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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
a pro.perou. Manufacturing city.

Brockton's prosperity Is 50 closely all
He'd 10 the prosperity ot the shoe mus
try that II VIII, no doubt, prove a matter
OF interest to a large number OF people "
learn the actual average earning capacity
OF each Individual employed In the max
ing OF the world famed Bfockton snoe
For illustration: At the factory o. tht
w +. Douglas Shoe company the pay
roll for the week ending Sent. 80, eNclud-
ing superintendent, foreinen, statesmen.
and all clerical help. shows the average
earnings Of the employees large ahG
small, TO be 1851 per week. This was not
an extraordinary week 1t was the Gus
tOmary pay roll.
The amount earned per week, however,
does not always tell the story OF pros
perity. The number OF weeks employed
each year is the determining factor ~ the
wage earuers' prosperity The Douglas
factory has been closed but one week
this year, and that for the usual summer i
stock taking and 1t viii be closed but
three days the latter part of December.
This would make but nine days out Of
The year that the factory IS closed, which
Is surely as steady work as the most IN
dugtrieus shoemaker could desire.
1t is believed that the average pay ana
the number OF days worked is larger al
the factory of the w. l.. Douglas Shoe
company than at any manufacturing IN
stItutiou In Massa chusetts.
Owing 10 increased business, another
addition is TO be made 10 the Douglas
factory. II Will be 100 feet long, ~ feel
wide, and Eve stories high; y Will DC
ready for occupancy early in December
This addition increases the capacity z
per cent The w +. Douglas Shoe com
pany has the largest factory IN the
world producing an advertised line $500
Mr. Douglas SAYS that the prospect fol
successful business for Brockton manu-
facturers was never 50 good as now an6
that collections are better than for years
The Brockton CMass.) Times, Oct. 10
1899
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Ingenuity of the Tahltans.

The Tahitans are said TO be the peo-
pie most seryiceabie to the traveller.
They seem. in fact. to command at all
times the principal eonYeniences of life
Half an hour OF daylight is sufficient
for building a house Of the stems and
leaves of the fehi banana, and fire Is
produced by rubbing sticks II the
running water is deeply sunk among
stones. by working in banana leaves
they bring it to the surface The chase
of cells, which in those dripping noun
tains become almost amphibions. Of
fers another instance of their ingen-
nity. They tear off with their teeth
the ffbrous bark of 1puran" Hibiscus
tfliaceusl and a moment after apply Il
to noosing small fish Il one Is sent
for fruit he will usually make a basket
on the way By plating the segments
Of a coeoannt leaf A mat will be man
ufactured with almost equal ease
Clothing is always at hand, and ba.
mana leaf serves for an umbrella
Tumblers and bottles are supplied by
single joints Of the bamboo, and easks
or buckets by the long stems, anC
whether you ask for Ratchet knife
spoon. toothbrush, or washbasin, thu
guides will never be found at Loss
San Francisco Chronicle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

The following is extracted from an
essay written by a schoolboy, aged 10,
on play he had been 10 see: The
Nllun curled his mustarsh. and seez-
ing the pure yurgln shreeks ha ha be
mine or deaths blud is on my head
this dagger stabs thee to thy utermost
sole ha ha vengunze But the good
hero comes and says o hevins stur won
step and thy ded body lies at my door
Lay one parm on the vurgins korpse
and 1t was better If you was drownd
with a milestone. Avarnt ayarnt from
the sweet .Aorpses presunz "-Tid-Bi
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
A PLucKY WOMAN Pm or.
she Attracts the Attention Of Tourists in
California.

The vocation of Miss Jennie Vim
cent, the woman pilot of San Pedro
harbor. has attracted much attention
from eastern tourists in southern Cal
ifornia. Miss Vincent Is probably the
only woman steam pilot in the world,
and if she had not emigrated west from
her paternal home for generations at
Marblehead, Mass, she would no doubt
be now engaged in some New England
town in a pursuit that has been wom-
ans for ages. She is a slight, blue
eyed, light-haired cheerful little lady
of about . years. Her two elder
brothers came to California to engage
in the new industry of sardine packing
on the Pacific coast. She came later
to keep house for them, Financial re-
verses came upon the brothers, and
Miss Vincent, having no more house
to keep after the sheriff had had his
sale. looked about for some employ
ment in her new western home. She
had always lived by the sea at Marble
head and had been with an uncle for
days at a time on a steam craft OF
which he was the engineer. From her
girlhood she had known how machin-
cry in small propeller steamboats, is
operated. and she had many times tried
her hand at plotting for her uncle So,
when financial clouds lowered over the
Vincent cottage at San Pedro MISS
Jennie resolved to become a pilot on
the harbor there. She studied nayiga-
ton learned the laws Of pilotage and
meanwhile earned some money as a
pilot for a little tug in the harbor
Last September she passed an exam
nation required by the state board OF
pilot commissioners. and last January
she held her certificate as second
class pilot She has in the past few
months piloted Pacific coast ships into
San Diego and San Pedro harnors.
Miss Vincent makes from $50 to Sl2o
a month as a pilot, and her ambition
is to become so expert in few years
that she may pass an examination TO
do first-class plotting in San Francisco
bay. where she believes she can then
make several hundred dollars month.
The pilot fees in California are IS per
foot on the draught Of the craft and
also cents per ton Of merchandise.
There are many vessels of 5000 tons
that come into San Francisco bay, ana
the pay for them is 1920 each.-New
York Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
MUSICAL CLUBS IN SMALLToWN
Branches of Work 1t Is Advisable for
Them to Take Up.

There is one principle that must be
strictly adhered to in any successful
village musical society, there must be
no drone, says the Ladies Home Jour
nal. The instant that any one is ad-
mitted to membership on any other
grounds than ability the decline of the
society has begun. Regular attendance
can be secured only by arousing the en-
thusiasm Of the members The one
word that expresses the possibilities Of
concerted instrumental music for he
village is orchestra. This word, while
rather pretentious in sound, may have
an extremely humble application. Or
chestra is mentioned as opposed to
band: the orchestra. being intended for
indoor practice, is capable Of exerting a
most refining influence, 1t Is to chorus
work that the vocal energies Of the
singers Of the town must be mainly de-
voted, and ii is best to assume high
stand from the outset and establish an
'oratorio society" rather than a Choir
ID" or choral club For this purpose
A we'll balanced group Of thirty or forty
voices is sufficient If 1t Is composed of
members who can really sing. A small
chorus Of unexpected volume of tone
is much more effective than a large
one with a disappointing volume It
may be just as we'll to call attention TO
the fact that the large music empor-
iums, especially those in Boston, New
York. Philadelphia and Chicago, are al
WAYS ready to give advice and assist
ance in the selection of music where
the members of clubs, individually
or collectively, do not know just what
S best for their purpose.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
SEASICK ON SEA LE0S.
officers and sailors OF the Navy Ere
quentiy Distressed.

quentiy DfstresHeu
THE officers and sailors OF the navy
are frequent sufferers from seaslck-
ness, even after they have got their
sea legs on" observed a naval surgeon
to a Washington Star reporter. I'm
deed, I think l can safely say that.
young and old, one-third Of the entire
navy officers as well as men are seasick
during storms as we'll as at other
times. In theory naval officers and
sailors are entirely free from such So
called weakness but, in fact, they have
stomachs and are sufferers at times the
same as the rest of humanity. The
sailor, in this respect, has many adj
vantages over the naval officers, and is
less sensitive to seastckness for the
reason that he seldom has what is
called shore duty to perform. and he IS
on the ship all of the time, barring the
days off now and then OF liberty When
an officer it Is entirely different, for
he seldom has to spend as much time
on the ship as he does on shore. The
three years sea duty Is generally fol-
lowed by three years shore duty, during
which time his sea legs and stomach
entirely disappear. and have to be built
up again. 1t is rare that an officer on
return TO sea duty does not have to
go through all the painful and dis
tressing experiences OF his first sea
sickness, and | am not sure but each
recurrence OF this experience is worse
than the original. | know a doze 4
officers Of from fifteen to twenty-five
years experience in the navy and
know of at least fifty others who admit
that they are as liable to seasickness
now as they were when they were
middies fresh from the Naval academy.
Why, even Admiral Dewey, with his
twenty-five and half years expe-
rience at sea-he completed his forty
fifth year OF service in the navy Satur-
day, Sept. 23-is still subject to attacks
of seasickness, and he makes no effort
to conceal it, and could not conceal It
if he desired for when he Is sick he is
sick all over"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
measnrInr lie Earth.

One hundred and sixty four years ago
French astronomers went to Peru to
measure an arc OF meridian" The
purpose of such ares. which have been
measured on various parts of the globe,
S to furnish data for calculating the
size and shape of the earth. The arc
IN Peru was about 220 miles in length.
and. with the except on of short arc
in South Africa, it is the only one
ever measured in the southern hemi-
sphere This year a commission,
headed by army officers, has been sent
from France to remeasure the old arc
IN Peru. The remeasurement is re-
garded as of great scientific impor-
lance on account of the advances that
have been made since the first meas
are was taken.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Cost of Innnvation.

A Memphis family, which employs
IN old-time negress as a cook recently
had a gas range PIT in the kitchen
When the range was put in place the
workman who put it there lighted the
Jets inside the oven and then closed
the doors. He opened them, turned off
the gas and then, relighting the jets.
explained to the old negress how the
range was used The jets cannot be
seen when the doors OF the oven are
closed, and In the excitement OF the
explanation the workman closed them
and forgot the lighted jets. The old
negress, after hearing all ne had to say,
said: "T'aint no use ter tell me erbout
hit. I'm rwinter use dis we're old wood
stove whut Use cooked on so long. ;"
The workman laughed and went away
not thinking that the old cook meant
what she said She did mean it. though
and continued to use the old wood
stove to cook with When the head Of
the family that employs her received
his gas bill ffteen days after the gas
stove was put in he almost dropped
dead. The bill showed that he owed
the gas company SCI. Investigation
proved that the Jets in the oven had
been burning from the time the work
man left. The old cook had never
opened the oven doors. = Memphis
(TeRn) seimitar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
INTELLIGENT RATS.
Blind One Was Lsd to Drink by Two
Others.

Blind One Was Led to Drink by Two
Others.
"One day not long ago" said a brick
manufacturer, "one Of my workmen
saw three rats carrying a long straw
across the brickyard. 1t seemed such
an unusual sort of proceeding that he
stopped his work to watch them. Two
OF the rats held the straw at the oppo-
site ends, while the third supported
the center. They were making straight
for the river, which flowed by one side
of the yard, When they arrived at the
bank they laid down the straw and
took long drink; then they proceeded
TO take up the straw again in the same
manner as before and returned by the
same way they had come. This so in
terested the workman that he deter
mi~ed to watch If they would come
again. And sure enough at about the
same time next day. they appeared,
carrying the straw exactly as before.
Having provided himself with a gun.
he shot all three TO see ii possibly he
might thereby solve the mystery He
discovered that the rat in the center
was blind, and therefore concluded that
this was the animals kind method OF
leading their afflicted comrade to the
water to drink. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Foreigners In Japan.

Japanese statistical tables indicate
that there are little more than ten
thousand foreign residents in the en-
plre, nearly one-half OF them being
Chinese. There are 2,11s British, 1,O7e
Americans, 523 Germans, 4sl French,
29T Russians. the remainder being
represented by small groups of differ
emit Municipalities On the other hand.
the number Of Japanese living abroad
is not far from sixty thousand, the
largest share in Hawaii and Corea. OF
Japanese students abroad, numbering
about twenty-seyen hundred, the
United States receives 2.1T8
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Edward Terry tells Of pretty incl
dent which occurred during a tour IN
Australia. do you know what con
slider the most glowing tribute ! ever
received? The compliment came from
child. There was crowded house.
an intent audience. and humor had for
the instant given place to pathos. You
might have heard a pin drop and felt
the tension OF the house was at bI cak-
ing point The intense silence wtB
broken by childish volce-a girls
who, turning to her Harent asked in a
broken voice: Mother is 1t rca3?' /"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

There have been various stories
written about the stealing of the Bal
timore and Ohio Rail Road engines
at Martinsburg, w. Va, during the
rebellion and their transfer across the
country for service on southern rail-
roads by Col Thomas Sharp, who Is
still living in Ohio. Recently, an Of
fetal of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road made some inquiries of old en-
ployes who were at Martinsburg at
the time the incident happened and
they say that on June 10, 1861, 200
men of Gen1 Stonewall Jackson
command were detailed to destroy the
BALTIMORE and Ohio's equipment at
Martinsburg. They piled wood and
/ coal over Al engines and nearly 400
cars and then set fire to them. Only
ten or twelve Of the engines, however,
were seriously damaged, and these not
by the fire, but because the water was
first let out Of the boilers Col. Sharp
arrived in Martinsburg on August IS,
1851 and remained there until the fol-
| lowing March, engaged in removing
engines, machinery, etc. He took
eight engines across the country over
the turnpike, either to Stanton, Win
chester or Strasburg, land there are
some historians who disagree on this
point 32 horses being required to haul
each engine. He also removed all the
duplicate parts of engines and cars
and all the rough iron at the station,
and took away all machinery and
tools which We're afterward used in the
Southern arsenals The country around
Martinsburg is extremely billy and the
work Of getting the engines over the
country roads required considerable
engineering ability. 1t has been cur
rently reported in late years that one
of the locomotives was the Winans
+ camel back No SO which at that time
was numbered II, but Col. Sharp did
not care for this class Of engines and
took only ten wheel and passenger en-
i gines. There was only one eight wheel
locomotive taken and that was No 81.
Some years after the war Col. Sharp
was employed on the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road as Master of Trans
! portation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
A M,s,.aains Analogy.

when you eat, be careful to leave
of hungry" is advice often given at
the dinner table, but seldom received
in an obedient spirit The caution was
repeated not long since 10 a young man
OF vigorous appetite. "Pshaw," said
he. you might as well tell me to wash
nv face and be careful to leave OF
dirty"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Its engineers believe that they have
solved the problem or the successful com
pletion of this great enterprise, If so, it
will prove great benefit no more than
has Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs, the rem
edy which never fails TO cure Affections Of
the stomach. The Bitters strengthens
weak stomachs and torpid livers.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

DescendAnNs OF q thTOhI' bFHHHHIu'
Prof Pellman. of the University of
Bonn, has discovered and identified 709
descendants OF a woman named Rola
Jourke, a chronic drunkard. who was
born In 174o and died in 1900. Seven
OF her descendants have been convict
ed of assassination, and seventy-six
others for chronic criminality; 144
were beggars by profession; sixty-one
lived on public charity alone and 181
were women of the town. In police
charges, and in court, asylum and pris-
on expenses this family alone has cost
the German government a sum oil
$500 900.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Mrs. Fuller Twaddle-eYes, she's a
very practical woman, a regular utili-
tartan. But they say she has a skele-
ton in her closet" Mrs. Gadabout
Chinn-"She has Well, I'll bet she
uses it to hang her coat on to keep 1t
in shape, If it's anywhere near the
right size New York World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

cause. II that cause IS not TCIH0VG" rs
influence reaches out and overshado a
whole life. The reason Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound has been SO uni
form1y successful for over quarter of
century in overcoming the suffering of
women. is that it is thorough ard goes
directly to the cause 1t Is wotnan's
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

United States Senator Sullivan.
Il desire to say that have been TAX.
ing Pe-ru-na for some time for ca.
tarrh, and have found it an excellent
medicine, giving me more relief than
anything | have ever taken.-W. "
Sullivan oxford, Miss"
United States Senator Roach.
Persuaded by friend / have used
Pe-ru-na as a tonic, and am glad to
testify that it has greatly helped me
in strength vigor and appetite. haW
been advised by friends that it is re.
markedly eflicacious as a cure for the
almost universal complaint of catarrh
w. N. Roach Larimore. North Da.
kota."
A free book on catarrh sent to any
address by The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg
Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
s.tl.fed vilhout Going PARTNER.

Man wants but LITE here below
remarked the landlady, And here 10
the place to get it" continued the
facetious hoarder-stray Stories.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

In the days of interchangeable neck
wear 1t has become more emphatically
true that the wife and husband have
family Brooklyn Life.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Democracy is a government the basic
stone or which, and the keystone of the
arch OF which, is righteousness and a
consciousness of responsibility Rev
e. G. Hirseh
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Patienee-.N hat i'll the world did
you do at the seashore on a rainy
day." Patrice Carried an umbrel-
Ia. -Yonkers Statesmen
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Your Chance OF iafs

The French statistieian, DR.. LiYrier,
saws that half Of all human beings die
before II; that only one person in To-
600 lives to be loo years old. and that
only one person out Of every 1000 lives
to be CO.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

1t is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting, Burning. Sweating Feet
Corns and BUnions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, n. Y.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Wife-Tra overjoyed to see you
James. but how dirty your hands are!
Returned Klondiker-They can't be SO
terribly dirty. MIiss. | washed EN-
just before l started for home.-The
Chicago Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Pineapples. cherry and sweet apples
chopped and mixed with mayonnaise
dressing and served In tomato cases Is
a navy salad
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnr

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease. a powder for the feet 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores. 25c Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

We will forfeit 81 900 if any of our pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. THE PIso Co., Warren, Pa.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

1t is said that the pope owes much
of his long ard vigorous life 10 the
healthy outdoor pastime he enjoyed
when a boy. win Ills dog ard sun
he would tramp for miles owe the
mountains in pursuit OF game Nsyer-
theless he was a studious boz wrote
Latin verses at the age Of II and
passed his examinations at tan rounAn
college with such distinction tn-t .
special record was made Of It in tho
college archives
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

f,nred A fter Repeated Failures with Others
VIII inform addicted 10 Morphine. Iaudanuin.
Opium Cocaine, of heNer=fa lag. harmless, home
cure Mrs. NJ. Il, Baldwin. Box i%l2, chicago, Ill,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Lsdy-Ca. what nice. clean little
baby that is Little girl-Yes m; she's
only 2 weeks Old getl-Puck.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
TO CURE A CoLD IN ONE DAY.
Lrhte.I hr lightning.

Take Laxative Bromn Qulnine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure
CSC E. w. Groves signature on each box.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

A Maine hunter claims to have once
had his pipe lighted by fash of light
ming
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

Major General Joseph Wheeler, com
handing the cavalry forces in front
of Santiago and the author of The
Santiago Campaign, in speaking OF
the great catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-na,
says: Il join with Senators Sullivan,
Roach and McEnery in their good
opinion OF Pe-ru-na 1t is recon-
mended to me ny those who have used
It as an excellent tonic and partteu-
iarly effective a, cure for eatarrh.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
United States Senator MeEnery,

United States Senator MeEnery,
Hon. S. d. McEnery, United States
Senator from Louisiana, says the fol-
lowing In regard to Pe-ru-na:
"Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. |
have used 1t sufficiently to say that
believe 1t to be all that you claim for
its. D. McEnery, New Orleans,
Louisiana"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02

VI TOMEN do suffer-
Wv Even so-called healthy women suferi
But they not healthy
The marks pain the young faces of many of
daughters Pain that mark from crtabe
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-11-02
remedy for woman 5 lis

better appetite and after taking bottles of Compound
of Liver Pills. say that am cured Your
Vegetable Compound Is a wonderful medicine"