had their brains worked while
their bodies have remained comparatively
inactive all through the winter. Spring
examinations, too, are before many a
young student, Just at the time when
they feel the greatest lassitude and dis
inclination for work. "How | wish |
could take them all out of school for a
few weeks, said an anxious mother the
other day, noting the pale faces and less
ening appetites Of her children. 1--WE
all had to go through it, said the more
philosophic parent. 81 expect they can
stand it-they will have to be educated
like every one else"
And that IL just the hard part Of il in
this world! The battle is to the strongest
nothing stops; a week Of absence from
school or college means harder work later
on Therefore, unless the need is urgent,
we cannot take our children ont OF the
treadmill of daily work; but il behooves
MS to be all the more careful to watch
their diet. to see that they have sleep
enough and exercise enough, and, II
necessary, to give them some tonic
adapted TO their constitutions and needs
In old days and even now, probably,
In old fashioned families, the inevitable
pitcher of bitters appeared every spring
on the sideboard, to be partaken of gen.
orally by the whole family. Home made
and brewed fresh every day, it was to
be taken cold, with little sugar to
sweeten it If desired; the ingredients
were different, according to the fayorite
recipe Of the house mother, but all ex-
cellent and, as the old ladies used to say,
Good for spring sinkin'; and clearin'
OF the blood. New York Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
A Camp Experience.

A Rhode Island soldier. while on
picket guard, was rushed upon by a
party Of Confederate cavalry He fired
at the foremost Of them aud ran. Be
fore HIM was an open field about fifty
rods across, bounded by an old log fence,
and beyond that thicket of briers and
underbrush. For this bushy retreat the
soldier started, half dozen horsemen
after him. Fortunately for the fugitive.
the rains had softened the soil. and the
horses slumped through the turf so badly
that pursuit was slow.
A pistol ball passed through the run
ner's hat, hut he reached the fence. and
with one bound landed on the top, in
tending to give long spring ahead, but
the old fence crumbled beneath his
weight and down he went.
But luck favored him again, for hog
had rooted ont a gutter at this place and
at the moment was lying in 1t. The
soldier fell plump into the hole. and the
frightened hog uttered one squeal and
scampered into the underbrush. leaving
the newcomer in possession Of the wal.
low and buried under the debris of the
fence.
A minute more and up dashed the
horsemen. Hearing the rustic OF the
fleeing hog in the bushes, they supposed
it to be the picket, and dashed through
the gap in the fence and hastened on.
When they were well out Of sight tbs
fugitive crawled ont from the mudhol,
and ran back 10 camp.
The following day one Of the same
horsemen was taken prisoner. Our here
recognized him at once.
81 say" he asked did you catch that
hog yesterday
I'VE did that" retorted the prisoner
'but it wasn't the one we were afterr-
Youths Companion.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
Whore the Men Sew

A novelty in the way of sewing classes
Is that which has taken the place of the
Mondays aboard the receiving ship Yer
mont in the Brooklyn navy yard. 1t is
a novelty because the men come, and
more than that, they actually work.
They thread needles, find thimbles, run
the sewing machine. and one or two of
them display their navy life training by
pronounced skill in closing a seam.
A second feature. which is not usual
with these functions, is that the young
maids and matrons sew for the heather
to the accompaniment of band music
the navy yard band being stationed in
its usual place, whence its melodies float
into the captains cabin. where industry,
supplemented with chocolate and cakes,
is lat home"
A young woman who is a member Of
this class admits that when the music
becomes too inspiring some pairs OF rest
less feet cease tapping impatient time to
q yalse or schottische and go Yhirling
about instead. but this alteration of.the
routine lis merely temporary" she says,
land does not really interfere with the
work. Her Point of View in New York
Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
Discovered Gold, Ye, Died 10 Poverty.


First, as to the men at Coloma in Janu
airy, is4s, Marshall was not enriched. His
lumber was soon in demand at 500 a thou.
sand feet OF board measure, or twenty.fold
more than he had expected when he com
menced; but not many months elapsed be
fore all the good timber trees near Coloma
had been cut down by the miners, aud then
the mill had To stop. He turned mis- atten-
tion to mining. but was not successful.
When he had money he did not know how
TO keep IL. When he had a good claim he
did not stick TO it. When friends tried to
help him he frequently refused their offers
with a snarl lie imagined offenses where
none were intended. He complained OF
plots against his life in a community where
nearly everybody acknowledged obligation
TO him.
He was irritated by the superior popu.
larity and prosperity OF Sutter, by the
fact that to Sutter the main credit OF the
gold discovery was given by many news
papers and influential citizens, and that,
partly under the influence of that idea, a
pension of $3.50 month was given to Sut.
ter in 1870, while the true discoverer re-
oeived nothing. After the publication of
Marshall's biography in 1870. the legisla-
ture perceived the injustice Of its exclusive
favor to Sutter, and in the course OF six
years II gave -, 600 as pension TO Marshall,
but left him TO spend the last eight years
Of his life In poverty and priyation. In
1885, ut the age Of -, he died while alone
In a solitary cabin which he occupied in
company with another aged and INDECENT
pioneer miner. lie was buried at Coloma,
In sight OF the place where he discovered
the gold. His figure, in colossal bronze,
stands over his graye-John s. Hittell In
Cantury
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
Chemical rr.c, Of Lightning.

Lightning works chemically as well
as mechanically. 1t has tho power Of
developing a peculiar odor, which has
been variously compared to that of phos-
phorus, nitrous gas and most frequently
burning sulphur. Wafer mentions q
storm on the lsthmus of DArien which
diffused such sulphurous stencil
through the atmosphere that he and his
maruuding companions could scarcely
draw their breath, particularly when
they plunged into the wood. The Brit
ish ship Montague was once struck by
globular lightning. which left such a
satanic SAVIOR behind it that the vessel
seemed nothing but sulphur, and every
man was suffocating.
About a year ago the newspapers re-
corded a similar experience Of the crew
Of another English ship while crossing
the north Pacific from China to the
States. In this case the crew had to
take 10 the rigging TO prevent being
choked by the sulphur fumes,
bers' Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11

was shown dress made for the
czarina III Paris. II was composed of q
short train, eorsage and high Medici
collar in stamped velvet. The pattern in
relief was of cold. pearl gray. and the
ground of pinsish gray, of tender
hue. which, however, will have its full
value in electric light The front part
of the skirt followed in hue the gray OF
the velvet flowers, and was trimmed in
diagonal curves, with five rows of pink
and gray ruches Of cut silk. Between
the ruches there were lunches of the
finest silver thread, looking like thistle
down. The upper part of the body had
q square cut aperature filed in with pink
silk. ON which silver braid was vertically
applied all over. The stomacher and
dorsal peak were outlined with triple
cord of pink silk, gray silk and silver,
ending in tassels, which repeated the
thistledown effect. The dress had inside
the skirts, from the knees down, six rows
Of fully gathered Valenciennes lace, en-
hyened with alternate flots of pink and
pearl gray narrow ribbon. The fiot is
made by arranging ribbon in quanti-
ty of falling loops all held together
Mrs. Crawford in London Truth.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11

Arkwright, the celebrated English in
ventor Tin his younger days.. and even Sir
Isaac Newton, believed perpetual motion
might be discovered. All 50 called perpet.
ual motion machines that have run have
been impositions with sect clockwork or
some other hidden source of propulsion.
Men have presumed. by the aid OF levers,
balls rolling on an inclined plane, the
wheel and axle. the Archimeliean screw,
the pump, the syphon. the hytlrostatic bel
lows. the hydraulic ram, etc, to have dis
covered perpetual motion. An authority
In the study declares. From the infant
machine projected In the Thirteenth cent
ury TO the last hydraulic, pneumatic,
weighted and lever worked pretensions
patented as motions, no motion whatever
has resulted from she one or the other to
the present day. Not solitarr discovery
In on record, not one absolutely ingenious
scheme projected or one aimple self motive
model accomplished. Chicago Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11

Five years ago little company of
working girls met to talk together OF
something to brighten the lives Of work
ing women. The anniversary of that
meeting was held in n club house be-
longing to society of working women.
The second anniversary was celebrated
by convention Of the different CLUBS
formed on the original plan of the first
society The third anniversary united
In an association Of these working girls
clubs, The fourth celebration of the
day convened hundreds of delegates
from different states and cities where
similar clubs had been formed and united
In association.
The latest step is the organization for
the purpose of raising and managing n
fund known as THE mutual benefit
fund Of the New York Association Of
Working Girls societies." the object Of
which Is TO provide for its members in
case OF illness or death. Any working
girl who Is member in good standing
OF one of the clubs in the New York ~
sociation Is entitled TO membership In
the new society, and by paying the
eAAAtAif uuta RA AWNhts 'hfo N0hto - htiuhh
will receive in case of sickness $5 each
week until her recovery, and $50 in case
of her death shall be paid TO her suryiy-
ing relatives.
The officers Of this society are Mrs
Gaspar Griswold, president; Mrs. II. Oh
lesheimer. vice president; Miss Potter,
general secretary, and Miss Virginia
Furman. general treasurer There Is
also board OF managers consisting Of
representatives appointed from the diff
ferent clubs, one representative for each
twenty mem bers, and the general officers,
who have entire control of all the affairs
of the society. the supervision OF the
fund and the payment of its benefits
Like all the working girls societies, this
new society is in no sense charitable
one, but managed on the cooperative
plan entirely. New York World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
About Airing Beds.

In airing beds the most thorough careful
housekeeper often errs through her very
thoroughness She will shake the sheets,
blankets, etc, and hang them out OF the
window and over chairs, having them all
exposed as much as possible to the direct
rays OF the sun and in the strongest breeze.
and this is just what should be done Then
the pillows Will be taken up and thumped
until they are soft and fluffy and placed in
the very snnuiest spot. and this is all
wrong. The sun will draw the oil from
the feathers. and the pillows will have a
rancid, disagreeable odor. Expose them to
the air daily. be as thorough as you please
In this, and place the pillowalips in the
sun II you wish, bur 10 not make the mis-
take Of giving pillows, holsters, cushions
or anything containing feathers long sun
bath, or you will do them more harm than
good.-Exehange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
She Caught an Editor Mapping.


A very bright little woman who writes
well and often for the magazines has
caught an editor mapping, and a more
jubilant woman have never seen. She
just seems TO revel in her conquest. Not
long ago the editor sent her commits
sion to write an article on a given topic.
She accepted, and in fortnight for
warded the manuscript. Back came q
letter from the editor saying that she
had not treated the subject rs he wished,
and, with some suggestions, asked her to
rewrite the article. She was disappoint-
ed. but with her disappointment came
an idea. 'Now | will test my theory
that there are editors who are not so
sharp as people imagine" said my lady,
and forthwith she prepared to put her
scheme to trap her editorial friend in
motion.
She allowed her manuscript to lie in
her desk for one month, then, untouched
and without single revision. had the
manuscript transferred by the type
writer With sweet and gracious little
note the manuscript, in its new form,
went back TO tho editor with the single
query, "ls this more to your idea of what
the article should beg"
In two days came back the response,
"The article, as revised, is exactly in
accordance with my ideas, which am
glad | was successful in making known
TO you" Oh, that womanl Her life
has been sunshine after that day. She
has caught prominent editor mapping,
and the height of her ambition seems to
be reached. Edward w. Bok's Letter.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11

latter half Of this century, that Anna
Dickinson Is an old woman. This Is
far from true Anna Dickinson began
her career when she was mere child
not more than fourteen or fifteen. She
is now about forty. in the prime of life.
Her present illness might, think, be
traced to various canses. The principal
one. in my opinion, is her failure on
the stage OF few years ago Her man.
ner OF lecturiEg was so forcible aud
dramatic that some injudicious friends
OF hers thought she could have even n
greater success as an actress than she
had as public speaker. Now that was
poor logic, as they found out.
"There is vast difference between
the platform and the stage. But If there
Is any quality that Anna Dickinson pos
sessed to marked degree it was persist
ency. She was determined to succeed,
but the public and the press wouldn't
have it. Her performance of male parts
was jeered at. Her Hamlet was de-
nounced as feeble imitation of Booths
Her first play, the Crown OF Thorns,
was very well received, and IL her health
had not gone back on her she might now
repeat that success sometime, for she has
lately been at work writing new drama
Poor Annai She was great woman in
her day, and she has had great career.
| believe that il she RECEIVERS from her
present trouble she may do something
yet which will show that her career isn't
by any means ended. New York Tele-
gram.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
Dinner Table Novelties.

Among dinner table novelties every
one wants chatting dish. Castors are
coming back and pickle dishes are going
out. SO are finger bowls. alasl Wine
glasses are changed at every course. The
menu Of a grand dinner this week was
printed on half dollars. Ice cream glasses
are retained as souvenirs by the guests
ut some entertainments, Favors which
are given at dinners, etc, in some cases
assume gigantic proportions, viewed
financially. went into novelty studio
on Fifth avenue one day TO price some
pretty butterflies. intending to take
home dozen and half TO grace GER.
tain occasion that evening. found that
the cute little things" We're sixty dol.
lars dozen.-New York Cor. Pittsburg
Press
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
A Fortunate Cat.

A cat which patronizes the soda water
fountain is an attraction OF drug store
in Sixth avenue, near jefferson market.
1t is a fine plump animal, with layer
of fat for each Of it's thirteen years. but
between its age and weight it is most
deliberate in its movements. Its teeth
are not what they once were by any
means, and so it gets along most easily
with liquid food. Long ago it discov-
cred that the cream Of the fountain
suited its tastes, and il has habit Of
going up 10 the counter and waiting
until it Is served with light refreshments
in its own particular saucer. Then 1t
sits in the sunlight and blinks content
edly, the envy of all the small boys Of
the neighborhood. whose visits to the
fountain are limited by circumstances
over which they have no control.-New
York Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11

The experiments which | have been
making consist chiefly of soaking scraps
of meat. bits Of hard boiled eggs and
things of that sort, in tho poison of
vipers and analyzing the changes which
resulted in them after given interval
From these and from similar trials il
was found that this fluid had the power
of dissolving the alhnmen OF flesh like
the gastric juice has, so 1t is thought
that one great use tperhaps the greatesD
of the venom is to aid in the digestion OF
the serpeni's food. OF course it might
do that and serve as ammunition TO kill
the prey as well. Manchester Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
A Cheap Remed, Tor smallpox.

1--WE cheap and safe remedy for
smallpox. said medical man. My
father was a physician before me and
he used it successfully. It's sure, too,
in cholera and yellow fever. Now
guess 1t, gentlemen. It's simple ar.
ticle-one you've all used from child
hood. No, you can't2 Well. sirs. it's
salt--common, plain. everyday salt
Salt, you know, preserves, prevents pu-
trefaction. The diseases we most fear,
according to eminent medical authori-
ties, are due to putrefaction In our sys-
tenn. Here's where the salt works like
a charm. Now. don't smile, but try ii.
II you take two teaspoonfuls of salt in n
glass of water, say three times a day,
you'll not have 20 he vaccinated during
a smallpox epidemic. Stunned during a
cholera scare or nursed during yellow
fever plague. Put little vinegar in
the glass to make the dose palatable and
keep 1t up week or so. Salt is a pre-
server of life. gentlemen. and If You are
ever in a position to test its efficacy
You'll remember this conversation. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
WOMAN'S WORLD.
MRS. FRANK lEsLIE's SCHEME TO
HELP WOMEN WHO NEED 1T.

The Time to lie CarefuI-rn a Good Work.
Poor Anna Dickinson-A Costly DTesA
Dinner Table NovcIties-The Lukewarm
Bath-she Wants an Asp.
As the immortal Lydia Pinkham Of
the perennial smile says, Woman sym
pathizes with woman" and it is doubt
less this tender feeling which mas in
duced Mrs. Frank Leslie to make will
bequeathing large portion Of her fort
une for the purpose of founding an in
stitution for her poorer sisters
Il have not yet decided exactly what
form my woman's institute shall take"
she says. Il want to supply that lack in
woman's life which is so large factor
In the life of a man-the ability to get
the best facilities for improvement. re-
taxation and hcme life at cost price
Perhaps want my woman's institute to
be a womans club. where my artist
women can have their studios and my
literary women the very best Of instruc-
ton and companionship.
This is n very laudable scheme, but il
has its dangers. Philanthropy on so
large a scale needs the shrewdest man
agement to be made successful. Mrs
Leslie should remember the terrible fail
ure of A. I. Stewards post mortem gen
erosity TO the working women and profit
by it. If her scheme takes the shape Of
an institution to help young women who
are artists il will be of great assistance
TO class of persona whose opportunities
for study are in this country compara-
lively small.
Women artists need help much more
than literary women, for the latter have
plenty of opportunities for self improve
ment now, and for the exercise of their
craft the newspapers offer them chances
which they never before have enjoyed
However, any plan which tends to make
the condition of women in cities easier
than II is Mt present Is to be commended,
for their lot at present, though much
better than It was fifty years ago. is by
no means an ideal one.-New York Tel
egram
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
NO. AZ.


n Is quite likely that no country boy
needs TO be told about the life OF boy on
farm, but be may more truly realize his
own Importance by reading what Charles
Dudley Warner says about him.
''It is my impression. " says Mr.. Warner,
"that a farm without boy would soon
come to grief What n boy docs is the life
Of the farm. He Is the factotum, always
In demand and always expected 10 do the
Thousand and one things that nobody else
will do. Upon him fall the odds and ends,
the most difficult things. After everybod
else Is through he is to finish up. His
work is like woman's-perpetually wait
ing on Others. Everybody knows how
much easier 1t Is to cook good dinner
than TO wash the dishes afterward.
Consider what boy on a farm In re-
quired to do-things that must be done. or
life would actually stop. IL is understood
la the first place that he Is to do all the err
rands. 20 go to the store, to the postofiice
and TO carry all sorts OF messages. II he
had many legs as the centipede they
would tire before night.
''He Ia the one who spreads the grass Ms
the men cut IL; he slows 1t away in the
barn; he rides the horse 10 cultivate the
corn up and down the hot, weary rows; he
brings wood and water and splits kindling;
he gets up the horse and turns out the
horse Whether be is in the house or out
of the house there is always something to
do. just before school In the winter he
shovels paths. and in the summer lac turns
the Rrindstone.
"And yet, with his mind full Of schemes
Of what he would like TO do, and his hands
full of occupation. he is an idle boy who
has nothing to busy himself with but
schools and chores. He would gladly do
all the work IL somebody else would do all
the chores. he thinks, and yet | doubt Il
any boy ever amounted to anything in the
world or was OF much use as a man who
did not enjoy the advantages Of a liberal
education In the way Of chores"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
The Women Did No. Care.

The Rapid, during her last cruise, had
curious little experience, reminding one
Of the Legendary story Of the Sabine fair,
who. having once been abducted by bold
bad Romans, had no mind to return to
their homes. Captain Castle received in
formation that one Coral. chief in the
Solomon islands, had made raid and
carried off ten women. When he arrived
at Goral's stronghold, however, he found
that the ladies preferred to remain in
their new domicile, and were by no
means anxious to be rescued.-London
World
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
An Early Map of North Aper,c..

The editor owns an original copy OF Hey
hn's "Gosmographica ti652l, containing a
map Of North America which has Texas,
louisiana and New Mexico mot by name,
but by locarionl marked as islands A
great chain Of mountains runs across from
Virginia 10 the Pacific az about the lati.
tude Of Memphis. Tenn. The headwaters
Of the Mississippi are located at about the
same place; California Ia cut oil from the
mainland, and the Rio Grande rises in n
big lake IN Montana and flows southwest
into the Gulf Of California, hich is there
called Mare Nermiglio. st. Louis Re
public.