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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Girls Who Suicide.

Another girl, mere child, commit
ted suicide the other day. / shall net
call her name, she is dead-let the
poor child rest for her name has al
ready been tossed about and her actions
commented upon by the charitable
and forgiving and the uncharatab Bile
straightlaced, ever-ready-to-censure
class of people. After all, che was not
wholly to blame. Her parents are to
be censured for her downfall. They
never knew where their little girl was
wandering or what company she was
keeping when she failed first to come
when the first echo of the curfew
bell bad died away, and then remained
out until the midnight hour and after.
An inquiry for their daughter would
have brought the reply, 81 don't know
where she is, but she is out with some
of the girls, suppose. She works
hard all day and let her have her
nights to amuse herself and get the
recreation she needs" "Out with the
girls" was enough for the mother who
did not have the remotest idea who
her daughters companions we're.
Whether they were respectable, nice,
girls, who would be fitting compan-
ions, or girls who had already taken a
downward step and was glad to link
her daughters name with theirs. Girls
that she should have been Mortified
and would have blushed to have seen
her daughter with had she known their
real character, and yet she never took
the pains to find out whether they
were suitable companions. She was
too tired, or else she did not have the
time to look out for her daughters
welfare. She never made confident
of her child and her home life is not a
particularly happy one. She realized
it all however, when she stood by the
coffin of her child, saw the gaping
wound in the forhead and there WAS a
look about the little childish face that
harsh words for the ones responsible
for the last act when death had rung
down the curtain on the tragic drama
that closed the young life. Faith, hope
and her childish trust all gone, leaving
disappointment, dispair and wretched
and broken heart to entertain the
thought Of suicide as way out of hei
life of misery, until it became fact
that she had nerved herself up to
the point of committing the rash deed
The girl is dead and the time for
censure is passed, but it should he a
sad warning to mothers.-Inyo Cali.
Register
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Work Together.

As the time approaches for the ma
tional democratic convention it be-
comes more and more evident to even
the casual observer that there will be a
union Of all the reform forces OF the
nation against the encroachments of
the republican party. Individual
opinions and individual amb tions are
sinking out oil sight, not only in Idaho
but in the nation, and. the watchword
is Fusion" 1t is the policy OF the
hannaites to prevent fusion especially
in this state. They seek to conquer the
silver forces by dividing them. What
reason can be justly urged against flu
sion? There is in it no abandonment
of principle. Were it essential for
| either the democrats, silver republicans
or populists to abandon their principles
on any vital issue in order to unite
then there would be some excuse foi
the cutlery of certain people against
fusion. Bat no such necessity is laid
upon either party to do any such thing
On the contrary they agree on the es--
sential things. They all admit the
financial issue to be once more the
paramount one, but not the only one
Why not then ge' in and work togeth.
er? Goldbugs oppose fusion among
the silver forces because it means the
utter defeat to their forces. A careful
and generous union of the silver forces
of Idaho this fall means that hannaisn
will he relegated to the rear for man,
years. Their Pharasaic whine thai
fusion is scramble for Office is tn,
merest cant. The fact is that the onl,
opportunity the hannaites OF this stat,
had to fuse with any thing they tool
advantage OF it, to-wt: in the las
state legislature when they fused will
two populist for the sake of petty lrgis
lative positions. Nor are they any bet
ter today. They would fuse with any.
thing that had in it the promise and
J potency of Office. They would unit
with the Donnellyites to gain a spittool
evacuator in the legislature. Thei
airs OF superior political virtue deceive
nobody. The fusion idea is fast takinI
hold of the silver people in every coul
ty in Idaho. At Pocatello they will
get together and name winning tick
: ct Boise Capital.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
The Coming Tide.

A Washington City letter says:
From every direction comes the
strongest evidence that the republicans
have hard fight before them. No
body realizes this any better than Boss
Hanna, and he is frank enough to say
so. That there is general revolt
against the policies and practices of the
Mckinley administration is certain,
although its strength is as we. uncer-
tain. II. ]. Jackson business man Of
Fall River, Massachusetts,, has been
showing his Washington friends a
letter, written him by a prominent
citizen OF MassA chusetts, from which
the following is quoted: "From this
distance it looks as though the game Of
national politics is going to be hard
one for President Mckinley to play this
year. The coming Of the Boer ennis
saries seems likely to stir up hornets
nest among the Irishmen and German-
Dutch sympathizers of the Beers in
this country. The longer the war con-
tinues the stronger the American SEN
timent seems to grow against England.
Mr.. Jackson says of the political out
look: "The republicans are going to
have trouble in New England There
are great many causes to which this
Can be attributed" Yes, and they are
going to have trouble in all the other
sections of the country, and they are
only going to get what they deserve.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil.
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
1t soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and il
the best remedy for diarrhoea. In pleas.
ant to the taste. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. Its value is incaleu.
liable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup, and take nc
other kind.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Order to Show Cause.
In the Probate Court of Gilmore
County, State of Idaho.

IN Che matter OF the Estate Of E. r. Doolittle de-
ceased.-0rder TO Show Cause.
Joseph Roseyear, the administrator OF the estate OF
Edwin r. Doolitt'e, deceased, having filed his petit
ton herein, praying for an order of sale of all the
real estate OF said decedent for the purposes therein
set forth, IL therefore ordered by the said Court
that all persons Interested In the said estate
before the said Probate Court on THURSDAY the
Aths day OF MAY, 1900, at the hour Of 10 oclot A
N, at the court room in the village OF Mountain
Horie, In said county OF Emore, to show cause Hhy
an order should not be granted TO the said admins
TRAITOR TO sell all the real estate OF said deeedent
private sale.
is further ordered that q copy OF this order be
published at least four successive weeks in the Ell
more Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation
printed and published in said Elmore county.
Dated April 10, 1900.
apl9 }. s. WHITE, Probate Judge.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24

We should't like to guarantee Boss
Hanna a profit on the money he in
vested in the Cincinnati mid road
populist convention.
Markhanna's advice to his fol.
lowers: STEAL, if you get million
for then you can furnish bail; it's
the great big thief who gets out on
leave, while the little one goes tc
jail"
A New York women took a coun.
terfeit gold piece and won 100000
at Monte Carlo. And vet scientists
say that mans brain is 10 per cent
larger than woman's, remarks the
Denver Republican.
Utah County Democrat: cts a
poor lule that doesn't work both
ways" If the Republicans take
credit fot their socalled prosperity
they must charge themselves up
with strikes, the falling of prices
etc. Wool dropped to Is cents last
week.
Republicans in Congress are SO
busy preparing for adjournment that
they have no time to relieve the
country of Unnecessary war taxes.
They also wish the taxes to remain
to pile up a big surplus to meet the
extravagant appropriations they
contemplate making next winter.
We are in receipt of a new paper
recently started at Lovelock, New,
by G. w. Patterson, called "The
Argus" and clip from its local col
umns the following: THE Argus
leads in all things. We lead in con-
versation a few evenings ago and
have had one of our optics in sling
every since. Subscribe for the
Argus"
Surely, the world moves, when
the New York Times says of Col.
Bryan: at Is simple justice to say
that the leader of the democracy
now presents a more respectable
figure than in any previous year
since he entered national politics.
The Bryan of 1900 stands before
the people as man with the bold
ness of honest convictions. The
sincerity and courage of such an
attitude is admirable.
Love makes a way. A bowlegged
young man of indianapolis, hand
some, wealthy and % years of age,
was in love with girl who objected
to his legs. He went to a hospital
and asked the physician to break
his legs and straighten them. A
surgeon consented. The flesh and
skin were cut at the points where
the breaks were desired and the
bones notched round with a chisel,
after which they were easily
in two and the limbs
placed in plaster OF paris casts. The
young man suffered intensely for
weeks, but will soon be discharged
with straight legs and full inch
taller, when he will marry the girl.
For her sake he had both legs
broken.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24

A philosopher who has undoubt-
eddy been up against it says THE
best throw man can make with
dice is to throw them away"
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio.
who is President McKinley's mouth
piece, comedies that both Idaho and
Utah will go Democratic next
November.
The " eiser Signal says that w. V.
Helfrich, who has been in Wilkerson
& Thompson's office in Weiser since
last summer, has gone to Boise to
take charge of their office there
during their work on the Midland.
A Cory woman, who could not
afford a new So hat, visited a MILL
merry store, saw the latest styles,
went home, pounded her old hat for
an hour with rolling pin, stuck a
feather through the band and went
to church the next Sunday the envy
of all the women in the town.-Erie
Dispatch.
Mondays Shoshone Journal con-
tains the following brief notice of
the death of a well known lawyer
and politician: "Judge J. S. Wa
tiers died at his residence, in Sho-
shone, this morning, May 81, at 7
O'Clock, after an illness of only five
days. The immediate cause of
death was complication of stom-
ach and liver troubles.
When working people go out on a
strike for higher wages, the troops
are sent to keep the peace. When
the trust got out for higher profits
(wages for doing nothing) did you
ever hear of the troops being sent?
The difference is because the work
ing people vote the government into
the hands of the trusts.-Appeal to
| Reason.
Con Tatro has gone to Alaska. He
took along number of rockers OF
his own pattern, intending to use
them Oh the Nome beach. This is
the third gold excitement Mr.. Tatro
has followed up. He is getting
along well in years, but the spirit is
just as robust as it was in the old
days when he followed the trail to
Pixies Peak, the Florence and to
the Boise basin.-Statesman.
Shoup must have something radi.
cally wrong either with his mental
or moral machinery. He voted
against seating Corbett because he
was appointed by governor and for
Quay, who was also appointed by a
Governor. He whined all over the
State of Idaho that he was as good a
silver man as Dubois or anybody
else, and then voted for the ironclad
gold standard bill; he voted for the
Porto Rico outrage, and is today
merely a puppet in the hands of the
administration; but then Mckinley
is to give Shoup help Of the most
substantial character" in his Sena-
torial fight, and thus the eternal
fitness of things is preserved.-Boise
Capital.
1t amuses US to see some of our
brother pencil pushers squirm in an
attempt to please everybody, says
an exchange. The editor who can
please everyone is not fit for this
earth, but is eutitled to wings. HUI
man nature is SO constituted that
some like scandal, others don't;
some like to see others ripped up
the back, others don't, some like to
see fakes exposed, others don't;
some like the truth told about them,
others don't; some like to take the
paper seven or eight years and never
pay a cent or miss an issue and get
mad and stop the paper if state
ment is sent them, others don't. 1t
is some consolation to know that
the lord himself failed to please
everybody while on earth.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Order to Show Cause.
In the Probate Court of Gilmore
County, State of Idaho.

In the Matter of the Estate OF D. b. Ethel, de.
ceased Order to Show Cause
Filed April 81, 1900.
g. d. Golden, the administrator OF the estate OF
David b. Ethel, deceased having fled his petition
herein praying for order OF sale of all the real and
personal property OF said decedent for the purposes
therein set forth, IL is therefore ordered by the
pear before the Probate Court on WEDNESDAY.
MAY 80, 1900, at 10 o'clock, a. M, at the court
room in the Village OF Mountain Home In said Ell
more county, to show cause why order should not
be granted TO said administrator sell the property
In said petition mentioned and described at public
sale.
IL is further ordered that copy Of this order be
published at least four successive weeks in the Ell
more Bulletin, a newspaper OF general circulation,
printed and published in said Elmore county,
Done in Chambers this 2Ist day of April 1900
apes J. s. WHITE, Probate Judge
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Two Stations for SalA.

/ have for sale two good stations
at bargain. One thoroughbred
Norman, the other half breed.
l.. HI. COOPER.
Mountain Home, April Is, 1900.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
An Epidemic of Whooping Cougl

Last winter during an epidemic OF
whooping cough my children coutrac.
ted the disease, having several cough
ing spells. We had used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy very successfully
for Group and naturally turned to il
at that time and found it relieved the
cough and effected "a complete cure
John E. Clifford, Proprietor Norwood
House, Norwood, N. Y. This remedy
is for sale by r. w. Smith druggist.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-05-24
Milk 30 cents q Gallon.

Pure fresh milk delivered night
and morning to any part of the city
at 20 cents per gallon. Give me a
trial. ]. p. BARRY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Held Audience Breathless,

Springfield, Mo-, Sept. IA cloud
less sky greeted the carnival people
and as a result the crowd was larger
than it has been on any day of the
Elks' fair. At 10 a. m. the parade of
fraternal societies took place. The
cowboy roping contest was the prin-
cipal feature of the day and was
witnessed by fully 10000 people 1t
was the first of the kind that has ever
taken place in this section of the coun-
try. The most interesting rider on
the ground and one who by her daring
work on the pony and among the wild
cattle held the audience in breathless
spell was Miss Lucille Mulhall, of Ok
lahoma.
The first prize was won by Doug
Binns, of Claremore, l. T., who roped,
threw and tied his steer in 4715 sec
onds. The second prize was won by
Richard J. Paris, of Tahlequah, l. T.,
53% seconds. Steve Mcclellan, of
Claremore won third prize in IS sec
onds. The best records made below
the prize winning list were by Jim
Hopkins, 1:Ie1s; Heber Skinner, of
Vinita, 1:21%.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Forest Fires Continue.

Buffalo, Wyo., Sept. s.-Immense
forest fires are raging on two sides of
this city. A new fire has broken out
near the north fork of Powder river,
and the other fires are increasing.
Thirty-siX sections of fine timber have
been destroyed by fire southwest OF
here, between the two branches of Ten
Sleep. Last week the fire was con-
sidered to be under control, but it
broke out afresh and under the pres
ent high winds it will probably de-
stroy most of the timber on the big
mountain
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Swans Are Scarce.

Raise swans and grow rich," says
Secretary Mendenhall of the board
of park commissioners, to the Los
Angeles Times. Mr.. Mendenhall con-
ceived the idea some time ago that a
few graceful swans would add beauty
to the pretty sheets of water at West
lake, Eastlake, and Elysian parks, and
wrote to several eastern cities asking
the price of these dignified birds.
From Chicago came the word that
there were none in that city for sale.
The parks at Cincinnati could not
spare swan, but in that city he was
informed that a pair could be purchas-
ed that would cost delivered in this
city $35 each. In his search he has
learned that there are two kinds of
swans, namely, imported and wild
birds. The former are very expen-
sive. Belgian hare-raising may be
profitable, but Mr.. Mendenhall is of
the opinion that swan farm would
be a mint.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Sudden Death at Emporia.

Emporia, Sept. CHARLES Little, a
prominent real estate and insurance
man, died very suddenly. At noon he
felt so badly he had someone take him
home. DIR. Page was called, but he
thought nothing serious was the mat
ter. The doctor had only gone short
time when Little called his wife to his
bed and told her he did not feel so
well and thought he was going to die.
He then told her all about his affairs.
He then gasped for breath and Mrs.
Little ran out and called in the neigh
bors. He lived only few minutes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
AGED PERSONS.
Lives That Stretched Over Longer Terms
Than Seventy Years.

Than Seventy Years.
A generation is commonly reckoned
as thirty-three and one-third years,
but sometimes two or three lives will
stretch over several ordinary genera
tions. A grandmother of C. j. Monk,
a member of parliament, was born 15S
years ago, that is, in 1747, the year
after the battle of Culloden, and the
very year in which Garrick and Lacey
took lease of Drury Lane theater.
Gen. Francis Vinton Greene's grand
father was born 128 years ago, when
Napoleon was a baby entering upon
his third year, and Sir Walter Scott
was entering upon his second. He
was year old when Watt built his
steam engine and the tea was thrown
overheard in Boston Harbor. The
generals father, Gen. George Sears
Greene, died last year at an advanced
age. Therefore the lives of General
George Sears Greene and his father
Caleb extended for an interval of 127
years, nearly four ordinary generations.
A relative OF the general, Mary Ann
Greene of Rhode Island, died a few
years ago at the age of los, having in
her single life bridged more than three
generations. Sir Stephen Fox, grand
father of Charles James Fox, the dis
tinguished statesman. was married in
1854, and in the following year his
wife bore him daughter, who died in
infancy. Sir Stephen marrying a sec
ond time late in life, another daughter
! was born to him in 1927. She died in
1920 at the age of SO years, no fewer
than 10 years after the death of her
elder sister! In other words, a lady
who might have seen Queen Victoria
/ had a sister whom Oliver Cromwell
might have looked upon! The fact
that seventy-two years elapsed be-
tween the birth of Sir Stephens first
and last daughter proves that he must
have been married very early for the
first time, and that he became a father
for the last time remarkably late in
life. Indeed, perhaps, this is the most
wonderful part Of the story. The
grandfather of the present British sec
rotary of state for war, the old Marquis
Of Landsdowne, who died in 1857 at the
age of 80 years, told Lord John Russell
(who relates the incident in his life Of
the poet Moore), that he was intimate
with Sir Henry Baytun, who knew the
before mentioned Sir Stephen Fox. AS
Sir Stephen was the page in attendance
on Charles L. when he was executed in
1919, the three lives named-FoX,
Baytun, Landsdowne-eXtend ovsq
a period considerably over two CEN
turtles.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
Laborers Wanted.

Maryville, Mo-, Sept. THE com
pany which has the contract for paving
the streets of Maryville, is meeting
with much difficulty in securing
enough laborers to do the work. 1t
now wants force of sixty men, but
has thus far been able to secure only
twenty-five, despite the f act that it is
offering $3.50 per day to common
workmen and So per day to skilled
brick settlers. The company intimates
that unless it succeeds in getting more
men it may not be able to finish its
work within the contract time, Sept
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-13
ORIGIN OF CAKE WALK.
To Choose Partner Was Also to
Choose a Wife.

To Choose Partner Was Also to
Choose Wife.
The cake walk had its origin among
The French negroes of Louisiana more
than a century ago, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat. There is little
doubt that it is an offshoot of some Of
the old French country dances. 1t re-
sembles several of them in form. From
New Orleans it spread over the entire
South and thence North. 1t was found
Of convenience to the plantation ne
groes. They were not welded by Ii
cense, and it was seldom that the SER
vices of a preacher were-called in. At
a cake walk man might legitimately
show preference for woman, and
thus publicly claim her for a wife. In
effect, the cake walk was not different
from the old Scotch marriage, which
required only public acknowledgment
from the contracting parties. So this
festival became in some sense a WOO
ing, an acceptance or a rejection and a
ceremony. This explains its populari-
ty with the blacks outside of its beau
ties, with the accompaniment of music,
which is competent at all times to
command negro support. Cake walk
ing has improved as do most things
that are constantly practiced. 1t has
lost its old significance in the South.
Negroes now get married, when they
marry at all, in the white folks fash
ion. 1t has become, however, a pan
tomime dance. Properly performed, it
is a beautiful one. The cake is not
much of prize, though the negro has
a sweet tooth.