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The Universalist., 1896-06-27
Original Story.
THE CLOCKS STORY.
BY REV. GEORGE H. sAHLIN.

NTHEN the old clock chimed
w the hours and the half hours,
unless you were acquainted with the
sound, you would instinctively wait
for some one to go to the door to ad
NIT, one whom you thought to be a
stately visitor, to harmonic with the
character of the ring. The clock was
a marvel in its day, and is not less
marvel now.
1t has ticked off three quarters of
a century. A witness of the tragedies
and comedies of life; life that once
held forth the hopes of golden fu-
ture to the boys and girls who lived
and played and toiled within sound
of its chime, that now seems like
dream, did not the clock bravely keep
at its work, or play, in telling the
world when it might wake or sleep.
The story was told that, one night,
out of some quaint conceit, when the
old folks had retired, and a young
ronrrllss we're courting, uncertain of
the hour, it actually struck twenty
four times-twice twelve-and the
young folks even imagined they
heard the clock inwardly chuckle at
its odd and unusual joke. Well
would it have been could it always
have laughed; but a sadder tale is
the one that it shall tell, because it
was the main witness of the story
that follows. The story is true one,
for did not the clock ask me to write
what it told-excusing itself on the
ground that it had other use for its
hands?
"My creator" now does the clock
speak, "was as honest as the day is
long, and as warm hearted as the
sun. He hated meanness and loved
uprightness. Were he not so con-
spicuous an example of the things he
held in reverence, he would have
been forgotten long ago. Children's
children know him because he has
been made to live again and again in
the tales that their fathers and grand
fathers told.
"Cyril Waumick was a clock smith.
Only once have | suffered from dis
ability, and then it was because the
cold gave me rheumatism in my
Joints; but got over that long ago.
Nothing would have suited me bet
ter than to do him service, but as his
father, Joseph, was in need of a
clock, | was sold to him, and l licked
for him and did not mind, for it was
all in the family, you know.
money was pretty scarce in those
days, so the people kept accounts,
and every once in while balance
was struck, and accounts were set
tied in money or truck, as the case
might be.
It's kind OF sad to walk the hours
for old people; / would rather tick
and strike for the young-theY're SO
The Universalist., 1896-06-27
HORTICULFURE.

The Concord grape still leads among
the black varieties. The Worden is
much like it. and little earlier. Moore's
Early is larger, but not so prolific; is two
weeks earlier and of rather better quality,
and for table use is perhaps the best early
grown grape.
Ihe common Virginia creeper is an
excellent vine for covering board fences
or unsightly walls. The plants should
be cut down almost to the ground when
planted, that the young shoots may
cling as they grow. In the fall the foil.
age becomes of brilliant red and yellow
color.
The failure of the fruit crops has been
serious loss to farmers and fruit grow
ers for years past. There is but little
need to say any more. for spraying is an
easy and an inexpensive remedy for in
sects and blights which have heretofore.
created such havoc.
The wild plant known as motherwort
is probably as fine honey plant as any
in existence. During its season of blos-
soming patch of motherwort is scene.
of great activity. The bees from the
forest and the hives will make the air
resound with their happy buzzing.
Given good place to thrive, it will soon
take possession of the land.
Instead of cutting back the strong
shoots of rose bushes in the spring,
fasten them down near to the ground
with crotched sticks, and there will be
blossoms from nearly every eye, while if
left standing they will bloom from the,
ends only. Cut them back the first year,
that there may be vigorous shoots the,
next.
II apple trees are left to themselves
they will form too much wood and pro-
duce too little fruit. That they may be
kept thrifty and productive they must
be subjected to an occasional pruning
The theory is pretty generally recog-
nizsd, but upon thousands of farms it is
practiced so little as to avail hardly
anything.
Census statistics show that the depre-
dations of insect pests cost the fruit
growers of the United States two hun
dred millions Of dollars annually, while
the experiments of our leading ento-
mologists show that 70 per cent Of this
loss can be prevented by the proper ap-
plication of insecticides. We thus get
larger and more finely favored fruit,
and much more of it.
The Universalist., 1896-06-27
STOCK

Sheep and hogs are utilizers of waste.
Sheep eat the weeds which other ami
mails reject, gather them for themselves,
and enrich the land where they are
kept. Swine eat food which almost
everything else rejects, and also leave
behind them rich legacy as fertilizer;
and both convert all they eat into profit
able products.
Hogs will make a very fair growth
with good clover pasture. but will gain
much more rapidly if they can have, in
addition, all the slops they can eat.
Miodlings and milk make one Ct the
cheapest and best feeds for growing
pigs. and they can be given all they can
eat twice a day with profit.
While it is detriment rather than
benefit to over feed swine, yet in nearly
all cases, and especially when it is de-
sired to push the growth, it will pay to
feed all they will eat up clean, and the
more regularly this is done the better
will be the results procured, nor is the
digestion of hogs easily deranged.
If every farmer would use pure bred
sires only, the value of the stock of the
country would be doubled in a few
years, and stock farming would pay; but
scrub stock farming does not pay; it can
not and will not pay in any country
where land is worth more than very
few dollars an acre.
No two animals are alike; no two pro-
duce third which is a duplicate of
either of the parents; neither can they
produce an animal which represents the
parents in equal proportions. Some
force or forces. obedient to the laws
which govern them, are always active in
producing variations.
Ponds, like streams, afford immense
advantages to owners of stock, and. like
them, too, they often prove a source of
serious loss. Though indispensable,
they are often but little better than
plague spots, and thousands Of young
animals die every year from parasitic
ills incurred by drinking from them.
You can not push hogs too fast, if you
use the right kind of food; and remem-
ber that in fattening hogs it will lessen
the cost if they are provided with clean.
tight pens, and dry. clean sleeping
place. Pigs which have been once
stunted do not make as good use of food
as those which have always been kept
thrifty.
1t is important that pigs get used to
full feeding before they are weaned,
otherwise there is danger of stunting
them. An effort to wean them is not
usually necessary, if properly managed;
they will stop sucking at the proper
time without any check to their growth.
The breeder who is constantly chang
ing his stock can show no great improve
ment nor obtain any decided advantage;
and a good constitution, with a good
frame and digestive organs. is Of more
Importance than color. Fat is produced
at less cost than lean, and it carries
away less fertility from the farm.
If the orchard is seeded down to clover
affords it one of the very best places for
hog to pasture, and especially so after
the trees are in bearing. So long as
their stomachs are kept full they are
not likely to get mischievous. nor to
cause trouble in any way; but this de.
pends somewhat upon the way they
have been handled for past generations.
The Universalist., 1896-06-27
IN SCHOOL DAYS.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

Still sits the schoolhouse by the road,
A ragged beggar summing,
Around it still the sumacs grow
And blackberry vines are rum ng.
Within the masters desk is seen.
Deep scared by raps official;
The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jacknife's carved initial;
The charcoal frescoes on its wall;
Its doors worn sill, betraying
The feet that, creeping slow to school.
Went storming out to playing
Long years ago a winter sun
Shone over it at setting,
Lit up lis western window panes
And low caves icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden curls
And brown eyes full of grievlng
Of one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled,
His cap pulled low upon face
Wnere DTlUe anu SDetAAJ WOiO hAAh6ASN'
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he fingered
As restle ssly her tiny hand
The blue checked-apron fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caressing
And heard the tremble of her voice,
As if fault confessing,
"I'm sorry that spelle the word,
hate to go above you,
Because the brown eyes lower fell
because. YOU see, love you!'
Still, memory to gray haired man
That sweet child face is showing.
Dear grill The grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn, in life's hard school,
How few who pass above nim
Lament their triumph and his loss,
Like her-hecause they 1--we him.
The Universalist., 1896-06-27
A BALLAD OF TREES AND THE
MASTER.
BY SIDNEY LANIER.

Into the woods my Master went,
Clean forsp5nt, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to him,
Tne little gray leaves were kind to him;
The thorn-tree had mind to him,
When into the woods he came.
Out of the woods my Master Went,
And he was well content.
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame.
When death and shame would woo him last,
From under the trees they drew him last;
Twas on tree they slew him-last,
Then out of the woods he came.
The Universalist., 1896-06-27

The season was the season OF sweet June.
Whose sunny hours from morning until noon
Went creeping through the day with silent feet
Each with its load of pleasure, slow yet sweet;
Like the long years of blest eternity,
Never to be developed.
The Universalist., 1896-06-27

No portion OF the dairyman's time is
more profitably spent than that devoted
to ascertaining the capacity Of his COWS.
There is but one certain means of know.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
For over why Years.

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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Immigration Convention.

Governor Mcconnell has issued a
call for an immigration convention
at Boise on the I'd of April. 1t is a
good move and doubtless i'll be
largely attended Each county is
entitled to five delegates, whom the
Governor will appoint at suggestion
of residents. In a circular to the
press of the State, Governor Nc
Cornell says:
II believe the generous conces-
sions of the railroads will induce a
large attendance-and such body
of men, coming together without
any antagonism one for the other,
can not help result in the mutual
benefit of all Idaho, | believe,
presents grander possibilities than
any State in the Union All we
need is harmonious and united ac-
ton directed toward the bringing
here Of enterprising people to assist
in developing our resources, and to
bring them hither we have only to
truthfully represent to them our
mining, agricultural, timber and
other resources, combined with our
delightful climate"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
U. S. Official Postal Guide, 1890,
just Issued.

Very few OF our business men know
that the Postuliice Department at
Washingt n issues IN January Of each
year, complete Postal Guide con
tanning 1000 pages, and complete lists
Of Postotlces in the u s., arranged
alphabetically, all rules and regula-
tions, money order Offices and rulings
Of the department on postal matters,
time Of arrival and departure OF foreign
mails, and much valuable information
for the public on postal matters.
The book is exceedingly valuable to
those using the mails 1t is the Guide
for every Postmaster in the country
aud is sold TO business men by the
publisher, Geo f. Lasher, lat n. 10Th
st Philadelphia, Pa. in cloth cover,
- so, or paper cover $500. Can be
ordered through our Postmaster, and
every business man should secure a
copy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
PROSPEROUS IDAHO.

1t is scarcely possible to read a
paper published anywhere in Idaho
without reading of new mine dis
coveries or increased prosperity in
the mining industry. This year
will unquestionably show a largely
increased gold production for the
state. In many places placer mining
will be carried on on larger scale
than ever before, with more modern
methods and better appliances.
New mills are being contracted for
in MANY districts, and from the
Occur d'Alenes to the Owyhee more
men will be engaged in prospecting
than ever before The fact is patent
that all the discoveries vet made in
Idaho amount to almost nothing
compared with future probabilities.
Willow creek district. almost in
sight of the state capital, is a reve.
lation of the fact that Idaho has not
been thoroughly prospected. There
are broad areas in the state which
has scarcely yet been visited. There
have been no booms in Idaho, how
ever. The improvement and exist
ing prosperity is all only steady
and natural growth. We have had
no Cripple Greek or Mercur shes
and perhaps it will be as well in the
end if we do not have them. But
that this state will attract more
men and more capital, and that her
mining industries will continue to
increase and prosper, none are more
confident than her own best in.
formed people
1t is not mining alone, however
upon which the future of Idaho de.
bends. Her splendid climate; her
great areas of the finest agricultural
and fruit lands in the West and her
great timber resources are all at.
tracing a sturdy and industrious
people. All we now require is q
fair and honest but thorough ad
vertising of our advantages and at.
fractions to bring home seekers
miners and capitalists here in in
creasing numbers.-De Lamar Mug
get.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Beware of Counterfeiters.

Who intest the market and the means Of robbing
sick people Of their money and what is Of still greater
consequence Of not unfroquently aggravating the
complaints under which they labor. 1t is an act of
duty we owe to society to warn the people against
these dangerous frauds. A little the part OF
the purchaser will protect them from imposition by
bearing 10 mind these facts: Never buy where il is
offered in bulk, dn kegs jugs the genuine Hos
letters stomach Btters sold only in bottles hav-
ing the handsome steel plate label displaying the
combat between St George and the Dragon, and hay-
ing at the bottom miniature note II hand for one
cent bearing facsimile Of the signature OF the pres
dent Of She company. over the cork is metallic
cap, which Is impressed the name Of the article,
together with a medallion head in the center Any
person selling the counterfeit Hustetters stomach
Bitters We shall not hesitate to bring to justice
never fail TO convict
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

The medical fraternity is slightly
under shadow just now Durrant
was medical student, and he is to be
hung for murder. Holmes was doc
tor and he is to be hung for murder
The millionaire convicted in St. Louis
few days ago was pracucing ply
slclan. and he is To be hung for muir
der. The two Young men who be-
headed Pearl Bryan at Cincinnati re
Gently were medical students aud they
will be hung for murder. The man
who was charged with the murder OF
millionaire Sullwell at Hannibal, Mo,
was a doctor. but he escaped the gal
lows. So VIZ see hal for the time be
ing the world is keeping an eye On
the medlcos. Wallace Press.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Notice for Publication.

United States Land Orfce, Boise City, Idaho,
February 10, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has fled notice Of s intention t. make final
proof ~ support Of his claim and that said proof will
be made before the Clerk OF the District Court Ell
more County, Idaho, AZ Mountain Home, Idaho, on
MARCH %, 1895, VIZ: JOHN bENERE, Glenus Ferry,
Idaho, lid Application No 2Bal, Tor the 81 qr ST ar
sec ., ~ ) Boise Meridian, Idaho. He names
the Following witnesses prove his continuous resi-.
denec upon aud cultivation Of s.lid land Yz. John j.
hc.iHness, Paul II Walker John Morley. Azel +.
Baba, 90 OF Glenn's Ferry, Eimore county, Idaho
febl2 CHARLES HlMkOD, Register.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

George Washington was feet two
inches high, with brown hair, blue
eyes, large head and strong arms; u
bold and graceful rider; attentive to
his personal appearance and dignity
gracious and gentle, though at times
cold and reserved; childless, but very
happy in his domestic relations add
with his adopted children-nephews
and nieees. He was born in West
morehnd county Virginia. February
y 1892 On December Il, 1899, he
was exposed in the saddle, for several
hours, to cold and snow, and attacked
with acute laryngitis, for which he was
repeatedly and largely hled, but sank
rapidly and died two days after.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

III Tho Democratic National Couvrn
ton adopts Tree silver plank, nomi
mates western or southern free silver
man for president-one who will carry
out the platfnrm-the party will win
to its ranks every form aud shade Of
free silver sentiment in the union and
elect its mun-atherwise, defeat is in
evitahle. A frank, outspoken. free
silver declaration is the only fitting
policy. We d Mt want any more
friends Of silver on the Grover c plan
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Notice Of Forfeiture.


State Of Idaho County Of Elmore
January 6, 1896
To Herbert Gregg, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have expended one
hundred dollars IN labor and improvements upon the
WILSON LODE CLAIM, situated on Cat Creek
fillmore county, Idaho, will appear by certificate
filed ia The office al the Recorder Of Gilmore county,
Idaho, on the +th day Of January 1896, order to
hold said premises under the provisions OF section
1924 Revised Statutes OF the United States being the
amount required &c bold the same for the year end
ing Dee,HbeT 81, ISIS Ard il within ninety DAYS
from the service Of this natice tor within ninety DAYS
after th, notice by publieatOuJ you aIl refuse to
contribute your proportion Of such expenditure as a
oo-owHer YOUR interest Ia said claim will become the
property Of the subscriber under said section 232i
jas r. Z. MeNEELY.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

Eag Fresh bread always on
hand at Emeriek's new Restaurant
and Bakery. Five and ten cent
loaves.
Ex Sign-writing, house and car
riage painting, and experimenting
Gone in frst-class style by James
Carroll.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Land Office at Boise city Jdab,

AA''N 't'tl1 az h'Dst AltN. llNhO,
February 4, 1895.
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed Notice Of his intention 10 make fDa
proof l support OF her claim and that said proof will
pc made before the Clerk Of the District Court Of En-
mote County, Idaho, at Mountain Home, Idaho. on
MARCH 20, ls9d, viz: JOHN MARLEY. Glenn,
Ferry, ldaho Hot Application No 2306 Tor the " M
~ qr p" hi ST qr SCI. Is, tp4 $ ROE. b. N Idaho
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his con.
unnous residence upon and cultivation Of said land
w: Charles +. Ross, John J. McGinnis Omer n
indntchins, Charles Walker, all Of Mountain Home,
Elmore county, Idaho.
feh5 CHARLES HINRoD pse,sto-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
Timber Culture--Final Proof.

United States Land Office Boise CITY, Idaho
January % 1896
Notice is hereby given that JOSEPH n wHI1SON
mas MED NO iee Of intention to make final pIoof be-
Tore Register and Receiver S. Land office at their
Office ~ Boise CITY Idaho, on FRIDAY the 18th dav
OF MARCH, 1895, on timber culture application No
$50 Tor the hall NV quarter OF section No Q in
township No Z, South Range No East II the Boise
Meridian, Idaho He names AS witnesses Josppb =
Ha~es, William X. Strickland, Andrew j. Harley
Samuel = Bieroth, all Of Buneau Valley owyhee
County, Idaho.
fe65 CHARLES HIMROD, Register.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04
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