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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
The Sight of Birds.

Birds are commonly credited with an
extraordinary range of vision. Circum-
stances lend aid to the development of
the mental factors in their case. The
usual distance at which terrestrial spe-
cies use their eyes is limited by the
ground horizon. But in the case of
the soaring birds, such as vultures and
eagles, the horizon, the natural limit
OF sight, is enormously extended.
Macgillivray early noted that though
birds of prey have orbits of great size
the eyeball of the common buzzard
being an inch and third in diameter
they do n t, as a rule, soar when seek
ing their prey. The eagle, when hunt
ing, flies low, as do the sparrowhawK
and the henharrier. Yet the vultures
and condors, birds which do soar when
seeking food, have been proved to find
carbon by sight. A carcass was COW
cred with canvas and some offal placed
upon 1t. The vultures saw this, de-
scended and ate it, and then sat on the
covered portion within a few inches of
putrid carcass When hole was
made in the covering they saw and at
tackled the food below. But the rapid
congregation of vultures from n dis
lance to carcass is probably due to
their watching their neighbors, each of
which is surveying a limited area.
Charles Darwin pointed out that in a
level country the height of sky com
monty noticed by mountain man is
not more than fifteen degrees above the
horizon, and vulture on the wing at
the height of between three thousand
and four thousand feet, would probably
be two miles distant and invisible
Those which descend rapidly and APP
pear to have come from beyond the
range of human sight, We're perhaps
lowering vertically over the hunter
when he killed his game.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
Vanished from Human Ken.

What strikes us most markedly In
reading the book of the rocks is not so
much the strange forms which are por
trayed In its pages, as the fact that so
many of them are extinct. Indeed, ex-
cept In the very newest of formations.
it is extremely rare to come upon any
forms which can even approximately
be considered Identical with any how
living on the face of the earth.
All are vanished species. What Is
more, when we once get clear OF any
formation it is the rarest possible oc-
currence ever again to see any of the
species of fossils characteristic of 1t.
Each period of the worlds history had
Its own fauna and flora-that is, its own
assemblage of animals and plants-and
once they disappear they are gone for
ever. Yet, within the historic period,
we know of the determination of only
few animals, and of no species of
plants at all. Even then the extinct
animals have, in every instance, met
their tate at the hand of man.
The dodo, curious bird of Mauritius.
and the solltaries of the Islands of Re-
union and Rodriguez were exterminated
by ruthless seamen within the last two
centuries. The moa of New Zealand
lived long after the Maoris reached
these islands. The great aux and the
Labrador duck have ceased to exist,
from an Identical cause, within the
memory of man. The Philip Island
parrot is still more recent loss, while
the only mammal which can be said for
certain to have been utterly destroyed
from off the face of the earth is the
gigantic sea COW (rhytina) of Behring
Strait, though, when it was first dis.
covered, and took the taste of the sea-
men who liked oily beef, its numbers
were small, and seemed on the wane.
These, and a few other species of less
interest, form the total extinctions of
which history preserves any record
But in the rocks composing the earths
crust there are the remains of thou
sands, which disappeared ages and
ages before man came upon the earth.
Our Earth aud It's Story.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
House of Representatives, U. s.

House of Representatives, U. s.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 49, 1885,
| have for several years been acquainted
with the medicinal qualities of Paine's
celery compound, and can enthusiastically
--Sdorse as specific in many cases for
which its use is recommended by its pro-
prietors. I'll. HENRY Powers,
LIST Dist. VT.
BY far the best use that any tired or
ailiDg person can make of these preci-
GUS spring days is to purify the blood
and regulate their nerves with Paine's
celery compound. 1t is plain to any
observant person that the best remedy
for neuralgia. persistent headaches
and such like indications Of low nerv-
GUS vigor, is the one that most rapidly
and completely nourishes the worn out
parts. 1t is not in the power of any
other remedy to do the vigorous work of
Paine's celery compound in strengthen
ing the jaded system, and in bringing it
back to an energetic, healthy condi-
tion.
The real danger that stares sick peo-
pie in the face is the putting off at
tending to sickness and diseas, and
letting slip these health. inviting
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

spring days. when everything 90 strong
ly favors getting we'll. This greatest
of all spring remedies is doing an as
tonishing amount of good these days
among sick people and those semi-in-
valids who are run down" by the
long. trying winter, or worn out and
afflicted by disease.
The soul and life of sound health is
well-nourished nervous system.
Paine's celery compound repairs the
worn, nervous system as nothing else
can do. 1t is the one certain and per-
manent cure for sleeplessness, hysteria,l
nervous debility and exhaustion, rheu-
matism, neuralgia and the various
manifestations of an unhealthy bodily
condition. such as languor, nervous.
ness, heart palpitation, loss of flesh
and mental depression.
With Paines' celery compound, re-
turning strength and cheerfulness soon
show that one is undoubtedly ON the
right road to health.
Paine's celery compound is the one
real spring remedy known today that
never fails to benefit. Get Paine's
celery compound, and only Paines'
celery compound if Won wish to be well.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
A Veteran Woman's Death.

With the frontier fast disappear
ing, even in the further West 1t seems
far cry back to the days of the from
tier in the further East, but there are
yet in Maine white people who are
living links with those days. Mrs.
Sibyl Dow, who died in East Dover,
Me-, few days ago. at the age of 81
years, was such a link. She was the
fifth white child born In the region
which is now Piscataquis County,
Maine. Two years before she was born
her father, Eli Towne, moved from
New Hampshire, crossed the Piscata-
quis River, made a clearing In the
primeyal forest, and built there a log
cabin, in which Mrs. Dow was born.
He was one Of the first band of white
people who settled in the wilderness.
and Dover now stands on the site of
his cabin. Mrs. Dow was the first
white child born in the present town
limits Of Dover.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

Judge Powers, who today represents
Vermont in congress, entered the ma
tional house with magnificent record
as lawyer and judge of the supreme
court of Vermont.
He is fine type of the caressSLl-
learned, New England lawyer.
Though but 56 years of age, he was
a member Of the Vermont legislature
third of a century ago, and again in
1874, when he was speaker of the
house He has been state censor, a
member of the Constitutional convention
and of the state senate. In 1874 he
became judge of the supreme court of
Vermont, and reamined on the bench
until 1890. when he took his seat in
congress. Judge Powers presided at
many of the most notable trials in the
history of the state, and is the author
Of many of the most important opinions
to be found in Vermont reports.
No judge on the supreme bench in
any Of our states has reputation for
more clearly and Enthusiastically express
sing his opinions. His unqualified in
dorsement of Paine's celery compound
in the following letter is as straightfor-
ward and concise as any one of his
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.


NOT Cften heaily frightened, but Now and
Then Perhaps a Little Startled.
81 don't suppose man in my bust
ness is apt to get frightened very much, -
said the retired burglar. Hes all the
time expecting things to happen, and
he's always ON the lookout for them.
STILL | suppose that any man, unless he
has an absolutely cast iron nerve, and
such men are very few, is likely at
times to be startled. know that am.
For instance:
Il went into house one night, and
after cropping around down stairs for a
while in the blacklist kind of darkness
went up stairs. There found an open
door. had located from the outside of
the house the windows of the room that
this door opened into, and when l struck
the door / knew where the bed ought to
be- 1t was there, and | went along the
side of it until l came to the head |
found a chair there with mans clothes
piled up on it / picked up the trousers,
and as ! began to feel in the pocket
br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rl went an alarm
clock ON the bureau, not foot from my
head, and out of bed jumped a man,
humping square against me- of course
not knowing was there, but knocking
me endways and tumbling over ON the
floor himself
II certainly was startled by that
alarm clock, make no mistake about
that, and / have no doubt in my own
mind that the man that jumped out of
bed was startled when he fell over me,
but | didn't stay to ask him about
that. New York Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
The Hal TRICK.
How the Merchants Exchange Jokers
Worked 1t Upon a Visitor.

How the Merchants Exchange Jokers
Worked 1t Upon Visitor.
A large, good looking and evidently
good-natured man walked into the ex-
change room in the Board of Trade
building the other day and was soon an
interested, not to say anxious, specta-
tor of what is known on Change as 1.-THE
hat trick
The large man wore glossy new
derby hat.
A member of the exchange walked up
to him, neatly lifted the hat off his head,
and In moment the newcomer saw
what he supposed was his hat flying
across the room.
|. 1t had been propelled by kick. Sew
eral others made a rush at 1t, and it
was sent hither and thither like a foot
/ ball
The man looked on in amazement.
Presently the hat came his way and he
seized 1t. He gave the now dilapidated
headgear brush or two with his elbow,
looked 1t over obviously, then put it OH
and started hurriedly for the exit.
Before he could make his escape the
hat was again seized and again became
the center of a rush.
Once more the man got the hat, clap.
ped 1t on his head, and was rushing
away when he was intercepted by the
man who had originally taken it from
the visitors head.
With great politeness the joker hand
ed over the visitors own hat, as glossy
and perfect as If 1t had just come from
the hatter's block, and took the old hat
| In return.
The visitors surprise increased. He
scrutinized the new. hat. 1t was Ger
tainly his. Then he joined in the gen
erai laugh. lie had simply been init
lated into the mysteries of the Board OF
Trade hat trick, the first point in which
is bit of straightforward work by
which hats are changed and the stock
hat, kept for the purpose, is kicked into
the ring of jokers.-Buffalo CONNER
| cial
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
FAIR PLAY.
He Didn't Like Beans. but He AT
Them All the Same.

Mark Twain lived some forty years
ago, in the limits of very wild. half
crazy frontier mining camp. This was
divided into two parties, the so-called
Boston crowd" which contained the
better element, though few Boston men.
and the Missouri crowd which was II
pretty bad lot, though not composed
exclusively OF natives of Missouri.
Fights to the death were OF daily and
nightly occurrence. gambling outfits
We're in constant demand, quarreling.
bullying drunkards were omnipresent,
and few used water except to wash
now and then In the little mountain
stream flowing through the diggings
Despite 1t all there was a strict camp
etiquette, which was recognized and
considered law by all, and 1t was of this
etiquette that Mark Twain told me an
example.
Boston man" was eating break
fast early one morning at table near
the open door and the half-bar, half
restaurant of the place. He was just
finishing his plate OF pork and beans
when two Missouri men passed along
and saw the Boston" man and his
breakfast. They stopped within a foot
or two.
Look at THAR said the bigger of
missouri men CONTEMPORARY, do
you see what that blank -blankety -bla nix
Boston thing is eating? Why, down In
Missouri, where ] came from, we feed
them things to our horses. Only the
brutes eat that grub down there"
Presently the bully stepped inside and
sat down opposite the Boston man, al
the same table. When the plate of
beans had been eaten, the Boston
man called out to the bartender:
Pete, give me another plateful. Pile
1t up. like EN-"
When the heaped-up plate came the
Boston" man, quick as fash, had
pulled out his revolver, had the mis-.
souri, man covered with It, and then
| pushing the full plateful of beans
across the table, told the Missouri"
! man to ''eat it and like it, or he'd shoot
/ him like the dog that he was" The
bully had his choice between beans OF
death, and he knew 1t. When he had
eaten every bean he was made to say
that he liked beans, and then, and not
till then, did the Boston" man put VI
his pistol, paid for both orders of beans
and left the saloon.
Now said Mark, 'the reason the
Missouri man didn't whip out his CUR
and shoot as soon as the bean-eater's
back was turned was because of camr
etiquette. Each man had his fun witt
the other, and they were even. If the
Boston man had been shot the Mis-.
souri, man, as quick as news could fly
would have had his body filled with
lead from the revolver of every man IL
camp, regardless of party. You see W.
were quite sticklers for fair play IL
those days New York Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
THE ELECTRIC SUCKER.
A Germans Account of Wonderful Fish
Found In the Nile.

In an article in Ueber Land und
Nicer on Electrical Phenomena In tho
Animal World" DIR. Frolich tells about
a sucker first found in the Nile and its
tributaries by modern scientific men in
1881, but well known to the ancient
Egyptians as the sucker thunderer
god" being worshiped as such in q
sucker god temple in the city Of the
thunder sucker, or Oryrrhynchos. The
reason they called it the thunder suck
er, instead Of the thunder fish, - was
because they knew Of another fish,
known to the English speaking people
as the electric cat (fish), to the Germans
as the zitterwels, or the shad that
makes one tremble. 1t grows to a length
of about foot, of which the head and
nose take up quarter, and at the deep
est part measures more than quarter
of its length.
just why the modern scientific men
did not know of this fish before is a
question a layman finds it hard to an
swer except that the sucker is bottomy
fish. The old Egyptians probably learned
of the animal after Nile flood, when
bSAiS EAiAiOoopiO1 WIS ONtt
a mud puddle left by the receding wa
ter. He saw funny fish struggling in
the water, and, out of desire for
knowledge, reached for the fish and
touched it. If there were any disciples
of the philosopher hard by, they proba-
bly, saw the philosopher act surprising
ly--as the stole Indian did when he got
hold Of galvanic battery. Thereafter
the fish was worshiped, having a name
which associated it with the thunder
god Of the skies" although the ancients
knew nothing of electricity according te
the learned of today.
A peculiar thing about the various
electrical fish is that should one SWIM
even at considerable distance from {
human bather, the bather would know
of its proximity by AN electrical sen
sation, while many of thep have bat
teries actually fit to kill horse on con
tact. These fish are far ahead Of the hu
man beings in the matter of weapons
for they stun their prey at great dis
lance in the water. -
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
Points About Matches.

commission appointed by the
French government has been investi-
eating the manufacture of matches,
with the object of ascertaining If there
was not some substance whose substi-
tution for phosphorus would render
that industry one in which men and
women could engage without becoming
the victims of horrible and fatal forms
OF poisoning. The commission has lust
made its report, and the conclusions
reached by 1t are of great interest
There is, the commissioners say, moth
Ing that can replace phosphorus as
quick and convenient means to start
combustion. Other chemicals would
indeed, be safer for the employees. but
none of them is even approximately as
safe or useful from the standpoint of
the public. 1t is evident, therefore. that
the use of phosphorus must continue;
but, though that is the case. it by no
means follows that the manufacture
of matches must be at the cost of hun
dreds of lives every year. BY using
proper precautions, the commissioners
declare, In the ventilation Of factories,
IN the structure OF machines and In the
personal habits of the work people,
practically all danger can be removed
In the best-regulated establishments
measures have already been taken that
put an end to the diseases that n care
less and unscientific use of phosphorus
produces in those that handle 1t. A
startling feature of the report is its as
sertion that the match factories owned
and conducted by the French govern
ment itself are precisely those In which
the conditions are the worst
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
CALIFORNIA; Edible Lizard.

There Is living In the mountainous
parts Of the Mojave desert a very
strange lizard, which often reaches a
length of over a foot, and which is
nearly as wide as ones hand and of n
uniform dark slate color, or even black,
while the tail Is spotted with white
and often nearly uniformly white. At
a distance this species, which scientists
call Sauromalur alter. looks like ella
monster, and many people, unacqualnt-
ed with the latter, have supposed
them to be the same. and l think ii Is
due to this mistake that many people
believe the ella monster an inhabitant
OF California. But there Is no really
authentic account of the monster be-
ing found In our State Prof. Baird
states that In his Pacific railroad re-
ports, on the authority of Kennerly
and Mollhausen, that 1t has been found
along the Mojave River, but this must
be a mistake
The chuck walla, as the black lizard
above described is called by the In
dams, Is almost entirely vegetarian in
its habits, and consequently edible.
Several specimens which were exam
ined contained in their stomachs speci-
mems of little lotus, an ephedra and
few bits of the gray desert tree, delea
fremontii. The Indians eat a great
many of them, and !, for one, can testi-
fy that, although very repusive to look
at, IL one has not had fresh meat for
three or four months, nice. fat chuck
walla is quite palatable If properly
cooked. The meat is very white and
tastes much like frogs legs, which
are sold at such good price In our
mark ets-San Francisco Chronicle
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
The Dear Old Lady. Mistake.

Old Mr.. and Mrs Shuman from Bryan
went to town, and in going to the hotel
for dinner saw crowd around the jus
tice court. The old couple, with pardon
able curiosity. inquired the cause of the
gathering. They were informed that a
man was on trial for beating his wife.
Edging their way through the bystand.
ers to get look at the prisoner. the old
lady whispered to her husband:
"What murderous looking creature
the prisoner is I'd be afraid to get near
him.
flush W warned her husband. "Thai
isn't the prisoner; he hasn't been
brought in yet. -
lit isn'tl Who is 1t, thenr'
Its the judge ATLANTA Constitu'
ton.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
Forests of spain

Spain is waking up to the necessity
of reafforestlng her mountains. The
little king recently went to village a
few miles east of Madrid and planted
a pine sapling, after which 1000 chill
dren selected from the Madrid schools
each planted tree. Medals were dis
tributed among them, with the inscrip-
ton First arbor day instituted In the
reign of Alfonso MIL, 1896" Similar
festivals are to be held yearly in diff
ferent places and the children are to be
taken out to see how their trees grow,
in the hope that they viii foster tree
planting in their districts.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
A Headsman with a History.

On the little island of Ustica, forty
miles from Palermo, Italy, there died
recently man who for years was the
terror of the people of Naples and the
kingdom of the two Sicilies. He was
Gaetano Impellizzeri, once the heads
man under Ferdinand II. of Naples.
The useless executions attributed 10
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
TRY GERMEA for breakfast.

By special permit, and in mailing
packages approved by the postoffice de.
partment, bacteria or disease tissues
may now be sent through the mails to
United States or municipal laboratories.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
Too Much Reform.

Friend-What is the matter, old boy 7
Judge-Well, the fact is my wife and
/ never get along very well and of late
the relationship has become SO I'M
bearable that we both want divorce.
Friend-I see. Why don't you get
one?
Judge (sadly)-I have sent all the
bogus divorce lawyers to the peniten-
tiary.-New York Weekly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
HoITT SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
BuRLINGAME, Cal

"This excellent institution closes its fifth
year accredited at both of our universities.
Ex-State Superintendent Hoitt is well
known in educational matters. The men
ton of his name as master of the school is
guarantee to all who know him, that
none but tirst-olass teachers are employed
and that the school under his management
ranks among the first of its kind. Nowhere
are boys better cared for."-San Francisco
Call
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

How do you make a hot
Scotch. Miss Nassar?
Miss yassar-Call him an Irishman:
il that dosen't make him hot | don't
know anything that will.-Exehange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
RESPONSIVE BOTH TO HARSH AMI
H. SWEET SOUNDS,

The nerves are often painfully acute. When
this is the case, the best thing to be done is to
seek the tonic aud tranquilizing assistance of
Hostetters stomach Bitters, a superb neryine.
No less beneficial is it for dyspeptie, bilious,
fnalarial, rheumatic, bowel and kinney com
plants. Use with persistent regularity.
Hineglassfui before retiring confers sleep.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17
An Interpreter,

Mrs Nupop-0h, you must come and
hear baby talk.
Uncle Boil shall be delighted-but
you must act as interpreter.-Tru
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

This world is like mint We are no
sooner cast into the fire, taken out again,
hammered, stamped and made current
but presently we are changed. Decker
and Webster
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

"Enpec played mean trick on his
wife while she was away
"What?'
Taught the parrot to scream, You
talk too much! "-Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

1t is estimated that "a, 100000 is spent
in advertisements and that something
like 1,5oo,Go0,000 copies Of newspapers
are sold in London every year.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

"The giraffe has tongue eighteen inches
long" said Mrs. Garrin. "And knows how to
hold 1t, too, snapped Mr.. Garrill, who had had
q long curtain lecture the night before.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1866. r.
Madison, 2409 AID Ave, Chicago, Ill.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-06-17

DIR. Peters. the African explorer, is
about to undertake a new exploration
Of Somaliland under the auspices Of a
number of wealthy Americans.