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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Our Postal System.

For the first time since 1883 our pos
tal revenues exceeded the expendi-
lures. In that year there was a sur
plus of nearly 100000, the second
since 1866 (the first being about ST.
100000 In 1882, and congress got so
excited about 1t that the rate of letter
postage was reduced from three cents
a half ounce to two everywhere In the
United States. This caused a change
In 1884 OF 100000 from the credit to
the debit side Of the account, making
a difference In revenues of more than
$6.oo0,ooo in one year. To offset this
congress. in 1885. passed an act max
Ing the letter rate two cents an ounce.
or fraction thereof, and In that year
the expenditures exceeded the rev.
enues by over s7.o00,0o0. The deficit
in 1897 was nearly $12.000,0oo.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
INSIDE YOUR WATCH.
Acndreds of Years of Study on the B.f-
ance Wheel,

1 B
| III you own a watch open II and foop
at the little wheels, springs and screws
each an indispensable part of the whole
wonderful machine. The busy little
balance wheel alone is the result of
hundreds of years OF study and expert
ment. The watch | have before me Is
composed of SO pieces, and its manufac-
ture embraces more than 1000 dis.
.inct and separate operations. Some of
the smallest screws are so minute that
the unaided eye cannot distinguish
them from the steel filings or specks
OF dirt. Under powerful magnifying
glass a perfect screw is revealed. The
Ilit In the head is two one-thousandtbs
OF an inch wide. It takes 30s. 900 OF
these screws to weigh a pound and a
pound Is worth $l,5S5. The halrspring
IS strip of the finest steel about sb
lhches long, hundredth part of an
men wide and twenty-seyen ten-thou-
sandths OF an inch thick. 1t is coiled
up In spiral form and finely tempered
Inc process of tempering was long
held secret by few fortunate ones
possessing 1t, and even now is not gem
eraiIy known. Their manufacture re-
quires great skill and care. The strip
Is gauged to twenty one-thousandths
OF an inch, but no measuring instru-
ment has yet been devised capable of
me enough gauging to determine be-
lorehand by the size of the strip what
the strength OF the finished spring will
oe' A twenty-thousandth part OF an
ihch dl1erence in the thickness of the
strip makes difference in the running
or a watch of about six minutes per
hour. The value of these springs when
nhlshed and placed in watches Is enor-
NOUS IN proportion to the material
from which they are made. A compar
ison VIII give a good idea A ton of
gold Is worth $6279l5. A ton of steel
made up into hairsprings when in
watches is worth s7SS2, ,290--more than
Twelve and one-half times the value
OF pure gold. Hairspring wire weighs
ohe-twentieth of grain to the inch.
one mile OF wire weighs less than half
pound. The balance gives five vi
orations every second, 800 every min
49, NS,SNo SNSAy HOuI, f0Z, ,UUU 9very
day and 1576S0,O0O every year. At each
vibration 1t rotates about one and a
quarter times, which makes 1877. 100 900
revolutions every year. In order that
we may better understand the stupen-
aous amount of labor performed by
these tiny works let us make a few
comparisons. Take. for illustration, a
l0COmDtiVp uyith
wheels Let its wheels be run till they
snail have given the same number Of
revolutions that watch gives in one
year and they will have covered a dis
lance equal to twenty weight complete
circuits of the earth. All this a watch
ooes without other attention than
winding once every twenty-four hours.
"hen we compare this with the fire.
quent repairs an engine receives we
certainly ought to be willing to have
our watches cleaned once a year
Chicago News.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Roekhill Made Counselor.

Secretary Hay Thursday cabled Com
missioner Rockhill an appointment as
counselor of the American legation at
Pekin. lie has been directed to pro-
ceed at once from Sahnghai to Pekin
to assist Minister Conger In that ca
pacity in the negotiations for fiual
settlement The purpose to appoint
Rockhill and General Wilson fellow
commissioners with MIR. Conger to con-
duct the negotiations has been aban.
doned because 1t appeared there was
no power to appoint commissioners
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
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Wool Sales la London.

At the wool auction sales in London
Saturday l4,lS5 bales were offered.
The continent and America paid ex.
treme rates for good greasy average
stock. The home trade bought freely,
and cross-breds sold well.
Americans competed keenly for light
com bing greasy woods at figures 5 per
cent in advance. Competition was de-
cidedly more animated. There was n
more general closing, superior medium
wools being 10 % Is, and inferior 20
per cent below the July figures. Fin
est cross-breds deprecated heavily,
and good greasy stocks were scarce.
Medium coarse grades were in good
demand, and fine-haired qualities fell
Is per cent
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
ANCIENT SUN-DIAIS
earliest Was fronabiy Nomad
CHIEFS Spear.

The Earliest Was fronably a Non,.,
Chiefs Spear.
II Is probable that the earliest Gun
alal was simply the spear of soma ~
mad chief stuck upright in the pronna
before his tent. Amongst those daeert
wanderers, keen to observe their s,r
Ioundings' 1t would not be a dificult
thing to notice that the shadow short.
ehed as the sun rose higher In the skv
ana that the shortest shadow aIwavs
pointed in the same direction-nortb
ne recognition would have followed
very soon that his noonday shadow,
changed its length from day to day
a slx-foot spear would give a shadow
at MONDAY in latitude 40 of tweIvo
ieet at one time of the year. or lass
than TWO feet at another. This in.
stfument, so simple, so easily carried
SO easily set up, may well have bep,,n
.he scientific study of astronomy. for
1t lent itself to measurement. and
science Is measurement; and probably
we see 1t expressed in permanent form
In the obelisks of Egyptian solar tenn
pies, though these, no doubt were r...
tanned merely as solar emblems ages
aIter their use as actual instruments
OF observation had ceased. An upright
SUCK, carefully plumbed, standing ON
some level surface, may, therefore well
make the first advance upon the natu-
raj horizon. A knob on the top of the
stick will be found to render the shad-
ow more easily observed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Damaging Storms iu Texas,

There was heavy rainfall oil owe,
Texas Wednesday night and M uch dam.
age has been done to open cotton
property was damaged to some extent
ut different places by wind and light.
ming.
AZ Crowley sand accumulated on the
onlf' Colorado & Santa Fe track.,
causing the wreck OF special carrving
Vice-Presldent Barr and General NJ
nser IoiH' Engineer Cross and Fire
man Cummings were badly injured
a high wind did much damage a.
omithyille to both houses and ra.i.
dences. The ten-year-old child OF Pill.
Baker was killed by the wreckinp of
Bakers residence.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
EMPRESS DowAoER MUST GO.
Powers TO Insist on Her Retirement From
Power.

IL is stated in Washington in quar-
ters we'll versed in Chinese affairs that
outside of the questions of indemnity.
punishments, etc, now under negotia-
tions at Pellin, there are three vital
and far reaching questions to be deter
mined, viz:
FIRST, the removal of the Empress
Dowager, personally and through the
influence OF her advisers, from all par
uclPation in the Chinese government; /;
second, the creation of an indemnity
fund By the increase of Chinese Gus
toms revenue, either by the payment
1f the duties in gold instead of depre-
Grated silver, as at present, or else by
doubling the present silverduties from
per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem;
ana third, the establishment Of a min
lister OF foreign affairs, in place of the
Old and cumbersome system of the
Tsung-li-Yamen.
The demand for the retirement OF
the Empress Dowager is said to result
Aroih the conclusion now generally ac-
cepted, that the imperial government
OF China was responsible for the Roxrr
uprising. AS the Empress DowaQer
was the ruling authority of the i'm
perlal government during the uprising,
TINS responsibility is brought home di-
rectly to her. There is understood TO
be no purpose, however, to visit upon
her any personal punishment or indig-
nifty, but merely to SO form the recon-
structed government as to exclude Eer
from all participation in it 1t is
ueemed advisable for that reason that
she should remain permanently away
from Pekin, and that her advisers also
should oe kept away from the seat of
government.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Slave Owned by Washington Dies.

George Washington Freeman Uorner
Green, former negro slave, died in
the Aims hospital at Hampstead, L. l.
on Friday at the reputed age of ia
years Green is said to have been hor,
on farm near Elizabethport, N. J.. ON
January l, 1777. He was sold IN a
Virginia planter named uorner. nv
whom, it is said, he was sold to Cen
erai Washington. In 1912 he was
made free man and then came north
and was employed by George Green. n
Long Island farmer, with whom he re.
mained for forty years. lie used both
whisky and tobacco. but is said never
to have shown any bad effects from
either. He was married several times
aud Is said to have been the father of
thirty-seyen children, most OF whom
are dead.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT,
Debt. Less Cash In Treasury, November
Was S1.Io4,402.32o.

as sSi'io4,4OSt32O. %
The monthly statement of the nub.
lie debt shows that at the close of busi-
ness Oct. 81, 1900, the debt, less cash in
the treasury, was sl,lo4, 4oe, 82o, a de-
crease as compared with last month of
Sl,75i,35l The debt is recapitulated
as followa:
Interest bearing debt, 81 ,ool. .4o9. .75o.
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity, S3.43o, o3o; debt bearing no
interest, $3.50, ,477, 57l; total, 81, 3oI, 4o7 !.
352
This amount, however, does not in.
clude $40, 965, ,679 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, which are
otfset by an equal amount of cash on
hand.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows:
Reserve fund, $3.50, 1000, 900; trust
funds, S74o,965, ,679; general funds
Sl23,62s, ,053; In national bank deposi-
tories, to the credit of the treasurer Of
the United States, $50, s1s.4s5; to credit
OF dlsbursing officers, $3.50, ,G5s; total,
Sl,lll,07l ,S77: against which there ora
demand liabilities outstanding amount
Ing to Ss2s, ,o66, ,si4, which leaves n cash
balance on hand of S2s7, ,005, ,o32.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Mayor strong Dead.

William L. Strong, the last mayor of
the old city of New York, died sud
denly on Friday at a. m. at his resi-.
dence in New York City. Mr.. Strong
had not been at his place of business
for several days, but no one suspected
that his condition was alarmlr q.
He took an active part In the present
campaign, and it is said that his polit-
ical labors, combined with his ATTEMPTS
TO retain supervision over his business
affairs IN the face of impaired health,
brought about the illness that resulted
in his death.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Soldier Declares Aguinaldo Was Shot Dead
Some TING Ago.

James c. Hussey of National City,
Cal, has received letter from James
Thompson, private of company c,
Twenty-seventh United States infantry
written while he was in the hospital 1t
Manila and dated September lst, in
which the writer says that a young
Filipino occupying bed next to him
st the hospital stated that Aguinaldo
was really shot dead as reported some
time ago, but IL was to bs kept quiet
Tor political reasons
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
EFFECT OF CENSUS ON CON-
GRESSiONAL APPORTiONMENT
Several States WIN Lose Representatives
Net Gain of Only Ono Member.

The announcement of the population
of the United States made by the GEN.
sus bureau has started speculation
about the effect on the apportionment
for members of congress.
The increase or decrease in state
representation depend on the feeling
of congress which is yet to be elected.
1t Is certain, however, that several
states will lose. One OF them is Ne.
braslka, which has gained only 10000
population. Another is Maine, which
has gained only 10000 Nevada shows
afalling of in population, but Nevada
is safe for she has only one congress-
man now and cannot have less
The greatest gamer under the con-
servative estimate OF an increase of
100000 to each representative will be
Pennsylvania which will gain three
congressman, bringing her number up
to thirty-one. New York would gain
two, reaching total of thirty eight.
Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina
and Virginia would each lose n con.
gresham, which would be offset by
the gain OF two in Texas. Maine and
Vermont would each lose congress
man, though Massachusetts would gain
one. Illinois would gain one, making
her representation twenty-four. OF
the other great middle states, Indiana,
Ohio and Minnesota would each lose
one, while Michigan, Iowa and Wis
consin would neither gain nor lose.
Nebraska would lose one and New
Jersey would gain one. These would
be the only changes. The apportion-
ment would add eleven to the repre-
sentation and substract ten, leaving n
net gain of one.
There is hardly any doubt that the
new apportionment will not be made
on any basis less than 200, 900.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Cariists Pursued.

~ Is officially admitted that tn. Carl.
ISL oand near Berga, Spain. mum
Defs ooo men, Troops are closely pur
SUING them. Communication betr.s.
Dea ana Barcelona has been severed
another numerous band has arrived
d. rlgois' 1t has sixteen horses and 1,
divided into three groupa
The gen d'armes searched th. ARM,
Try mouse of senor Torres B.ro.
orother-in-law of the Duk. of solicit !
t"no mas disappearedl, whore thev
seized several rifles and also obtain.d
possession OF documents giving ths
names OF l2e Carlist chiefs and 500
Carlist soldiers
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
-
victor Strike Ended

Inc executive board of the Victor.
Colo, Miners union was in session for
i've hours Thursday night with Mana
ger shipman aad Assistant MANAGER
Grant of the Independence mine. dis
eussing the strike Of the Independence
miners on account of the recent ner.
sonai-seareh order of the mine man.
agements 1t was announced that all
difficulties had been settled The men
viii strip to their underclothing and
II any are suspected of stealing ore
they will -e searched by some of their
comrades under the eye of watchmsn
Another feature of the agreement is
that the mine management will give
preference to members of the union
wherever possible. The 300 men af.
feeted by the strike have been out five
days.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Georgia Legislators in Fight.

A light in which knives were used
occurred on the special train bringipo
the Georgia legislators near Valdosta.
Ca, to attend the state Legislature
Mr.. Harden of Wilks county wa.
severely stabbed. Mr.. Cam of Chat
nam ana two others were injured in
trying to stop the fight. Mr.. Harden's
condition was SO serious that he was
lett at FORSYTH for treatment.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Candidate sn1ci.ina

county Treasurer Il. Proctor of Grand
Kaplds' Mich, nominated by the Re-
publicans for state senator from the
Seventeenth district, committed sui
eide thursday by taking laudanum.
Campaign criticism of alleged irregu-
iarities in the administration of the
county treasury is thought to have i'm
PEELED him to take his life.
His deputies stoutly maintain that
there is no shortages in his accounts.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
DENVER MAN KILLED.
Fought with Dewey. But Dies In railroad
WRECK.

Fought with Dewey. But Dies In Railroad
Wreck.
In the wreck OF Southern Pacific
freight train near Keswick, California,
Sunday, two men were killed and three
others injured. The dead are an un-
known man and Al Bryan OF Denver,
Colo.
Bryan had both legs severed near
the trunk. He died ten minutes after
the accident. He said he left a wife
and three children in Denver. lie was
. sailor and claimed to have been with
Dewey at Manila.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
SMALLPOX IN WYOMING
Twenty-Five Gases of the Pes, R.por,.d !.
Lander

Lander, Wyoming, is having an eps
dsmic of modified smallnox an ~
nouneed by Mr.. Nevins Hyde, profess
or OF skin diseases of Rush medical .o,-
lege. About twenty-five cases have
been reported and the authorities vii,
take steps to stamp out the disease,
Hon. E. II. Fourt, member of In.
last legislature and a candidate for rs.
section, Is the latest victim.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08

Prussian Telegraph OPERATOR Wages.
The Prussian minister Of RAILWAYS
received petition in July from tele-
graph operators who wanted their sala-
ries raised. The result was that he
engaged In their places large number
OF women at so cents q day.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
WYOMING COAL LANDS SOLD
supposed Representatives of tho BurIinr.
ton Are Purchasers.


ton Are Purchasers.
Eastern capitalists have been in
cheyenne for several days and in the
local land Office have filed on a large
tract of valuable coal lands situated on
the Platte river about twenty-f,ys
miles north of Fort Steele.
The coal was discovered by an old
prospector named Brysel who has
made twenty-eight filings in the land
office himself.
The fact that the BurlinRton's Salt
Lake line will pass in close proximity
I" the new fields makes it n safe pre-
sumption that the eastern men are
really representatives of the big rail.
road.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08

Not being untutored in sufYerfns. I
learn to pity those in affiiction.--Vir-
gil.
Patience Is Gods foster daughter
TertuJlian.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08
Story of German cruoItles in China.

Letters from privates in the German
army in China begin to find their way
into the Social-Democratic papers,
showing that the German troops give
no quarter. The Bremen Buerger
Zeitung publishes letter from a
soldier in Pekin who said he witnessed
the following scene:
"Sixty-eight captiyes, some OF them
not yet adults, were tied together by
their pigtails, beaten bloody by the
Germans, compelled to dig their own
graves, and then shot en- masse."
The Halberstadter Volks Zeitung
prints communication from Pelsin, in
which the writer says:
No prisoners are taken. All are
shot, or, preferably, sabred to save am
munition. On Sunday afternoon we
had to bayonet seventy four prisoners.
Ihey had killed one OF our patrolmen
AN entlre battalion pursued them and
captured seventy-four alive. 1t was
cruel; it was indescribable."
As'Fihed body OF Girl Found in Doctor's
Onice.
"hlle worltmen were clearing up a
cellar formerly occupied by the late
Dr. Thomas S. Holmes, who had a drug
Store IN Brooklyn, N. Y, they came
across box securely fastened, which
was found to contain the petrified head
and trunk of girl about 10 wears old.
The police made an investigation anl
became satisfied that the skeleton was
the property of DR.. Holmes, who. it ia
sad, experimental with an embalminp
process which he had used during the
civil war and the secret of which he
died without revealing. 1t was DIR.
Holmes boast that he had discovered
process of embalming that would
ossiiy bodies. lie was at work on the
process VIXEN he died
During the war DR.. Holmes embalmed
the bodies of many soldiers. He also
embalmed the body of President Lin.
coin
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-11-08

ON III.
+ works
now Ia
riod Of
Pf land.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-30
Acyclopedia Of Progress and Events

All sending their subscriptions under our
clubbing offer, are presented, postpaid, with
the AMERICAN. AGRICULTUR1sT YEAR BOOK
Cyclopedia Of Progress and Events of the
World, a Guide to Markets, Marketing, and
Prices.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-30
STATE CALENDAR.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TT0A1c T

REPUBLICAN STATE CONvEN-
TIONS.
Presidential Delegates-Fargo, We'd
nesday, May 1G-G3O delegates.
State Oficers-Grand Forks, We'd
nesday, July 11-G3O. delegates.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONyEN-
TIONS.
Barnes-At Valley City, May -.
Cass-At Wheatland, May 9.
Emmons-At Linton, May l..
Grand Forks-At Larimore, April 10.
LaMoure-At Dickey, May -. This
convention will also elect delegates to
the judicial convention.
Mclntosh-At Ashley. April 6.
Nelson-At Lakota, March 81.
Pierce-At Rugby, April Z.
Pembina-At Bathgate, April 10.
Ransom-At Sheldon, May 8.
Stutsman-At jamestown, April 10.
DELEGATES TO GRAND FORKS.
Barnes-At Valley City, May IL.
This convention will also elect dele
gates to the judicial convention.
Cass-At Fargo, June 13. This con-
vention will also elect delegates to the
judicial convention.
Emmons-At Linton, May 1. This
convention will also elect delegates to
the judicial convention.
Kidder-At Steele, April 1G. This
convention will also elect delegates to
the judicial convention.
LaMoure-At Edgeley, June 80.
Pembina-At Bathgate, April 10.
Pierce-At Rugby, April Z.
Ransom-At Sheldon, May 0.
Stutsman-At jamestown, April 10.
This convention will also elect dele
gates to the judicial convention.
REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL CONVEN-
TONS.
Third district, comprising the coun-
ties of Cass, Trail and Steele-At
Hillsboro, July 10.
Fifth district, comprising the coun-
ties of Stutsman, Barnes, Eddy, Foster,
Wells, Griggs, LaMoure and Logan
At Valley City, May IS.
Sixth district, comprising the oun
ties Of Burleigh, Morton, Emmons,
Kidder. Mclean, Billings, Stark, Mer-
Ger and Oliver-At Bismarck, May IA.
CONVENTIONS TO NOMINATE
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Barnes-At Valley City, May -.
Burleigh-At Bismarck.
Cass-At C~asselton, July Is.
LaMoure-At LaMoure, Sept. 20.
Pembina-At Neche, Sept. Is.
Stutsman-At jamestown, April 10.
Kidder-At Steele, April 1G.
LEGISLATIVE CONVENTIONS.
First District Pembina)-At Neche,
Sept. Is.
Second District (Pembina)-At
Crystal, Sept. %.
kidder-At Steele, April 16.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-30

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ALKALINE LANDS. 5
4 SALTDUsHES VALUABLE FOR ;
!! PASTURE IN ARID RE- =
GIONS OF THE WEST. q

There are extensive areas of land so
strongly alkaline that none Of the CO.
reals, grasses or clovcrs will grow on
them. These lands contain three differ
ent salts-common salt, Glaubcr's salt
and sal soda or black alkali. The black
alkali is the most injurious to vcgeta.
tive growth. Saltbushcs will grow on
many of these lands and produce Il con
siderable amount of excellent forage.
The Introduction of the Australian salt.
bushes has proved to be Of great value
to owners Of waste alkali lands. 4
crop Of Australian saltbushcs will pro.
duce from 10 to 20 tons Of green food
per acre, Or about three to five tons Of
dry forage. The sccd may be sown on