Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-05-19
MOUNTAIN HOME, May 10, 1898.

W al ii1ho IVA lhV paw lew ddy /
has not been very exciting. 1t APP
pears that our fleets are uniting for
a combined attack to crush the
Spanish Cape Verde feet.
Senator Stewart is watching the
bond issue proposition like hawk,
and Congress is not going to issue
any gold bonds for war purposes or
any thing else if he can help it.
A knot is sos feet longer than
the mile commonly used to measure
distances. Therefore 20 knot ship
has a speed of about % miles an
hour. Some of the torpedo boats
are capable of 80 miles an hour.
zone Minute Cough Cure is the best
preparation | have ever sold or used
and | can't say too much in Its praise"
L. NJ. Kennon, Merchant, Odell, Ga.
Smiths Pharmacy.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Heath states that friends and
relatives of soldiers in the field, in
addressing letters to them, should
mark plainly the company and regi-
ment to which they belong, as by
doing so the distribution of the mail
will be facilitated.
The high-tarif methods were beau
tifully illustrated in Congress when
the question of admitting guns and
ammunition free Of duty came up
the other day. The fact that the
foreigner did not pay the tax be-
came self-evident. The Democrats
twitted the Republicans about this
old fraud until the high tariff
'blushed with shame"
Late to bed and early to rise, prepares
man for his home in the skies. Early
to bed and Little Early Riser, the
pill that makes life longer and better
and wiser. Smiths Pharmacy.
An income tax is the ideal war
tax. When the poorer people do
the fighting, why shouldn't the pay
ing ofthe expenses fall largely upon
the wealthy who manage to escape
the dangers of the battlefield? What
justice is there in allowing the rich
to evade both the danger and the
expense? Unless his income is
taxed, a millionaire pays no more
to the expenses of war than la
borer or Observation-Disclosures Pa,
Waterman.
The human machine starts but once
and stops but once. You can keep it
going longest and most regularly by
using DeWitt's Little Early Riscrs,
the famous little pills for constipation
and all stomach and liver troubles.
Smiths Pharmacy.
1t is reported that the Philippine
islands are rich in gold. The little
streams are full Of placer gold and
the mountains a perfect network Of
small lodges, some of them running
as much as from four to six ounces
per ton, but the people are at least
1000 years behind the times; no
work has yet been done in q syste-
matte manner, and for several rea-
sons it is almost impossible to pros
pect. The government does not give
the proper protection to justify any
man spending his time prospecting.
S. Il. Parker, Sharon, Wis, writes /:
Il have tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve for itching piles and it always
stops them in two minutes. | consider
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the great
est pile cure on the market" Smiths
Pharmacy.
Citizens of Idaho who live off the
lines of railroad and depend for the
mail service upon the Star route
system are much worked up over
the letting of Star route contracts
to Eastern bidders, The claim is
made that the bidders take the con-
tracts so low that they have to
carry the mails the cheapest way
that they can, thereby resorting to
blackboard and horseback service,
and affordingn no accommodations to
the public. Many petitions have
been sent to Washington protesting
against it.
S. G. P, Jones, Milesburg, Pa, writes .
] have used DeWitt's Little Early
Risers ever since they were introduced
here and must say l have never used
any pills in my family during forty
years of house keeping that gave such
satisfactory results as a laxative or
eathartic," Smiths Pharmacy.
Ex-Gov. Leonard, of the Idaho
Third House, is now on molar
repairing expedition, combined with
other pleasures, over in Nevada.
The Eureka Sentinel thus speaks
of him: "Dr Leonard's lecture,
Astronomy of the Bible, at Lane
City Sunday evening, was we'll at
tended. One who was there informs
us that the Doctor is fluent talker
aud handled the subject in a mas
terly manner. Heaven and hell
were located and the time it takes
to get there. The devils tail, Jo-
nah and the big fish, Joshua and
the sun, the story of Adam and Eve,
Noah and the ark, the birth and
crucifixion of Christ, were all ex-
planned to be astronomical phe-
nomena. The lecture was highly
instructive and entertaining and
met with rounds of applause"
S. NJ. Geary, Pierson, Mich, writes
"DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is curing