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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
CHAPTER XIII.


BY the time we had been a month
at sea, having applied myself assidu-
ously to work, | picked up a little
knowledge of seamanship. | took my
turn OF watch with the rest; learned
to go aloft and to lie upon a yard in
a stitf topgallant breeze. | acquired all
the mysteries of knotting and splicing,
of serving rope with spun-yarn, and to
know the technical difference between
the rope itself and a line | could
heaye the log, box the compass and take
my trick" at the helm with the best
| man on board. and thus gained the
| golden opinions of those among whom
| rough turn of the wheel of fortune
] had so strangely and so suddenly cast
me.
| Some days after leaving the Cana
ries we found ourselves passing
| through what seemed to be immense
meadows of green stuff adrift BY
moonlight the branches, leaves and
fbers of this uprooted marine forest
for such it was, being wrack and sea-
weeds of wondrous length springing
from the lowest depths of the OCEAN
sparkled, flashed and whirled in the
foaming eddies astern of the brig as
She cleft or brushed down the yielding
masses with her rushing keel
was never weary of surveying this
scene, which was so marvellous in its
beauty, when the moon was shining on
the sea.
These vast, broad leaves and long,
gn ~ ri moi
surface of the sea were the Florida
gulfweed
THE tropical grape OF the Sailors"
said Hislop, as we leaned over the lee
quarter one night. These plants grow
upon the two great banks OF the At
lantic and were known to the Phoe-
nicians, who named them the Weedy
Sea"
Il remember" said I "and that the
seamen of Columbus thought they
were sent by heaven to stay their
course"
you are right" replied the mate,
with an approving smile. ut is pleas
ant to meet one like you. Rodney, who
has read that which is worth reading,
and remembers it
'The Gulf Stream" said Weston
joining in the conversation. as great
current about sixty miles broad
caused by the trade winds, which al
ways blow from east to west. 1t is
sues from the Gulf between Cape Flor
ida and Cuba, and runs at the rate of
three knots an hour along the shores
OF South and North America. till the
Newfoundland bank turns it to the
southeast; SO everywhere its track is
known by that gulf-weed which you
now see floating past"
1t is by this mysterious current
this mighty river that trayerses the
ocean-that the timber logs OF the 81.
Lawrence, the wrecks OF the old plate
argosies, and the carved idols of older
Mexico and the Caribbean Isles. all
covered with the weeds and barnaeles
of long immersion, have been cast
upon the western shores of Scotland
and the Hebrides.
Every morning the weather became
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
Time and Distance AnnlhIIated.

In keeping with its past unapproachable
record, Union Pacific r. r., the Great
Overland Route, will, on October 18th,
place in service an entirely new, strictly
first-class limited train to be known by the
old familiar name Of 1.-THE Overland Linn
tied" This in addition to the present ex-
cellent schedule which will be continued
The NEW OVERLAND LIMITED will
leave Salt Lake City daily at HIS a m. +,
Ogden Is p. m, arrive Denver 9 a. m,
Omaha 7:i5 p. m, and Chicago $50 a. H.,
in ample time for all eastern connections to
New York, Boston, Washington, ETC., and
be the most handsomely equipped and fast
est train ever given to the western people.
As usual there will be no change OF ears to
Denver, Omaha and Chicago, and only one
change 10 principal eastern cities. Further
particulars at company's office, "Old
Stand, POI Main street, Salt Lake City.
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AN EARTHQUAKE SCIENTIST.
Tommy Had Found the Almanac In tile
Garret.

This occurred just before the last
full moon at a pretty residence on
Irumbull avenue, says the Detroit Free
Press. The head of the house is of
scientific turn Of mind, loves to inves-
tgate the phenomena of nature and
takes 1t as part of his duty to impart
his knowledge to the rest of the fam
lily. On the night in question he found
an almanac on the table, which he
reads. Turning the leaves care,essIv
While thinking about going to bed. he
was surprised to come upon the in
formation that there was tn he an
almost total eclipse of the moon that
night, and that it would be visible
from this part of the globe at / a m
In his excitement he was about to call
the rest of the folks, who had retired
but on second thought he hunted ND
broken bits of glass and went 10
smoking them, just as though II were
the blazing sun which was to he
vowed This done he watched tho
clock vigilantly until it was time to
wake the others. They had none of
his enthusiasm, but went yawninp and
shiyering to the back porch. from
which the best view was to be oh
tanned. The moon never looked bright
er than It did at l O'Clock. It must
be that the almanac meant 1 O'Clock
standard time, he explained nervouslv
and for another half-hour he kept his
eyes glued on the silyery orb. Not a
spot darkened its surface. Ten min
utes later his wife mutinied and her
sleepy brood followed her into the
house, despite his protest. He fol-
lowed them and again took up the al
manac. Found that in the attic to
day. explained 6-year-old Tommy.
Slowly the father read aloud from the
back until he came to eighteen him.
dred and fif---" when he ripped the
book to fragments and began saving
things that caused the mother to rush
the children upstairs.
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warmer-the sea and sky more clear -
the atmosphere more rarefled. The
wind was so steady that scarcely a
sheet or tack was altered. Thus for
several days we bore on with both
sheets aft, as the phrase is, when run
ming right before the wind.
Shoals of porpoises plunged across
the bows Of the brig in the sapphire
colored sea, and when 1t was smooth
whole fleet of the little nautili
passed us with purple sails up; nor
were the dark and gliding sharks and
the silvery fying-fish wanting at times
to keep my attention excited; and the
tiny petrels. as they came tripping
along, half in the water and half in
tha air, kept pace with the Eugene.
as she cracked on under a press of
sail, dashing the waves around her
ploughing SC freely and so fearlessly
the deep waters that hide a finny world
and wash the dark and unknown base
ments of the earth
One glorious morning, when we were
within few days sail OF Hispaniola,
there occurred circumstance which
was afterward source OF the deepest
regret to us all; how and why, will be
shown during the progress of my story.
The day was fine, even for that re-
gion of fine days. The Eugene was
running smoothly before the wind. and
Hislop, with considerable animation,
was detailing to the captain and me
the appearance of that rare phenome-
non, lunar rainbow, which, by sin
gular good fortune, he had once seen
in these ATTITUDES. and which Aristotle
declares Is never seen but at the time
OF the full moon-a declaration which
our learned Scotch mate treated with
contempt; for he was a strange fell
low, this Marc Hislop, and could with
equal facility dilate on the Apology of
Plato and the method of club-hauling
square-rigged vessel, or steering her
to her anchor in a gale of wind; on
the Prometheus of Eschylus, or the
proper mode of lying too in a hurri-
cane. with everything struck aloft, and
topsail yards on the cap; and now, on
the subject of the lunar rainbow, he
was proceeding to quote from the
Portuguese Pilot of Ramusio, when
Weston interrupted him by hailing
aloft:
"Fore-top-therew
AYE, aye, SIR" was the usual re-
spouse from Ned Carlton, a seaman
who was perched in the top.
Ito be continued)
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
New Dining Car Service.

Effective June LIST, the Rio Grande West
ern railway began operating its new din
ing cars, serving all meals on all its through
trains. The arrangement included No. 3
leaving Ogden at 7 80 a. m. and Salt Lake
City at s 80 a. M. also No. leaving Og-
den at :35 p M and Salt Lake City at
7:40 p M. The west-bound through trains,
both morning and night will also carry
diners. The cuisine is as perfect as it is
possible to make it. Service, la carte
SO that you can have your coffee and
rolls" for breakfast, or you can select from
menu as elaborate and complete as the
market OF Utah can supply.
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THE SULTAN'S MANNERS
His Quiet Dignity, Pleasing Smile and
Unusually Sympathetic yofcc

As to the sultan's working habits 7
have known him to be at work at Ave
in the morning and keep whole staff
of secretaries going at that hour who
had slept overnight on couches in the
rooms in the palace they habitually
work in, says Harper's Magazine.
Munir Pasha, the imperial grand mas
ter of ceremonies, md one of the most
kindly, distinguished men 1t is posi-
BILE to meet, once said to me: "There
is one characteristic of his majesty
which conveys a constant lesson to us
all; it is his extraordinary self-eontrol
his impressive calm. II is almost
sublime. No contrariety, no trial.
seems able TO ruffie his perfect self
possession. 1t Is truly marvellous"
The prepossessing impression which
the sultan is univ arsally admitted to
produce on those who are privileged
to come into contact with him is
doubtless in part due to that charm of
manner, that quiet dignity, so free
from angular self-assertion, which is
more or less characteristic of all we'll
bred Turks. But in his case 1t is sup
plemented by pleasing smile and an
unusually sympathetic voice. the notes
OF which always seem to convey a
pleasant impression, even to the
stranger who is unable to understand
what his majesty has said until it is
translated by the interpreter. The
sultan usually gives audiences on FRI
day after the ceremony of the Selam-
Xix, when he wears a Turkish gem
erals uniform, with the star OF the
Initial order in brilliants hung from
his neck. As he sits in front of you.
with his hands resting on the hilt OF
his sword before him, and you watch
him speak to Munir Pasha in his quiet,
dignified way, you cannot resist the
impression OF his picturesque dignity.
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DICK RODNEY:
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
ny JAMES GRANT.

BY JAMES GRANT,

CHAPTER XI.-(Continued)
Headlong we stumbled over piles of
lava; now we sank ankle deep among
the soft pumice dust; anon we rolled,
fell or scrambled through wild vines
and creepers; then through fields OF
growing maize and wheat, or planta-
tons of coffee and apple trees but
never pausing until we reached the
base of the mighty Piton, where,
ed in perspiration, we lay down in a
little thicket of cinnamon bushes by
the wayside to rest for short space.
During this flight | had never spok-
en-, but Tom from time TO time indulg
ed in disjointed remarks expressive of
an exultation in which l could not
share, being only thankful to heaven
for my escape. But poor Tom had
seen more of a rough life, and of many
a violent death, than it could possibly
have been my lot to witness.
"Ha, ha! you Spanish swabs! We've
slung two of your hammocks in a hot
piace-before the time, 2erhaps!" said
he. What a row they make, like so
many negroes clearing a cargo when
we sheered off! Lucky it was that !
eased off our tow lines in time! !
have good mind to put about, stand
for the cave and pot another of those
Spanish gorillas"
Whether he meant guerrillas / did
not inquire, but was happy when we
reached the harbor and | felt the cool
breeze of the ocean fan my throbbing
temples and my hands, which, from be-
ing so long and so tightly tied with
rough cords, and having the blood aft
erward driven through them by rapid
exertion. felt literally burning hot.
All was dark and still when We ran
along the stone mole of Santa Cruz.
Fortunately at that late hour there was
no official to question or modest us; and
We could see the brig anchored about
half a mile distant, with the lantern
still burning at the foremasthead. The
light on the castle had disappeared.
We soon found a small punt at the
landing stairs, and, taking possession
OF 1t without leave, cast loose the
painter and showed off.
Silently and steadily, with all our
remaining strength, we pulled for the
brig, and were soon alongside.
We'll, this spree is over, Master
Rodney" said Tattooed Tom, wiping
his brow with his sleeve when we
stood on the deck, where the wonder
ing crew gathered around u.s. but
catch me having another in this
deuced Tenny Reef-that's allw
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18

France is dependent upon England
for news of the Transvaal war, be.
cause the cables are under their con.
troll, and she is ready to spend a vast
sum Of money to free herself. This is
likemany people who have dyspepsia,
spend a fortune seeking deliverance.
They should try Hostetters stomach
Bitters. 1t never fails to cure dyspep.
STA, constipation and billiousness.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
ra,,or necom., CarefuI.

In our issue OF two weeks ago we
said that Tom Curry of this place had
gone to Clearfield. where he expected
10 contract matrimony with a Miss
Magee. Mr.. Curry informs us that he
was not at Clearfield. did not marry
anyone and that the lady in question
already has husband. We were mis-
Informed and make this correction in
Justice to Mr. Curry. We have had SO
much trouble of late in giving ac-
counts of marriages on hearsay evil
dence that in the future we will not
report marriages until the couple have
gone to housekeeping and have at least
one child.--Glen Campbell Graphic.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
TOM KETCHdM.

CLINT OF sunshine playing along blue
steel; Tom shot at the deputies. The
deputies lodged behind trees and rocks
and shot wildly. Tom stayed where
he was and made bull-eyes. II Tom
hadn't showed his right arm little
too high in taking aim he would have
brought down a full mess Of deputies
AS it was a slug of lead as big as your
finger tore through Toms shooting
member, and it took a few minutes
to change his Winchester over to his
left arm. In these short minutes the
deputies closed in on Tom and cap
tured him. He was In bad shape.
His right arm was terribly broken and
torn and he was already suffering from
loss of blood. But he was game He
offered to take his left arm and begin
the performance all over again. which
proposition was respectfully declined
The next day when he was able to be
moved Tom was strapped to his bron-
cho and taken to train, ultimately
landing in the pententiary hospital at
Santa Fe. OF BLACK Jacks" gang of
thieves and cutthroats Tom Ketchum
"eS III tSou1is ilt wac OF years Olu,
and in Texas his native state, he is
known as the new Jesse James. He
stands feet 10 inches in his stocking
feet and is built on the graceful lines
of tiger. He is as void of conscience
as the Winchester he carried. He
would rather shoot a man than eat;
IL the man be an officer of the law it
was more fun to kill him than to 20
to dance. One of his boyhood pas
times was to hire in some convenient
place on the ranch in Texas and shoot
Mexican herdsmen, When a lad he
was summoned as a witness in a law
suit, and not knowing what the sum-
mons meant, and not caring to take
any chances, shot and killed the officer.
After this he found it convenient to
change his residence, so he rode up
into New Mexico and Arizona Here
he soon became terror to everybody
IN general and railroad and express
companies in particular. He admits
In roundabout way that since 1885
he and his gang have stolen from post
offices, trains, stages and wayfarers
100000 and killed 200 men.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
CHAPTER XII.
The Anchor A-Peak.

Alarmed by the foregoing narrative
! which was fully corroborated by oul
excitement, by the two muskets We
| had brought on board as trophies, by
the state of our hands and wrists, and
the numerous cuts and bruises we had
upon us; and fearing the consequent
detention of the brig for some legal in
quiry, Captain Weston prepared at
once for putting to sea.
| was happy when finding myself on
the deck of the Eugene, but still more
supremely happy on hearing Weston s
resolution to get underway, as | pos
sessed very vague but decidedly un-
pleasant ideas OF Spanish justice, and
had visions of alcaldes, alguaziis,
wheels, garrotes, and even the masked
familiars of the Inquisition itself,
Ifosting before me.
My heart beat responsive to the clank
at the windlass pawls, as the Eugene
saes -nars short on her anchor, and the
naaAs stafeSd aloft to cast loose the
topsails.
Weston threw oar two Tnuskets into
inc sea it1l llitll AlSCOvEl On 1DlId
might cause suspicion or annoyance.
The morning was clear. cool and
starry; as yet no vestige of dawn was
visible, asd all was still and quiet on
shore; but ! was in ynomentary expec-
tation of seeing boat dash off toward
us, though those from whom we had
escaped could have no just cause OF
complaint.
Suddenly | heard the sound of oars.
and saw a long, low boat shoot out
from the obseurity of the harbor. NV
heart stood still for a moment as this
craft was steered in our direction, but
to my infinite relief it boarded a Costa
Rican that lay near us.
AS yet the shadows of night were ON
land and sea-on everything save the
cone OF the Peak that lowered above
the clouds, and there shown the light
of the yet unrisen sun, yellow deenen-
ing into saffron, purple, blue, and then
indigo, blending with the blaekness of
night as the eye descended to the
shore.
So Weston gave the order to brace
the foreyards aback and the mainyards
full; another wrench at the windlass
and the anchor was tripped
'Heave and a-wash!" cried Tom
Lambourne. eheerily, giving the usual
call OF encouragement when the drip
ping anchoring is just out OF the water
and the stock is seen to stir the sur
face.
Inc courses we're let fail and the lib
was hotsted; her head fell rapidly
round and she paid off bravely. Then
the hrey cone of the Piton and the
lights of Santa Cruz, which had gilt
tered in tremulous lines along the wa
Ter on our beam, were shining upon
our lee quarter.
FIJI away the headyards-h
sHmely now!' cried Weston, and Just
as the first streak OF day. coming on
with tropical rapidly, began to bright
en- the horizon and shed long, shiny
ripples on the sea, the canvas swelled
out, the reef points began to patter
Oh the taut bosom of every snow-white
sail, and the loose rigging was blown
out IL graceful bends.
Ihere was a fine breeze rising: the
White water rlppled under the fore
LOOT OF the Eugene. and soon it boiled
In foam as we sheeted home the top
sails and ran along the western shore
Of the mountain Isle.
About the same eime the Costa Rican
brig which was az anchor nearer the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
Notes of Sympathy.

The technicalities of notes OF con-
graduation and of sympathy are not
many. AS in all notes, the date and
sheet and number should be at the end,
unless the address Is stamped on the
paper. 1t is poor taste to use fancy
note paper at any time, but particu-
larly so when writing to person re-
Gently in mourning. To see a letter
Of coincidence written on bright blue
paper, with white border, for in
stance, is shocking to refined sensibili-
ties.
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A DARING OUTLAW.
LEADER OF BLACK JACKS
GANG OF BANDITS.
Beld-Up a Train Single Handes. and
Afterward Fought Desperate Battle
with onicers-Killed Two Hundred

The notorious leader vf the infamous
BLACK Jacks" gang of train robbers
and murderers. Tom Ketchum, now
lies in the hospital of the penitentiary
at Santa Fe, N. NJ, seriously wounded,
as the result of an encounter with Off
GERS of the law. Tom held up train
single-handed and in the sequel to this
was wounded and captured. 1t was
the Colorado Southern express that
Tom held up. The place selected was
near Fulsom, on the northeast corner
of New Mexico. One night as the ex-
press was putting laboriously up grade
the engineer saw light ahead giving
slowed down Tom Ketchum jumped
into the cab and, carelessly swinging
45 Colt near the engineers nose, told
him to obey all orders given during the
next few minutes. This, Tom said,
would save heartaches in the engineers
home and the intrusion of an under
taker in the family circle, Then he
jumped off and tried to uncouple the
engine, which was made impossible by
the steep grade. Failing in this, Tom
walked back to the Wells Fargo ex-
press car and, humping the door with
the butt OF his Colt, demanded admit
lance. The messenger opened the door
and poked the muzzle of Winchester
out into the dark and pulled the trig-
ger. That put an end to the hold-up
that night, just how badly Tom was
chnt lie I,,. 1, \
ed in subsequent battle with United
States Marshal Foraker's posse and he
will not say how much damage the
messenger did. AS he declared the
hold-up off it is probable he was Sc
verely injured. The express pulled on
and Tom jumped his broncho and
sought safety in the mountains. The
attempted robbery was soon known to
the officials and three days later Mar
shall Foraker's men were hunting for
Tom in the uplands. They finally hit
the trail and followed it back into the
very heart of the mountains. Here
they lost it and while discussing the
best move a report of a rifle split the
air and one OF the deputies fell out of
his saddle. This was sufficient evil
dence of Toms presence in the vicin
ity, but not his exact whereabouts, as
Tom used smokeless cartridges. An
other shot was heart and another depu-
ty went to the ground. At this rate
every man in the posse would be cut
down without a ghost of a chance OF
getting shot. The deputies, there
fore, separated, and began to scout the
brush. A CLINT of sunshine playing on
the blue steel barrels of a Winchester
discussed Tom Ketchum's position be-
hind big bowlder surrounded by
brushwood. Then the days proceed
ings began. The deputies shot at that
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-01-18
The dining car service of III, no.

The dining car service of the Dcnvsr !,
Rio Grande Railroad is provin-s -
convenience 70 the travelling public ~.
CANT dining cars are attached to all train.
leaving Denver on this popular road W.
meals are served in manner pleasin, y
ell travellers, and at moderate price, IN
enjoyment of trip through Coloraao,s
wonderful scenery that abounds along ~
road is enhanced by the dining car ans
other conveniences that have been adontos
For information, time cards, rates. eto
address S. X. Hooper, General Passenon,
and Ticket Agent, Denver, or II. M cn.h
ing, Travelling PASSENGER Agent, 100 Yves,
Second South Street, Salt Lake Citv
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A Queer Dying Request.

When Mrs. I. R. Bettinger of
Fort Wayne, Ind, died she laid an in
junction on her family not to bury her
remains If the ground was frozen or
covered with snow She had long en-
tertained a peculiar horror of such a
burial. On the day of the burial it
showed and turned cold and the hus-
band gave orders that the woman's
dying wish should be carried out. Ac-
cordingly the remains were placed in
the receiving vault at Underwood
cemetery until spring.
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How's This =?

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