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range of dogs. There will be big dogs and little dogs, black dogs and white dogs, bulldogs and pugs. There Will be dogs of high degree and of low uegree, expensive dogs and cheap dogs, gl competing for the bits of blue rib classes.
 speaking of high-priced dogs reminds , ,e o1 the fact that a Milwaukee Ger {, .,s-,e car caught nice little slice of George Io, osla wealth for a couple of dogs not
 $ ago, in which Gould got the worst
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of inners" other wise the private office of Mayor Harrison, he has begun to suspect that the city's ex- ecutiye occasion ally has a merry twinkle in his eye
 " h e Il he com mands the officer to do something. Rowan was told to order an Austrian
 Il 0 b l e m a n t o move on" the other day and it required the ef- forts of a hastily
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old age in his own way. For a num- Der of years he h a q b Q Il e m - ployed by a cor poration " h i c h owns one of the great office build ings the city, but his increasing y ars ineapaci- tated him for the hard work which had been his lot and he was un-
 ,ov.,,,ODfO,7e1v VA
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before the winter c o s e s. Nothing has as yet been said regarding an imitation of New York s s n a k 2 show a n d the Gothamites are evidently to be al- lowed to carry
 away the undivid- ed honors for that event. Some time in March the Mus coutah K e n Il e l club will open an exhibition that is 4n nnrnr. 4hn nntire
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His VIII.

Yes. he had a will of his own His word was law.
 But one day he died. Then the law .yers took hack at his will. His word ceased 10 be law.
 He had had a will of his own. But after the lawyers got through with it there could be no doubt that he might ss well have saved himself the trouble. Cleveland Leader.
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IS to DG 6dQGditQs
 according to the Woman's club, mp to point where they will appreciate the more classical airs of "Schubert's Ser cnade" Ave Marie, or the Pilgrim $ Chorus"
 How nice all this sounds, but will the dear public De educated? Will they catch the swing of Schubert as they do of Annie Rooney?" We are afraid not The park concerts are for the small boy and girl, and the nurse maids priu- cipally, and they prefer the old reIi- ables to any change that may be sug- gested.
 Theodore Thomas announces that while he believes in free concerts he does not believe in cheap class of music, and like the Woman's club. would have the public educated up to a higher standard, whether the public desires the education or not
 But Theodore Thomas is great mn- sician, whether he succeeds in eduea- ting the public or otherwise. A friend who is quite intimate with him tells the following little story which Illustrates his wonderful sense of rhythm and time:
 Ut has been said that musician who possesses fine sensibility and who has the training can calculate the time of production to the second. While on a recent tour this was given test and in P successive concerts the over ture to ''Tannhaeuser" was played each time in precisely 12 minutes and IL seconds
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ServIa,s Centennriana

Of all the countries in the world, 1t Is servia which contains the most cen tenarians. Among it's less than 1.aoO,- 900 inhabitants there are F7s whose age exceeds 100 years.
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ABOUT WHISPERS.
The Mere Mention of Them at Times Sets People to Gnugh-
 ing.


 T have often wondered" began the Kohaek philosopher, musingly, ad- dressing nobody in particular in the lit- tie gang of his friends and neighbors congregated around the stove in the corner grocery, what there is partieu- larly humorous about the mere word 'whiskers.' Of course there are funny loohin' whiskers in this life, the same Us there are comical-appearin ears, noses and so on, but why there should be anything provocative of mirth ln the word itself is beyond my compre- hension.
 'l presume that one word of two syllables has caused more laughter than any other single word in the Eng fish language, You may say that the wind blew through the forest, or the key-hole or through anything else you can think of, and the announcement will not produce even a grin, but if you say the wind blew through his whis- kers every body laughs fit to kill. A comedian of the kind we usually have in the town hall here, who is such & hopeless failure as a fun-maker that his best efforts only serve to make his hearers yawn, can always evoke hur- ricane of mirth by workin' the word swhislers' into his remarks in almost any inappropriate way.
 .sIhere IS no reasonable reason for this, so far as l can see; whiskers are, to my notion, rarely more humorous than chunk of rye bread, and occasionally they are downright pathetic-especially when they are dyed a ghastly and dis maj black and hung on the neck of dodderin' old fossil with one foot in the 1 grave and the other, so to express it, reachin' out after third wife 1 once knew an old fool of this kind who Hehl you ain,t goin' home, are ye, deacon? ?"
 'Yes. l am!" was the snappish an- swer, as the elderly wearer of such beard as had just been described rose with indignant alacrity from his accus- toned seat in handy proximity 10 the groeer's cracker barrel and clumped wrathfully out.
 Now, l wonder what's upset Deacon Prilliman?" innocently commented the philosopher who had not intended his remarks to have any personal applica- ton, and had failed to notice that they had done so. "Mebby his rheumatism Is hectorin' him again; the deacon has been gittin' around pretty spry of 1ate for him, though. Come to think about, they-er-heh!-do say the old feller is sorter settin' up and tal1in' notice around for another wife, but I don't know how true it is."7-N Y World.
 Happy Chance.
 "Your money or your life!" cried the robber.
 eHa, hal" laughed the artist, and he drew pistol.
 The artist had no money, and, accord ing to the critics, not much life, but that was not why he laughed
 He laughed because he belonged ta the school which draws rapidly and boldly, rather than the school which draws laboriouely, with great attention 10 detail-Detroit Journal.
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VIII the Public Be Educateds
 The Chicago Woman.s club, assisted 2y Theodore Thomas, proposes to revo-
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Iu uLIDtIIEtsgItt music at the=park= con certs the coming $ Il m 1He.T he tastes that crave An nn=ieItooney g "The e=GtZgGam e D..l-t aatr,l-=----t
 0aC k,ZIII8Ee5 $ a x e Yq Coon in Town. .''s.,Id he Sun beam Polka. or the .Crackerjack March are not to be catered to in the future as in the pas t.. TIrs tead of these 1lIP= =publiC
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Chicago Etchings
Various Bits Of Life Gathered from the Streets and Elsewhere

Since Big Steve Rowan has been fbe bluecoated guardian of the timer
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A7 AIb Cd GGitt= =panies in theiref- forts to secure a 5oyear franchise un q Q r existing state laws, h Q newsb boys out-on II al $ t Q q street solved the prob lem of beating the street c a com =.zs
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nons to Be Exhibited.

Chicago has had cat show, poultry show. and is now to have a dog show
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The Newsboys Know How.

While the citizens of Chicago, led by Mayor Harrison, were fighting the
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Solved a Difficult Problem.
 \ venerable Chicago colored man has solved the problem of a livelihood in
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
CHAPTER vIII.--(Continued.)


Shell Pushes crimson; the one wish
volume of Tennyson all her own. Yet,
now that she stands with the treasure
in her hand, a strange perversity
makes her feel more than half inclined
to thrust it back upon the donor.
ut is very kind of you, Bob and
Meg" she says, in tone of angry inn
patience; but / cannot think of ac-
cepting your present. Take it home
and keep it until you are grown up
then you win be able to understand
it,"
Don't you like it, them queries
Bob, looking anxious and distressed.
Pa thought you would rather have a
book; but I'll tell him to send you a
watch instead"
This threatened alternative sounds
SO very alarming that Shell hastens to
explain to the children her detestation
of watches in general and her I'M
bounded admiration of poets
What are you making such a chat
ter and fuss about, SHELF" interposes
Ruby crossing to her sisters side and
taking up the volume in dispute. "Oh,
only a copy Of Tennysoni" with con-
temptuous curl of her lip at the plain
though handsome binding. Il wonder
what induced Robert Champley TO send
you that? You have not been deyot-
| ing yourself to his children.
No | should hope not" answers
Shell, with emphasis. Neither do |
want any present. shall return it"
Return it? What conceited non
sense!" SCOTS Ruby. Il suppose he
thought some slight acknowledgment
was due to you for playing with the
! children occasionally. If you want to
make yourself absurd and conspicuous,
| of course you will return it,"
On the next morning the Champley
household take their departure for the
/ moor. Ruby chances to be near the
deserted lodge of the Wilderness when
the wagonette-c containing the two
brothers, the children and the nurse
drives by.
She makes dainty picture, stand
ing in the shade of the chestnut tree
in her pale-blue morning dress, and
waving her handkerchief in token OF
adieu. The gentlemen raise their hats
and smile, the children shout, the
nurse gives a defiant snort and the
next moment they are out of sight.
Two months of freedom!" thinks
Robert Champley to himself. "On my
return home l must make other ar
engagements"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26

When Thomas Moore's celebrity was
at Its first glow he received an invita-
ton to dine with the prince Of Wales
His royal host was delighted with him
and after dinner they fell into 4
friendly chat. The prince assuming
that his illustrious visitor must be
of high descent, named several ancient
families Of Ireland, asking If he were
not allied to one of them. The not,ea-
able attention bestowed attracted the
curiosity of all present. Suddenly n
occurred to his royal highness that his
distinguished guest must be the son
Of certain Mr.. Moore, man az bigb
birth and great fortune Thus pressed
the poet put an end to persistent in
quiries by answering simply: mo. sir.
! have not the honor of being descend
ed from any Of the distinguished fam
lilies you have mentioned. / am. sir.
the son Of the honestest tradesman IN
all Dublin"
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. :, IN owov thn time with muslc.

to while away the time Win muSiC'
Sh iii is one Of those sensitive folk
who never play so well as when alone
she cannot pour her whole heart into
her music when she has listeners
Now with the house to herself she
soon becomes lost to her surroundings,
and the room echoes to such heart
stir ng strains as 1t rarely falls to
ones lot to hear.
Su ldenly however her music comes
to ali end, and her heart throbs with
terrd r, for through the empty hall
echo IS the sonorous thunder Of the
big ron knocker.
Sh ellis first impulse is to take no
motto e--to hide herself or to make her
escape by some back window; then
her Natural good sense returns, and
she laughs in nervous manner at her
fears and with fast-beating heart ad-
vances into the hall.
rs that you, Susan?" she asks, but
with put christening the heavy chain.
Til ere comes no answer save Wig
orou ring at the bell.
who is there?" demands Shell, this
time in a firmer tone and one more
likel y to penetrate the thick oak
panels
"A messenger from Mrs Widen, >
answers a voice which is somehow
familiar to Shells ears.
With trembling hands she shoots
hack the heavy bolts, and, taking down
the ehain. opens the door. There she
stan hs-pale, big-eyed, and scared
look Ing, before Robert Champley.
20 what fright you gave mel" is
her first involuntary exclamation.
"a fright How so? What have
done ?" queries her visitor, looking
niue b surprised.
oh, nothing!" answers Shell, whilst
the ghost of smile fuckers round hel
still colorless lips ut was my owl
fooli shness; but l was not expecting
any one excepting Susan, and YOU
knod frightened me. l suppose
mus be getting nervous "-with a self
depr eciating little laugh.
IN ervous? l should think sol" criei
Robert wonderingly. He has taker
her hand in greeting, and feels 1t colt
and trembling in his warm grasp. Blu
surely you are not alone in the house?'
"Q My for a short time; l am expect
ing Susan back every minute" ex
plains Shell, who feels hearth!
ashd med of her late weakness.
Her visitor looks grave.
You ought not to be left alone Ii
a hbuse like this" he says very de
| cidealy. why, you are trembling
stillI"
! II IS words remind Shell that he still
has possession of her hand-with
LITTLE impatient movement she with
draws it.
ITO be Continued.)
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
INDIANS AS RUNNERS.
Inst hnces of Their Remarkable Powers
of Endurance.

G1nefal Cook is quoted by Edward S.
Ellis as having seen an Apache lope
for 500 feet up the side of a mountain
will out showing the first signs of ia
tigue there being no perceptlble sign
of Increase of respiration. Captain Il.
l.. Scott, of the Seventh Cavalry, has
rela ted some astonishing feats per-
forrh ped by the Chiraeahua Apaches
forming Troop L Of his regiment. He
tells how nine of these Indians, after
a h rd days work, by way of recrea-
ton pursued coyote for two hours,
captured the nimble brute and brought
1t in to camp; how, on another occasion.
the scouts gave chase to deer, ran it
dow ID some nine miles from camp and
fete bed it in alive. Hence | see no
good reason for doubling the word of
an d ld-tlmer l met in the Rocky noun
tainB, who told me that, In the days
before the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
road was built, the Pima Indians Of
Aria ona would recover settlers stray
hoEaes. along the overland trail, by
walking them down in the course of
two or three days. After this one may
begin to believe that Lying jim
Beckwourth, whose remarkable adven-
ture early In this century are pre-
serR ed in book form, was a mnch-ma-
lign I'D man and that he spoke no more
thar the truth when he said he had
kno IN instances of Indian runners ac-
com plishing upward of Ito miles In one
day. -Lippineotts Magazine.
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A Good World.

This is the best possible world for
one who is called according to Gods
purpose, or purposes according to
Gods calling. We are infected with
intidelity when we sigh for the wings
of dove We sing God Is wisdom,
God Is love- If we believe It, we
shall act as though we believe 1t, and
face our tasks with fidelity and our
tests for fortltude. God knows why
we are here, and has told us-to learn,
and to do, for discipline and duty. Can
we imagine world better fitted for
those ends than this world? How long
are we to suffer or serve is for God to
say. Let us not look too much out OF
the schoolroom windows, or too impa-
tiently at the clock. Lord Shaftesbury
resented friends misdirected sym
pathy who congratulated him on his
apparent approach to death. He was
anything but glad to leave, he said,
when there was so much to be done
for God here. When Gods time for
us comes, we'll and good. TIL then
this world is the best for us, and wa
must make the most of 1t, and do our
best for 1t.
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Fifty-one Bridges for b. a O. r.. r..


Baltimore, Jan. 23.-One of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed in many years has been let by the
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river in proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that Is being used east of the river
the receivers found it necessary to re-
build 81 bridges between Benwood, w.
Va, and Chicago. That the structures
might be rapidly pushed to compile
ton it was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs-
town Bridge Company of Youngstown
will erect 81 bridges on the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark, Ohio; the Peneoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the II bridges on
the Lake Erie division, Newark to
Sandusky, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington, Del, will
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chi
cago division. The total cost of these
bridges Is in the neighborhood of $780,
coo and it is expected that all will be
in place by September. Nearly six
thousand tons OF steel will be needed
for the structures.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
CHAPTER TX

Mamma, there is a most enticing
cottage to be let at Oakford," cries
Ruby, glancing up excitedly from the
paper in her hand. Listen! 'Oakford.
To be let, furnished, charming cottage
residenee-fiye rooms, large garden,
every convenience rent moderate, air
bracing, close to moor
Yes, my dear" responds Mrs. Will
den in mild surprise. We'll, what
about 1t? Do you know of any one
wanting a cottage?"
Il thought it might suit us" replies
Ruby a little erestfallen.
1T certainly might if we wanted to
go there" asserts Mrs. Widen with
good tempered laugh; but, as you
know Ruby, | have a great dislike to
leaving home"
But, mamma, | think you require
change of air" persists Ruby with UNI
wonted affection. You have been suf-
fering so frightfully from neuralgia all
spring. | am sure your nerves want
braeing. Why not take this cottage
for a month or SO? Change is good
for everybody"
Mrs Widen shakes her head, but
not after very determined fashion.
What do you say, VIZ" she asks.
turning to her niece.
We'll l really don't think l care
two straws either way" answers Miss
Flower lazily IF somebody will pack
my things | am willing to go, but
couldn't undertake to pack them my
self"
Now that just shows how much
you need change" cries Ruby eagerly.
your whole system wants stirring up
before We had been a week on the
moor you would be as brisk as a
bee"
should To- says Violet, with
dubious laugh. Il very much doubt
it; but | am willing to try the expert
ment."
Truth to tell. if Violet Flower con-
suited her own feelings, she would far
rather remain in her present comfort
able quarters; but Ruby having con-
flded to her a scheme for visiting the
moor if possible, she has promised
not to oppose the plan.
There is a fair amount of resistance
on Mrs Wilden's part, but her ener-
getie daughter overrules each and
every obstacle as Il Is presented to her.
Her eloquenee is so great in adyocat-
ing a change that one would wonder,
to hear her talk, how they have nan
aged to exist so many summers
through at the Wilderness without ae-
quring all the maladies to which flesh
is heir.
Shell is not present when the dis
eussion takes place, but her indigna-
ton when the plan is unfolded to her
Is unbounded
You don't mean to say, Ruby, that
you are actually thinking Of following
the Champleys to the moor?" she says.
in voice of such infinite scorn that
Ruby nushes uneasily.
What nonsense you talk, She'll"
she returns angrily. You seem to
have the Champleys on the brain. We
are going to the moor because mamma
thing so very extraordinary in that?"
There is something extraordinary
in your having selected the same viii
iage,n answers Shell decidedly IF
mamma wants bracing air why not
take her to the North of Deyon?"
Because rooms there would be
frightfully expensive; whereas the cot
tage ON the moor is a mere trifie, re-
spends Ruby loftily.
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CHAPTER X.

A week has passed. Shell has grown
tired of her selfimposed solitude; the
big, bare. eehoing rooms have be-
come hateful to her. Even the grounds
seem changed and unfamiliar. The
certainty that there Is no chance Of
interruption TO her lonely musings, at
first so delightful. now seems to fill
her usually cheerful spirit with sense
of depression. Until robbed of all com
partnership she never guessed what a
sociable creature she was. Happy
would she be If even the most name
and commonplace caller would come
to break the monotony of her endless
days But it is understood In the
neighborhood that the family at the
Wilderness are away; so from morn
till night Shell wanders aimlessly
about, with only the gray cat to bear
her company.
II is evening. Shell is even more
desoate than her wont. Susan has
asked permission to 60 into Mudford TO
make few purchases, and already
she has been absent over three hours
It is now seven o'clock, and the empty
house seems to Shells excited imagi-
nation like a haunted place She
fancies she hears hurrying through the
passages. A door slams, and her heart
stands still with fear. Shell however
is not one to give way to morbid feel
tngs, and, rousing herself from her
book, she starts on tour of inspec-
tion through the house, shutting all
windows and securely barring all
doors On her way; then, with re-
newed sense Of security. she returns
to the drawing groom and determines
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26
EANING OF A SCOTCH WORD
A Cpuple of Stories Told to illustrate
Its Correct Use.

It's Correct Use.
The Scotch word whammle cannot
be fully expressed by one word in
English, writes contributor of the
Wakerley. Like some French mots
it il untranslatable A Scottish gen
tlenl ian, resident in Boston, tells lit
tie story that illustrates the applica-
tio1 of 'whammle." In some remote
parishes of Scotland it used to be a
Gust ON among farming people at their
tea tables to inyert or "whammle" the
cup into the saucer, as a signal that
the tea drinker was finished, or, as we
say in some parts of America,
Though" No further pressure would
ava Il. The juniors in those parishes
were not encouraged to state what
they preferred for supper or tea, nor
did they sit with their elders, but
pat ently waited for second table.
when the seniors had finished At a
particular gathering rough-and-
ready boy sat on low stool, watching
wit j wolfish eyes his jolly and ro-
tunh mother swallowing innumerable
cups of tea The beverage stimulated
the good woman's storytelling pow
ers, TILL like DIR. Sam Johnson, she
lost count of the cups, and the boy,
whose hopes were waning. also fan
eied danger to his mother. He could
be silent no longer. and cried out:
Hey, mither! whammle or yen
burati" Another still more inter-
estihg occasion on which "whammle"
was illustrated | heard described by
an old gentleman now living In Glas-
gov He was, when a lad, one day
wat ching some builders at work. Up
to he group walked a lame man, with
a pen behind his ear, bareheaded. He
took hold of a pail among the build
ing properties, and turning 1t over
said when I do this what do you
call it," The prompt reply was "Wam-
bin 1t over" THANK you, my man!
Tha rs the word I've been trying to
get all morning. And Sir Walter
Scott walked away to finish the story
his search for the right word had in
terrhpted
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-01-26

A Swiss anthropologist recently re-
turned from trip through Patagonia.
He had with him many cases contain
ing skeletons and skulls that he had
collected. The Swiss customs officers
opened the cases, and, after long con-
sultation, appraised the contents as
common bones" charging the scien-
fist a stiff duty. The explorer got
angry and declared 1t PROCLAMATION to
appraise human bones that way. To
his surprise the customs officials were
impressed by his remarks, and retired
for another consultation. CHASING
them as worn personal effects Of for
efpp residents"