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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-29

Judge Stout and wife have taken
rooms at Mrs. Doom's residence.
Fred Dudley of Rocky Bar is rus
ticating in this neck of the woods.
w. C. HOWE and wife went to
Glenn's Ferry by Monday nights
train.
Miss Tillotson, noted elocution-
list, gave an interesting entertain
ment &C the school house auditorium
Saturday evening to fair audience.
]. l.. de Haven went to Boise
Monday, to remain during the win
ter. Mrs. de Haven and her sister,
Miss Thompson, will join him there
next Saturday.
Miss Emma Edwards of Bruneau,
Prof. Koontz and wife, and Misses
Alley and Manion of this place,
have gone to HALEY to attend the
teachers state convention.
We are indebted to Geo. L. Cole,
insurance agent, for two beautiful
calendars. The one issued by the
Continental Fire Co. of New York
is particularly handsome and in
structive.
The Christmas tree Friday even
ing at the Episcopal church was
very pretty indeed. A short pro-
gram was rendered after which San.
ia Claus presented each child with
a bag of candy and present.
The Avalanche says that at the
Catholic fair in Silver City las,
week the bride doll was captured
by Jim Hinkey Of Nampa, and
another large doll fell to the lot O
Father Burri of Mountain Home.
The sad news has reached this
place that the wife of Rev. A. s
Hawkes. is lying very low with con
sumption at the home of her parents
in Trinidad, Colo, and that hel
physicians have given up all hop,
for her recovery.
Receiver Griffith, at the reques
of the creditors committee, has ask
ed Judge Stockslager for an orde
to sell the remainder of the stock O
Geo. s. Rice & Co. at public auction
also for an order 10 lease the stor,
building and fixtures.
i Arthur Pence was over from Bru
neau> last Friday and took bacl
with him sufficient wire to stretcl
the telephone line from Hot Sprin,
to Snake river, which is now beinI
done. 1t now looks probable tina
Mountain Home and Bruneau val
ley will soon be in telephone com
munication.
We were pleased TO read chi
item in last Fridav's Shoshon
Journal: I'VE received a lette
Yesterday from Ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bierbower, in which he state
; that his health is excellent and tina
he will be in Shoshone ON or abou
January first"
/ WANTED TRUSTWORTHY AND ACTIVE GEL
w tlemen ladies 10 travel for responsible, esta
lshed house in Idaho. Monthly s65 90 and expense
Position steady. Reference. Enclose self-address
stamped envelope The Dominion Company, DEP
! Y, Chicago, Ill. sei5m6
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-29
Grand Masquerade Ball in Bru-
neau Valley.


of unusual gayety in Bruneau Val
ley, the youth and beauty of the
community being in attendance at
Bruneau Hall where merry mask
ers met to trip the slight fantastic"
and vie with each other in efforts to
discover the identity of those in CO.'S
tune. AS is usual at such events
in Bruneau. the best of music was
furnished by the Slime orchestra.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the grand
march commenced, led by couple
clothed in magnificent array, fol-
lowed by a dazzling train of gor-
geously costumed characters, alter
mating with occasional sombre fig
ures in black and CHASTITY ones in
white. At II o'clock masks were
DOTTED and many were the exclama-
tions and great the merriment upon
discovering that some one whom
some one else surely knew was not
that "some one" at all.
Among the costumes were many
noticeable for their beauty. Miss
Edith Harley was charmingly at
tired to represent kite, pink and
blue kites forming the border of the
white dress, while larger one of
pink daintily crowned her dark
hair.
Mr.. Lynn Slime as his Satanic
majesty in dead black with the fa-
bled horns and cloven hoof was a
particular success; while nothing
could have been more demon-like
than his Imp" which followed him
in the person Of Mr.. Will Hewitt.
Mrs. j. Tucker and Mrs. Ben
Harris wore very becoming Kate
Greenaway costumes.
Miss Ruth Hyde was lovely as a
Morning Glory.
Mrs. Ed Halverson carried out
the character of Dinah to perfection.
Miss Iva Strickland was very
stately queen in golden robes with
court train.
Mr.. Rob't Maize made decided
hit as a Hotel cook while Mr.
Fletcher Halves as ghost doomed
up almost to the ceiling and was
followed by a weird train of white
sheeted ghosts and "ghostesses."
j Miss Pennington was CARRIED a,
an Indian woman.
Mrs. Fletcher Halves concealed
her identity under the guise of {
School girl.
Mr.. Baeltzer personated SAINTS
Claus and acted his part SO wei
that many of those present believed
him to be the merry old gentleman
himself.
Miss Effie Thompson made de
iightful News Girl.
Mr.. Albert Harley was success
, full in the character of Midnight.
Miss Shay was prettilv costumec
,, to represent Give O'clock Tea"
Miss Dollie Black kept her man.
., friends wondering whom she was a
a mistily attired ghost in floatin
: robes of white.
!, Mr.. James Ratliffe appe AIRED il
: approved Cowboy costume.
T Miss Jennie Robertson was sur
flower.
Mr.. Chas. Pollard was the wear
Tramp"
Mrs. Hall School Girl.
!. Mr.. Frank Ratliffe as th
Cranky Old Maid" did such ju'
tice to his character as to make on
wonder if he had made old maid
a special study.
Mr.. F. Trammel, Sheep Herde
Mr.. Sam Noble, Ghost.
Mr.. Yates, the Lone Highway
man.
Mr.. Ross Slack, Belle of Due
Valley.
Supper was served in the ha
above. A prize was awarded tt
best couple of walters on the foo
being won by Mr.. Lynn Slime an
Mrs. Ben Harris, while Mr.. Ere
Black and Mrs. J. Tucker were II
winners of the second. A vel
large crowd was in attendance ar
. everything seemed to conduce
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-29
Two Opinions.

The Boise Statesman, not long
ago, speaking from information de-
rived from "a Mountain Home gen.
tleman," who was in that city,
said:
"The credit for establishing a
unique precedent in Jurisprudence
In this state belongs to Mountain
Home jury in a justice court. The
evident aim of the jury was to
share the glory and responsibility
of the supreme court and they
straightway passed upon and for
ever settled the constitutionality of
the fish and game law, according
to a Mountain Home gentleman
who was in Boise yesterday. The
jury in its findings pronounced the
law to be in conflict with the pro-
visions of the state constitution and
therefore null and void"
And the Nampa Leader, without
consulting the gentleman from
Mountain Home," takes this plain
common-sense view of the sturgeon
question:
at happens occasionally that
common jurymep have better ideas
of law and justice than legislators
who pass laws, and the Mountain
Home jury who cleared the fisher
men for taking sturgeon during the
closed season seem to have been
built that way. Sturgeon are not
so scarce in Snake river that tax
ing them at any time should con-
stitute a crime, and an act that
says it does is contrary to common
sense and justice. 1t will proba-
bly, be found that the complaint in
this case was a bit of spite work
qualification made possible by a
foolish law"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-29

the pleasure of the evening, which
will long be remembered by those
who had the good fortune to at
tend. EN- MAsoUE.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

him. 1--WE been thinking that all over"
lie said, "and I'll just say word lnst1o'
With that he slowly found his 1eet ano
the green patch over his eyes was
hrouoht 10 bear on the court. The
silence of midnight fell on the crowded
room, as, leaning on the back OF his
chair. the accused stood revealed IN the
worn old single-breasted coat, the
coarse trousers and shoes. so long asso-
ciated with him. He cleared his throat
and then faltered. He did not know
how to begin. At last the words came
slowly, and with many a hltch ana
stunble:
"You see, it's this way, Gen. Pike ana
gentlemen of the court l never knew
ANYTHING about what was expected OF
regular officer, r wouldn't have tried
it. All knew was what I'd seen durln'
the war, when they didn't seem to be SO
different from the rest of us. l was
bred on the farm; never had no educa-
ton: had to work like a horse ever
since was weaned, almost, not only LOT
my own livin', but-but there was the
mother, and. as grew up, the hull care
of the farm fell on me, for my father
never was strong, and he broke down
entirely. When he died there warn't
nothing left but mortgage. There was
the mother and four kids to be fed on
that. For 20 years, from boy to man,
there never was time copper didn't
look as big as a cartwheel to me; and
when a mans been brought up that
way he don't outgrow it all of a sudden.
I've built the mother a home of her
own. and paid off the mortgage anu
stocked the farm, and educated the
youngsters and seen them married OFT,
and now I low they'll expect me to
educate the children. When hull fam
bly, grows up around one bread winner
it comes natural for the next generation
to live on him too. l couldn't ha' gone
to the war only Billy-he's the next
boy-was big enough to take care O.
things once the mortgage was paid, and
afterwards l jined the army-the rig
gle-ers-because it looked to me like
they got bigger pay for less work than
any trade 1 ever heard Of out our way.
I'm sorry I did it, cause so longs
there's no more fghtin' seem to be in
the way; but don't want to quit
and here the rugged old fellow seemed
to expand by at least Il foot-'and
don't mean to quit except honorable.
There amt man livin'-nor a woman
cither-can truthfully say I ever de-
frauded them of cent"
And then Close felt for the chair from
which he had unconsciously advanced.
and which Pierce fastened to push for
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
Rar4on po4t. Herr the warm. colt,

Barton Potta. Hero the warm, eo1ts
SALTY breezeA seemed to bring new lease
of life to the beloved invalid, though
it was plain to one and all she coulo
never be herself again. Scroggs, hef
kinsman son-in-law, was rapidly mend
ing and eagerly casting about for en-
ployment. Floyd, restored to duty with,
out trial, was serving patiently ana
faithfully with his regiment in Texas
bent evidently on making good his
words. The two events which seemed
to bring general cheer and rejoicing
to the household were those which three
months before would have been prompt
ly derided as absurd and impossible;
one was the weekly letter from troop
er in the union blue, the other much
rarer visit from Yankee subaltern,
whose profession was not to be disguised
because he was in ''cits'." On the &C.
casion of his first appearance in that
garb Miss Walton did him the honor to
say: "Ah never did like you, but All
do think those clothes wuhse than the
Others" This was rather hard, be-
cause, as the spring came on, Lambert's
lot at the barracks was not as pleasant
as it might have been, and his COM
fort consisted in running over to see
how Madam Walton was doing.
Cram and his battery, with Warning,
Pierce, and all, had been ordered away,
and then for the first time Lambert
realized, what his regimental comrades
had marked for months, that he pre-
ferred the companionship of the bat
terry men to that of the men who wore
the bugle, the badge of the infantry in
those benighted days. Old Brax con-
cluded he had had enough of garrison
life, and sought long leave. Maj.
Minor took command of the regiment
and post, and the adjutant and quarter
master took command of Maj. Minor.
1t had neither been forgiven nor forgot
ten by these staff officials that Lam
bert had been equally outspoken in de-
Tense of Close and denunciation of his
accusers, and the further fact that he
preferred to spend his leisure hours
with his undergraduates of the artil-
lery rather than his uncongenial breth-
rem of the --teenth gave the offended
ones abundant material to work on.
Minor was weakling-a bureau officer
during the war days, a man who could
muster and disburse without a flaw.
but never set squadron in the field
without "fuke." Lambert was a cap
ital drill-master and tactician, and &c"
company, under his instruction, was
rapidly overhauling every other in the
regiment, even those of Kinsey and
Lively, the two real soldiers among the
captains. Minor hated the sight of Il
page of tactics, and never even held
dress parade. Lambert had clear,
ringing voice, and Minor couldn't make
himself heard. One morning the Or
derly came to Lambert at company drill
with "the majors compliments, and
please to take company c. outside the
garrison, or make less noise" 1t was
the adjutant's doing, as things turned
out afterwards, but it angered Lambert
against the commander.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
TIE DABY'S CHARMS.

carn> hero, my drowsy-eyed darling. and
cuddle In mothers arms.
While she makes up q song for Dedtlme
about her baby's charms.
Oh. what = cunning dimple here IN the
baby's chin!
know what it was made for-just to put
kisses In!
The ewes that are smiling In mine, DEAR are
yiolets winSome and blue.
Sweetest Of all sweet flowers, here's a
long, sweet kiss for you.
And the cheeks of the baby are roses and
mothers lips are bees,
That will gather the honey of Hybla from
such rare flowers as these.
Rosy and plump little fingers, chubby and
dear little toes
Which a mother loves best, dear, never
mother knows!
A kiss for each dainty finger. hug for
each dimpled toe.
May God show the feet Of my baby the
one right way to go.
All, but the sleepy blossoms of my baby's
blue eyes close:
Mother will shut them with kisses above
the cheeks red rose.
Sleep. and dream sweetly. darling. in the
cradle of my arms,
While the song sinks into silence that was
woven Of baby's charms.
-Eben E. Rexford. in Ladies' World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP

Prince Henry of prnss;o
bought tive-months-old Sibrria. aas|
cub at Hamburg to present rs Nu Oea'
able pet to the crew of the w. sqt'|
KONG Wilhelm. "0fSAlp|
st. James churchyard d.
Vile, in which were buried Joe n .oa'
adj, the clown, and Tom Dibdin u'I N
nautical song writer, has been tn. lae|
into a public playground. 'ue0|
Observation-Disclosures, short-s,oo
dresses and swimming baths ara ae y
hidden to women of Dulmen, in wv tOt
phalia, by authority of their r "es'
priest, because they areI danperornas' 'sD
morals. !"
Civil list pensions of $500 each h.,
been grantedto the widows of Antbo'
Trollope and Charles Dickens -,
younger, "in consideration Of 1bo w ae
erary merits of their husbands ,s,
their straitened circumstances U
Seven of it's small and ohso,..
steamers have been sold by the Nor1
deutcher Lloyd to another Bremo,
steamship company for l $50 900 marls
This sum means over $50 ton, binh
price for old steamships.
"A Galician socialist candidate n,
the reichstag having proclaimed an
the stump the unpleasant trn,b
that the emperor of Austri,
cannot declare war without first con.
sulting the Rothschilds, has BEEN son.
fenced to eight months hard labor in.
Guiding a fast day once a fortnigr, ia,
lose ma ieSte
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

A HOSPITAL has been opened in Lon
don for the treatment of wounds,
ulcers and kindred ailments by oxygen
gas. The new method of treatment
was suggested by the Zulus. When
they are wounded they climb an emf
hence and expose their wounds to the
pure air of the mountain tops. After
the Turco- Russian war it was noticed
also that the inva1ids sat with their
wounded limbs bare on the deck. Scien-
tifically developed, and with the addi-
ton of oxygen-one part Of oxygen to
one part of purified air-that is the
principle now adopted at the oxygen
home.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

GOVERNMENT experts have just COM
pleted their valuation of the pictures
and art treasures of one kind and an
other bequeathed to the English nation
by Lady Wallace, who during her life
time was barred from presentation at
court and subjected to much unkindly
ostracism by English society. The
value is set down officially at the enor-
nous sum of s22, 700, 900, The govern
ment has decided to keep the collection
where it is-that is to say, in Hartford
house, which the state is now about to
acquire for the purpose.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
A sELF-INFLATING tire has lust been

A sELF-1SFLAT1NG tire has just been
invented. It is an alternating inhat-
ing and debating tire, working auto
matically. II the tire is empty, or has
little air in it, the weight of the rider
and the machine compress the tube,
more especially the bore of the thinner
part lying in the rim to the end Of
which the valve is attached This part
is fattened under the pressure, and as
the wheel goes round the pressure
travels along it, leaving behind it a
vacuum into which the all flows through
the valve
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

WHEN the steamer Queen was about
to sail for Alaska from Seattle few
days ago, in the height of the rush to
Klondike, man rushed down to the
purser and exclaimed excitedly: Look
here, paid for stateroom for myself
and wife, and when I got there found
an old COW sticking her head through
the window" Il am very sorry, SIR"
said the purser, 1--WE are very crowded,
but will do the best I can for you.
John!'' turning to deck-hand( ''go up
on deck and turn that cow around!'
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

SPURIOUS mummies have from time
to time been palmed off upon the pub
lie. and doubt arose in a Vienna mu-
scum as to the validity of one daughter
of the Pharaohs in their collection. It
occurred to them, in view of the gen.
eral hollowness of life, that the young
lady might have been manufactured in
Birmingham. So they turned the
Roentgen rays upon her, and saw at
once through the many folded wraps
the amulets which the Egyptians
placed upon the bosoms of their dead,
thus proving the genuineness of their
Snecimen
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

GAMBLING is universal in Burma and
on market days respectable looking
men may be seen seated in booth, or
some other shelter, selling tickets from
little books for the lottery of the
'thirty-six animals,' a diagram of
which hangs behind him to assist the
investor in making his choice. In a
central spot is a tall bamboo, from the
top of which bangles a small box con-
tanning the name of the winning ami
NAL for the day. This is hauled down
at certain hour and the winners de-
clared
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
Vegctntion on Glacial Moraines.

vegetation on Glacial MOralhcs'
The wilderness presses up close 10
the town, and it is wonderfully rIcA
and luNuriant. The forests amos'
rival those of Puget sound; wild roses
ten feet high. And. strange to say all
TINS eXuberant vegetation is growing
on moraine material that has pee'
scarcely moved or modified in any way
by postglacial agents. Rounded n'aSs''
OF hard, resisting rocks rise every"heie
along the shore and in the woods, 1he''
scored and polished surfaces stu un'
wasted, telling of a time, SO lately goHe'
when the whole region lay in darkness
beneath an all-embracing mantle y.
ice. Even in the streets of the 1o"'
Slaclated bosses are exposed. the zen
ing inscriptions of which have rot oeeN
efaced by the wear of either Wea'n.'
or travel. And in the orchards 1rui'
ful boughs shade the edges of gIaci',,
pavements, and drop apples "N"
peaches on them. Nowhere, as far DO
1 have seen, are the beneticcnt li'""
ences of glaciers made manifest !"
palmer terms or with more strih'n7
contrasts. No tale of enchantmen' %
so marvellous, so exciting to the lriaS'N
alton. as the story of the works "n'
ways of the snow-fowers banded ~
gether as glaciers, and marching lo''
from their encampments on the n,o"s
talns to develop the beauty OF Ian"
scapes and make them fruitful-'oA'
Muir, in Century.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

A sew theory of sunstroke has re-
Gently been expounded and is of partic-
ular interest at this season, when the
source Of the worlds heat is getting in
it's hottest work. This theory is that
what is called sunstrohe is in fact the
creation within the blood of the victim
of a specific poison that acts upon the
nerve centers or ganglia and SO affects
the brain and other organs of the body
and often causes death. The poison is
created by sort of chemical reaction,
and is thought to be made possible by
certain conditions of the kidneys.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

DR.. SANDwAs, a French physician,
claims to have discovered a new system
for increasing the range of a singers
voice as much as two full notes in the
upper or lower registers. He obtains
this change by inhalations of various
aromatic vapors. Those of Curacao
liquor are said to add volume to the
high register, while vapors of a dis
titled extract of pine needles will bene-
6t the lower notes. Steaming coffee
and rum will stimulate the voice in
general, strengthening the middle
range particularly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

j. P1ERPoNT More AN puts 500 in the
contribution plate every Sunday morn
ing, and has given S1,ooo,ooo to the
New York Lying-in hospital. His
benefactions are said to reach $50, 1000 a
year. Peorge Peabodys fad was the
promotion Of education. His gifts
amounted to more than $10,00O,O00.
Asa Packer had the same fad, his bene-
factions amounting to about So, 500, 900.
He founded Lehigh university.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
ITO RE Continued
FOR POOR SPOILERS.
Consolation for Those Who Are Weak in
Orthography.

Orthography.
"A perfect mastery of photography is
not essential to goodness of heart or
strength of intellect, but It's emineptly
desirable, nevertheless, and all young
people should be taught so to regard it.
And yet, if man is one of the unfortu-
rates who possesses no spelling gift,
it may not be wrong for him to console
himself with the knowledge that be is
by no means alone in his infrmty.
Editors, of all men, know that weak
ness of that kind may consist with
much learning and an excellent Eng
fish style. Some of their favorite con-
tributors - school-teachers, professors
and even college presidents-are given
to expressing their most original
thoughts in equally original orthog-
raphy. In part this may be due to
hasty writing, but when the same word
is misspelled in the same ingenious
way throughout an entire manuscript
some less charitable explanation is
forced upon the reader.
In old times. as is we'll known, the
most scholarly men spelled very much
oo 'Icy ljledScu. LIT. oamucl Johnson
was perhaps the first-certainly n, was
among the first-to' setorthography on
a sure footing" and it is the more sur
pr'sing, therefore, to find him one OF
the worst offenders.
DIR. Hill, in his edition of DR.. John
sons letters, remarks upon this slngu-
lar fact, and cites a long list of exam
pies, worthy of a very dull schoolboy:
"Persuance," 81 cannot butt" "happv
est, "Fryday," "pamflets," invent
ter "barel," acknowledgement" dis
tresful'' "Plimouth," imbecillity,"
"enervaiting," ''devde," "ilness."
We quote these, not that anv youth.
full reader should excuse his own ipno.
rance by an appeal to the great lexi-
cographer's example, but as a curious
instance of human fralty, and as
possible comfort to elderly scholars
from whom nature has withheld an
photographed memory. - Youths
Companion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24

A LONDON paper claims lat teak is
the most durable wood known for
structural and mechanical purposes. It
is hard, yet light, easily worked, and,
though porous, shrinl1s little, and be-
cause of it's oily nature does not injure
iron In southeastern Asia it is much
used for ship building. The wood is
frequently girdled year before it is
felled, and thus exposed to sun and
wind it seasons more rapidly than when
cut green
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-24
Naturally Slow.

Deegan-Whin OF kim t this coun
thry forthy years ago, it took six "aN'0
FUR US t cross tn ocean.
Duggan-Troth. yez must hev Nl1'
over On wan ov thin thramp staymefs'
N. Y. Truth,