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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Beware of Food Samples.

Quite recently in New York two
deaths occurred from poisoning by
the use Of powders sent to the vic
Tins by mail. In Leavenworth,
Kans., the other day nearly every
doctor in town was called to attend
the children who had gathered up,
eaten, and been made i'll by sam
Piles of an article left at houses by
canvassers for advertising purposes.
Alum baking powders have al
ways been favorite articles for this
sampling business. Yet there is
nothing more liable to lead to dan
ger than the practice of using the
various samples of baking powder
left at the door. They are presented
by irresponsible parties, in appear
ance are not distfnguishable from
arsenic, and indeed, in Indiana
some time since one package was
found, after it had caused the
death of the housewife, to have
been mixed with that poison.
1t is safer to refuse all samples
of food or medicine offered at the
door. Pure cream of tartar baking
powders sell upon their merits, nd
are never peddled or sampled.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Be Careful.

In view of the fact that great
many people are fleeing to the
mountains to escape the heat of
valleys, we give in full below the
law relative to forest fires:
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives. of the
United States of America in Con-
gress assembled; That any person
who shall wiffully or maliciously
set fire, or cause to be set on fire, any
timber, underbrush or grass upon
the public domain, or shall careless
ly or negligently leave or suffer fire
to burn unattended near any tim
Der or other infammable material,
shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and, upon Conviction there
of in any district court of the
United States having jurisdiction
of the same shall be fined in sum
not more than five thousand dollars
or be imprisoned for term of not
more than two years, or both.
Sec. 2. That any person who
shall build camp fire, or other fire
in or near any forest, timber or
other inflammable material upon
the public domain, shall, before
breaking camp or leaving said fire,
totally extinguish the same. Any
person failing to do so shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof in any
district court of the United States
having jurisdiction of the same,
shall be fined in a sum not more
than one thousand dollars, or be
imprisoned for term of not more
than one year, or both.
Sec. 3 That in all cases arising
under this act the fines collected
shall be paid into the public school
fund of the county in which the
the lands where the otfense was
committed are situate.
Approved February "a, 1897.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27

Constable Gorby arrested and
brought here this morning section
foreman Sullivan of King Hill. for
violation of the anti-alien labor law.
The friction caused by an insur-
ance policy rubbing against a mort
gage is one of the most frequent
causes of fires the origin of which is
usually reported as unknown" or
"a defective fiue," says the Tnsca-
rora Times.
Representatives of the Quaker
Medicine Co, have been entertain
ing our people every evening for
several days by giving open air
concerts on the vacant lot adjoiDing
r. A. Easley's residence.
The newspaper men feel the eff
fects of the trusts as we'll as others.
The paper trust has raised the
price of envelopes from Is to IS
cents per thousand, and the paper
from t to l cent per pound. And
now comes the type supply house
and informs us that owing to the
metal trust it must raise the price
of all type IL to is per cent.
Fidelity and Deposit Co., of
Maryland; American Surety Co., of
New York ! American Bonding and
Trust Co., of Baltimore; United
States Fidelity and Guarantee CO.,
of Maryland, having complied with
the Idaho law relative to surety
companies, can now GO business in
this state and county, to the great
qualification of all who have to rus
tie official bonds.
Even those most DESTROYS of see-
ing a reign of law and order estab-
lished in the Cour d'Alenes and
who approve of the course pursued
by the state authorities to suppress
the lawlessness which has SO long
dominated the mining industry in
that district, are disgusted with the
manifestly unfair manner in which
the proceedings of the trial now in
progress is being reported by the
leading daily papers of Idaho. It's
comments upon the character of
the witnesses and the evidence
given by them is entirely unneces-
sary.-De Lamar Nugget.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Fruit Jars at Helfrich's.

f1ult Jars at Helfrlch,S.
DR.. Smith spent Tuesday at the
Capital city.
Mrs. and Miss Lodge have gone to
the mountains.
Have your property insured with
w. D. Reynolds.
T. Hutchins of Boise made a
short visit in this place last week.
Are you insured against fre2 II
not, call on w. D. Reynolds and be
fixed up.
Your choice of any mans straw
or crash hat in the house, 25c. G.
R. Kelsey & Co.
Fruit jars, pints, quarts, half
gallons, extra tops and rubbers.
Chas. R. Kelsey & Co.
Six hundred head of cattle be-
longing to a gentleman named Shaw
were shipped east from this pl ace
last Sunday.
AT the trial of Charles Worrick
Monday evening before Justice
Swan, for ENLIGHTENMENT, the jury
bought in verdict of not guilty.
Lawyers Wolfe and Perky re-
turned home Saturday evening
from HALEY, where they had been
on matters before Judge Stockslager
relative to the Hanique-R etallic
mining suit.
Geo. A. Mccormick came in from
his Lime creek mines Monday even
ing, having completed the assess
work for this year upon his claims.
N. 2. Nelson, who was with Mr..
M cCornick, stopped at Dixie to do
assessment work upon DR.. Smiths
locations in that district.
Albert Rosenheim has recently
and at great expense purchased and
placed in position in his Corner
saloon new-fangled beer preserving
and ~beer-drawing machine, which is
called THE liquifed carbonic gas
apparatus" Prince Albert keeps
abreast the times in all thirgs.
Marion House has been awarded
the contract for doing all iron work
in connection with the erection OF
Turner'S new hotel, Mr.. Turner a
few days ago received a carload OF
lime, and is daily expecting the ar
rival of six carloads of lumber and
other materials, after the arrival Of
which q good force of mechanics
will be put at work and the build.
ing pushed to completion as fast as
possible. And all are extending
compliments to Mr.. Turner for bis
antiring energy and enterprise.
Captain Rhoades returned home
Sunday from a protracted survey.
ing trip in the Seven Devils min.
ing country. No one can conceive
the extent and richness of the cop
PSF lodes of the Seven Devils before
visit there. The principal loca
tions are: The Peacock, Lockwood
Blujaeket, Arkansaw, DEBORAH ant
Alaska groups, nearly all of which
are being more or less developed
Cuprum is the name of the princi
pal town OF the district, and it i
building up rapidly. The new rail
road from Weiser to these eoppe
mines is being pushed toward tn,
mountains with all possible speed
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Ishatd wen
to Caldwell last evening.

Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Ishafn went
to Caldwell last evening.
r. P. Chattin went to Wood river
by Tuesday nights train.
j. e. Rickerd of Glenn's Ferry
was visitor here Tuesday.
T. R. Stevenson of Glenn's Ferry
was visitor in this place Monday.
Sunday School at the Congrega-
tional church at IL o'clock. Chris
tan Endeavor at 7:15 p, m.
1t is reported that Al. Stedman
has sold his Red Warrior mines to
a Walla Walla company.
The man with the pitchfork takes
the lead of the man with the hoe at
this particular season of the year.
We regret to announce that Reva,
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. d. Reynolds is dangerously ill.
Mrs. John Wilkins returned home
Wednesday evening from a visit
with Arthur Pence and family at
Hot Spring.
Captain Rhoades and wife have
removed from the Griffin house to
their own place on the south side of
the railroad.
James Stewart of Rocky Bar was
here last week after supplies and a
mower to cut hay on his South
Boise ranch.
George Smith will have hearing
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, before
Judge White, upon the charge of
resisting an officer.
Bishop Funston will arrive in
Boise from Virginia about August
LIST, and will visit Mountain Home
few days thereafter.
H.W. Tanner, who is driving Neil
& Co.'S ice delivery wagon, accident
ly-cut his left wrist quite severely
Monday, with an ice knife.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will hold
a cooked food sale Saturday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Hagar.
Ice cream and cake will also be on
sale.
Constable Keefer this morning ar
rested Cronin and 0'Neill, section
bosses, for employing Japs on the
railroad in violation of the law. They
will have hearing before Justice
Swan.
After taking in the Rocky Bar
and Big Camas sections, Ramsdell's
legerdemain outfit passed through
this place yesterday headed for
Oreana and Silver City. 1t is said
to be very creditable show.
The Helfrich Mercantile Co.. yes
terday sent out a big water wheel
from San Francisco to the Uncle
Ben mine at Bonaparte The non
arrival of this wheel has delayed
the starting up Of the new quartz
mill of the Uncle Ben Company.
w. II. McDougall, who has for
years been a passenger conductor
on the railroad running from Chi
cago to Desplaines, ID taking his
annual lay-off, and in company
with his son arrived here Saturday
night to look after his property in
terests in this section. Monday,
they went down to Halls fruit or
chard on the Snake, to spend a few
days. Mr.. McDougall says the
rich are prospecting in the eastern
states, but at the prevailing wages
the poor laborer receives Just bare.
ly enough to keep soul and body
together, and that the situation Of
. "bone and sinew of the landni is any.
thing but pleasant to contemplate
Yet, having brought themselves
voluntarily, by their votes for the
party of trusts and monopolies, tt
the slaves level, the laboring people
of the manufacturing centers of thu
east deserve but little sympathy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27

verified and road not being yet received, was laid
over. Commissioner Holland was authorized to in
speet said road and receive the if done az per
contract.
Warrants 2l9, 22e and 232, general fund, were re-
instated and the treasurer ordered to pay out
OF any unapproprated moneys
Road contract with J. l. Tate foI repair of road
from Min Home to Garnet for Sleo, was approved
and fled same to be paid in road warrant.
Statement of receipts and expenses of Jas. oNeill
sheriff, accepted. Cash received Sls027, ex-
pense 2o balance paid county treasurer $207
James 0Nel allowed balance due on minimum
salary, first quarter 1899, S43.17.
Report of county surveyor proposed new road
to Pine Grove estimating cost at sl6l7l5, was sub.
mitted and filed.
Board adjourned to 9th, at 8 a. m.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Geo. w. Fletcher has gone to

Geo. w. Fletcher has gone to
Salt Lake on business trip.
Lawyer Wolfe and family de-
parted this morning for an outing
in the Lime creek mountains.
J. Ottenheimer and family and
Mrs. Boyd and children spent last
Sunday at Buelps hot springs,
Miss Cupp came down from Lit
tie Camas Monday and that even
ing took the train for her home in
Caldwell.
Hubert Reed, aged 7 years, son
of Mrs. Reed, died in this place last
Thursday evening, after about one
weeks illness from throat disease.
The funeral, which was conducted
by Rev. G. e. Mason at the family
residence Friday afternoon, was
very largely attended, and much
sympathy expressed for the grief
stricken mother and family.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
Dental Notice.

DIR. Barringer, the San Francisco
dentist, will return to Pine Grove,
Rocky Bar and Atlanta about Septen-
Der 10Th. Wait for him and get sat
isfactory work done at reasonable.
prices. jy20td
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-27
This Is Your Opportunity.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren ST., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. l
can emphasize his statement, at is a posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed. -
Rev Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, SO cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
THE BOYS SUMMER SWIM.

Now, off with your garments, boys; quick!
look alive
No waiting about in fear on the bank;
a run and a spring, and clean, clever
dive,
Just leaving a bubble to show where you
sank.
Or, if you prefer it, header then take,
Your head popping out as your feet dis
appear;
If managed Alright you viii no splashing
make,
But enter as stiff and as clean as a spear.
A shake of your head, and your eyes will
be free
From water, and now you start off for
your swim:
The side stroke, or breast stroke, which
one may agree
The best with your fancy, your style or
your within.
You're blown? Then turn over and rest
while you float;
It only wants pluck. and is easy to do.
That's right; you're as safe and secure as
a boat,
You see, there's no need to get into
stew.
Now make for the bank, Chamber out, and
prepare
To try some new trick, such as diving for
eggs,
Or turning a somersault cIeverly ere
The water you reach, or else swim with
tied legs.
When tired of all, and before you grow
chill,
Come out (you may easily stay in too
long,
And rub yourself down with a hearty good
will
You can't scrub too hard, and you can't
scrub too strong.
Then jump in your clothes, and be off for a
run,
And do not pull up till you glow in each
limb:
Then, boys, believe me, when that run shall
be done
You'll find yourself better by far for your
swim.
Golden Days
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
NATURAL FLY TRAP.
The DiOnea, a Little Carolina Plant,
Is Far More Reliable Than
sticky Flypaper.

FlytrapS are well known in the ami
NAL kingdom to everyone who has eyes,
or at least, who uses them.
The delicate web of the spider and
the deeply cut and broad mouth of the
swallow at once suggest themselves.
But that vegetable should have an ex-
quisitely constructed and perfect appa-
| ratus of this kind is very remarkable,
when it is remembered that plants diff
fer markedly from animals in regard to
their food. For, while animals live on
| organic substances-that is, on plants
or other animals-vegetabIe live on in
organic substances.
1t is, then, unlikely that fly could
supply a plant with food, and yet
more perfect fly trap than the leaves
of the dionea cannot be imagined.
This little plant is native of the
sandy boys in the pine barrens of Caro-
lima. 1t grows to height of from six
to twelve inches, producing a loose head
of large whitish flowers, not unlike the
flower of the lady's smock.
The flower stalk rises from a rosette
of yellowish green leaves, spreading on
the ground. Each leaf is divided by
deep incision into two portions, the
lower being a broadly winged foot
stalk, and the upper the blade or true
leaf itself.
The upper portion is the fytrap-
the most curious part of the plant
and demands a careful description.
1t is roundish and divided into two
equalparts by a strong mid rib. The mar
gins are fringed with row of strong
spiny bristles, so that it may be likened
to two upper eyelids joined at their
bases. The leaf is a little hollow on
either side of the mid-rib, the upper sur
face is dotted with minute reddish
glands, and each hollow is furnished
with three slender bristles. The sensi-
tiveness of the leaf chiefly lies in these
bristleS. If an insect alightS on the leaf
and touches one or more of them the
sides suddenly close with a force so
great as to imprison the little creature,
Notwithstanding all its efforts to es-
cape. The fringe of bristles on the
opposite side of the leaf interlace like
the fingers of the two hands clasped to-
gether. or like the teeth of a steel trap.
The insect is not crushed or suddenly
destroyed, but is retained firmly i'm
prisoned until it ceases to move, which
would mean until it was dead, and then
the leaf suddenly expands.
The two lobes are embodied at night,
but spread open in the day. When the
bristles are irritated by man, the leaf
quickly closes, remains closed for a
short time, then slowly expands, ready
to close again if newly irritated.
But if it be caused to make repeated
efforts at short intervals, its move
ments become languid, or the sensibil-
ity is altogether exhausted and is re-
covered only by = period of repose.-
Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

part and make it nice and smooth inside
with the knife. Now you bore two
holes in the sides of the shell (you can
easily see the proper place and direc-
ton on the accompanying illustration)
and insert a straw in each hole, the
straws to be about two and one-half
inches long. Then take two hazeInuts
and make two holes in each, the holes
being in right angle with each other
and reaching the center of the kernel.
Now put the straws coming out of the
walnut in the top hole of the hazelnut,
ard in the side hole you introduce a
short piece of straw. Use beeswaX or
sealing wax for stopping all leaks.
Now your sprinkler is ready for use,
and all you have to do is to place the
walnut on its pointed end on the cork
of an empty bottle and pour water in
the walnut basin. The water will then
run through the straws and thereby
cause the little sprinkler to reyolve
quickly.-J. Bellrope, in Chicago Daily
Record
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
Trees and Plants Sleep.

Trees and plants have their regular
times for going to sleep, as well as
boys and girls. They need the same
chance to rest from the work of
growing and to repair and oil the ma
chinery of life. Some plants do all
their sleeping in the winter, when the
ground is frozen and the limbs are
Dare of leaves. In hot countries, where
the snow never falls, and it is always
growing weather, the trees rest dur
ng the rainy season or during pc
rods of drought. They always choose
the time when they cannot work the
best for doing thea sleeping. just as
mankind chooses the night, when he
cannot see to work. A Norwegian sci
enlist has made some interesting ex-
periments trying to chloroform plants,
and he has found that the fumes of this
sleep giyer make the plant sleep hard
er and grow faster when it wakes up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
AN AMUSING GAME.
1t Is DoubIy Interesting because the
Boys Can Make Each of Its
Various Parts.

Here is a game that you can play in
the house, out on the porch, or on the
ground.
Take a piece of board or plank 10 by
~ inches. Plane it on the sides and
edges and cut away the corners all
around one side, Us shown in the draw
ing. Call that side the top and the
other side the bottom. See whether the
side which you choose for the bottom
is even so that the Board will set well
on the floor. If the board is warped,
turn the hollow side down, so that the
edges and not the middle will rest on
the floor. If the board seems twisted a
little, so that it will not set well, which
ever side is down, nail q block to one
side of the board at each corner. This
is q good way, even when the side of the
board is straight, for then the board
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

will set better on an uneven place on
the floor or ground.
At the center of the board bore
hole an inch or an inch and a quarter
IN diameter. Into this set standard
reaching six or seven inches above the
board. Make the lower end of the
standard fit closely and trim around
the upper end as shown in the drawing.
Paint or oil all over, including the bot
tom.
Next make the ring shown by the
drawing. The easiest way is to take a
piece of rope a little longer than the
distance around the ring. Cut away
some of the strands at each end so that
you can overlap the ends and make the
same thickness as elsewhere. Wrap
and tie these overlapping ends with
string. Then wrap the entire ring
with strips of cloth.
In playing, throw the ring over the
standard. as horse shoes or quoits are
thrown. If two people play, use two
boards and several rings.
These soft rings make no noise and
are not apt to do harm where they hit
National Rural.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

to the investigation of yellow fever
She spent nearly 100000 in providing
openings in business for men with fam
lilies. She founded the town of Long
Mont, at the foot of the Rocky noun
tains, giving GAS acres of land and $500
to each colonist in Saline county, Kan,
and contributed largely to the purchase
Of the Nassar college telescope.
Later she presented Francis B. Car
penter's painting of the signing of the,
Emancipation Proclamation by .4Sn5
coln' to congress, for which she was
granted the freedom of the floor, a
right which no other woman possessed.
She contributed large sums to the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science and was made its first
patron. She was a strong advocate of
the idea of an international republic.
She was attacked by stroke of paraly-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
ELIZABETH THOMPSON.
Passing of the Only Woman Ever
Granted Freedom of Floor
in Congress.

Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, whose
death at Littlcton, n. H., was an
nounced recently, was born in Vermont
in 1921, being the daughter of poor
farmer. She began life as a maid of
all work, but in 1913 she attracted the
attention of Thomas Thompson, Bos-
ton millionaire, to whom she was mar
ried in 1914. He was man of markedly
philanthropic character, and when his
estate came into her hands at his death
in 1869 she followed his example in
contributing freely to all worthy chart
ties, says the Boston Transcript.
She spent large sums in the cause of
temperance and expended a fortune in
helping heads of families who had met
with misfortune. She devoted $4,000
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07
THE ICEMAN'S LOSS,
According to a Calculating Barber 1t
Figures Out to Be Com
siderable.

How'd you like to be the iceman?"
Snyder, the calculating barber, was
artistically executing a quickstep on
the razor strop when the above little
ditty foated in from the busy thor
oughfare, causing a smile of contempt
to fit across his features, says the Phil
adelphia Record. THAT simply makes
me weary" he remarked, as with a
flourish he daubed the patrons face.
You hear that latest acquisition in the
way of slang phrases repeated by men
of every station, just as if the iceman's
lot was an earthly paradise. As mat
ter of fact, the individual who embarks
on career which involves the market
ing of CONCEALED moisture doesn't have
to run around searching for his trou.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-09-07

bles. How many people, do you sup
pose, ever think of the amount of
money that drips right out of the ice
mans hands when the sun beats down
on his heavily loaded wagon? Don't
amount to much, Ell? Well, you'll
change your opinion when [ bring up
few figures for your consideration.
Starting out with ton of ice, 1 esti-
mate that melting alone causes a dead
loss of about 100 pounds to the dealer.
Els doesn't seem much, but when you
calculate that about l, 900 wagons day
right here in town lose that amount the
figures are amazing. One hundred
thousand pounds, at, say, ten cents
per hundred, runs up the tidy sum
of 500. Three hundred and siXty-fve
times 500 gives us the annual loss To-
cally as $36,50O. Takes a little nerve,
doesn't it, to be an iceman? Then,