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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
OIL MAcNATE's GREAT BRAIN.
The Reason for John o. Rockefeller's
Business Success.

A copper mining engineer says: 81
consider John d. Rockefeller one of
the most underestimated men in this
country. The man who has done
what he has done must possess brains
that are not easily compared with the
ordinary mind. Mr. Rockefeller can
no more miss the point of a financial
problem than an artist can fail to see
a picture when harmonious lines or
color fall under his eye.
Il will illustrate the Rockefeller
financial capacity by something which
occurred within my personal knowl-
edge. John d. Rockefeller a few years
ago was enjoying his bread and milk
in the Adirondacks upon large dairy
farm. An ordinary business man
might have said What is the profit
on this milk?' or What does it
cost and what do you get for it,?
Not SO, however, with Mr.. Rockefeller
He said to the farmer, What do you
pay for your silo and what do you pay
for your labor etc, and a few other
innocent questions Then he took d
paper and pencil and in a few min
utes looked up from his figures and
said, Mr.. Smith, your milk costs you
----- cents per quart, and Farmer
| Smith replied. Thunder and guns; it
took us eleven years to find that out,
and you have found it out in eleven
minutes
Now" continued the mining engin-
eer, IF you will take your own lead
pencil and figure the relative efficiency
of that Rockefeller lead pencil as com
pared with most farm lead pencils at
Eleven Minutes VS.. Eleven Years, and
multiply the organization ability be
hind the lead pencil as expressed in
the tens of thousand of brain units it
has organized and efficiently directed
you will get the mathematical answer
to the problem of why one man dis
tances all competitors in the race for
a billion-dollar goal, although starting
from the base of a $7-a-week clerk
ship. Wall Street Journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Mlshap to a Journalist.

few days ago we thought we
would try our hand in handling a
bucking broncho. We made prepare
when at time we were arranging
some straps we happened little too
close to the business end of the
beast. 1t made a very sudden and
peculiar motion and we were hurled
to the ground. Two of our friends
were present and picked us up and we
staggered around awhile in a groggy
condition. Since then one of our
knees has taken on a balloon shape,
accompanied with rheumatic pains.
We cannot get about quite so lively
as we could, but we are little smart
er.-Bellbrook, O., Moon.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
A self.penxina OFFERING.

sort were giving a vaudeville perform.
ance for local charity. 4 young man
who thought himself racetious tossed
upon the stage after one OF the
turns" a bouquet whose chief ingred.
lent was head of cabbage. The grl
who received this offering of appre-
citation read the card that accompanied
it, and advanced to the footlights.
1T gives me great pleasure" she
said TO know that Mr. Edward Nor
gan has enjoyed my performance. |
hoped that the audience might like il,
but | never expected for a moment
that Mr. Morgan would so far lose his
head as to throw il upon the stage!"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

"Have you noticed" said the tall
girl, that in several new books the
writer is described as the outhor Of
and then follows list Of books begin
ming with the one Immediately pre-
ceding the present production and run
ming back to the earliest period? !
nave in mind now the case of Mrs.
Ward in particular. Lady Roses
Daughter is by the outhor of 'Elean-
or 'Tressady' and Robert Elsemere.'
A year or so ago the previous books
have been enumerated in chronology
ical order, 'Elsmere' heading the list
Eleanor ending it. l wonder If that
way of putting the cart before the
horse is fad among publishers those
days, or is 1t merely a coincidence
that l have noticed several cases of
the kind within the last few weeks?"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
EnthraIIed tho Congregation.

It is related that stranger once en-
tered a cathedral in Sicily and begged
to be allowed to try the organ, which
was new and a very fine instrument
that even the organist did not under
stand. With some reluctance the or
ganist allowed the stranger to play,
and soon the cathedral was filed with
sounds that its walls had never heard
before. AS the stranger played, pull
ing out stops never before combined,
and working slowly up to the full
organ. the cathedral filled, and 1t was
not until large congregation had
wondered at his gift that the stranger
told his name. He was Dom Lorenzo
Perosi, the young priest composer,
whose latest oratorio, Leo was re-
Gently performed at the Vatican dur
ing the celebration of the Pope's jubL
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.

Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.
No one who has studied It's effects
on the human body can deny that cof-
fee Is a strong drug and liable to cause
all kinds of Ills, while Postum is food
drink and a powerful rebuilder that
will correct the ills caused by coffee
when used steadily in place of coffee.
An expert who has studied the sub
ject says Il have studied the value OF
food and the manufacture of food
products from personal investigation
and wish to bear testimony to the
wonderful qualities of Postum Cereal
Coffee. was an excessive coffee
drinker, although I knew II to be a
slow poison. First It affected my
nerves and then my heart, but when I
once tried Postum | found 1t easy to
give up the coffee. confirmed coffee
fiend though | was
Postum satisfied my craving for
coffee. and since drinking Postum
steadily in place Of the coffee all my
troubles have disappeared and | am
again healthy and strong.
Il know that even where coffee In
not taken to excess Il has bad effects
on the constitution In some form or
other, and / am convinced by my in
vestigation that the only thing to do e
health and happiness are OF any value
10 one e 20 quit coffee and drink Pos
tum." Name Elyen by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
exvernor saves Bows Life.

It is fortunate for one Georgia youth
that Gov. Garyin of Rhole Island is q
physician and surgeon of standing
The governor and number of north
ern friends were at Audersonville to
attend the dedication of a monument
in memory of Rhode Island soldiers
who died in Andersonyille prison.
While the exercises were in progress
a carriage team took fright. ran away
and upset the vehicle. Edwin Gala
way, one of the occupants, had his
leg broken, the jagged bone severiyg
an artery Gov. Garvin. on hearing of
the boys plight, hurried to his help.
tied the severed artery and cut the
broken bone, just In time to save the
sufferer from bleeding to death.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
DOGS FOR USE IN WAR.
German Military Authorities Think
Idea q Good One.


Instructions have been issued to
the jaeger or rifle troops of the German
army in relation to the use of war
dogs. The principal work in which
they are to be employed is scouting
and patrolling the transmission of
intelligence from outposts and the
maintaining of communication be-
tween sentries and the posts to which
they are attached. The breed most
suitable for the service is the Aire-
dale terrier, but at the same time,
and until further orders are received,
the huhnerhund, a rough-haired Ger
man dog, is to be tried. 1t is recon-
mended that only pure-bred animals
of known origin and good qualities be
employed. Diligence is to be exer.
cised in training them to carry mes
sages from outposts and return and
to be vigilant in attracting the atten.
ton of the sentries when strangers
approach. Each company is to have
at least two well-trained dogs and the
number of animals attached to bat.
talon will not exceed twelve.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

corn spirit" and in their fancy ii
takes all sorts of shapes that brighten.
sometimes being COW, a wolf, or a
demon. But our little ones who play
the merry game and sing the old, old
rhyme of Boy Blue, know much bet
ter. Little folks love to hear of. the
funny doings of CULVER in Midget
land; but when it was first set down
1t was for the purpose of making fur
of some people with whose politics
Dean Swift, the author, did not agree
The whipping top first came into faCN
ion, the writer's of history tell us, as
a way of celebrating the cruel Gus
tom of whipping martyrs at the stake;
and there is in the British museum an
old rhyme about it, which boys OF
other times used to sing. 1t is a
proud moment for the little one when
he or she can first say the whole OF
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
FRIDAY is BY NO MEANS
VNLUCKIEST DAY OF WEEK
Popular Superstition Dsp-oved by Facts Gathered by
PaiIstaking StaGscian--Msny Ct tie Worries Nest
Momcntous Events Started or Coacluid On Fri5ay.

Friday, it has been discovered by
painstaking and laborious statisti-
clan, is not the unluckiest but actual
ly the luckiest day of the week.
Taking all the great calamities
which befall humanity, the painstak-
ing gatherer of facts has discovered
mat the general average gives the title
II "luskiest day" to Friday, and that
" the unluckiest day to Monday.
The moral is plain. Beware of Mon
lay.
In one line alone 1t has been found
that Friday deserves its present title.
in railroad accidents Friday heads the
list. SO 1t is wise, II you be supersti-
.ious, to avoid beginning Journey on
friday.
The thirteen superstition" was
Knocked in the head long ago, and it
was to be supposed that an iconoclas-
tic age would take a punch" at the
Friday dread before long.
1t has not been necessary for per.
son to admit being superstitious to
acknowledge a preference for begin
ming certain things on any other day
han Friday This feeling is Unborn
nearly all nationalities except the
Scandinavian.
First take the record of assassina-
tons. In these Sunday is pre-emin-
emily the conspicuous day. Wednes-
day comes next, counting attempts
which did not succeed as well as at
tempts which did Saturday is third,
and Monday fourth Tuesday, Thurs
day and Friday are equal.
There is possibility that the person
1 having in mind such an attack chooses
any other day than Friday, in the be-
lief that the day will prove unlucky
/ for him. An examination of the rec
/ ords of such attacks in the last $50
/ years has disclosed the fact that the
/ would-be murderer looks on Friday
as an unlucky day for his attempt
I That might be construed to prove
| either side of the argument, but it is
| fair to accept the statistician's con
/ clusion in favor of Friday as the
| lucky day
Three famous men, among others,
were assassinated on Friday-Abra'
ham Lincoln William Mckinley and
| Nasr-er-D Deem, shah of Persia. Three
/ attempts were made to kill Alexander
/ II. of Russia on Monday, two to kill
Bismarck on Mondays, and three to
kill Louis Philippe on Tuesdays.
The sailor has right to consider
Friday his luckiest day If exemption
from shipwreck be considered. 1t has
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

IaL-d-Shhe. IdI-d-(dke
just this way, but they made up
their poetry as they went aloug-or
wished to have it thought that they
did-and sang their own music while
they played upon the instrument
they carried But we have no bards
who travel about nowadays, and few
who do not, according to those who
are believed to understand all about
poetry. But that will not upset the
little ones. There are plenty of
rhymes for them to go on with. There
always have been, for the songs that
mother sings and the verses she re-
peats are older than the land in which
we live.
We have all sung in our time, and
every little one yet to live in the
world will sing:
"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake. bakers man"
Nobody knows who wrote this, but
the idea of clapping hands which
goes with it is one of the oldest
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

guess Anyway. I'm going to keep the
little wagon as long as he'll let me.
The wagon, as its picture shows.
still seems fit for duty. Its joints are
rather weak, though. and it has been
repaired so often that it was thought
best to replace it. 1t carried the
money received as custom payments
from the custom house to the sub
treasury at the close of business each
day for more than thirty ysars.--New
York Sun
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02


written, although now they have diff
ferent meanings. There was Little
Jack Homer" for instance. Now he
was really luckier little boy than
he is shown to be in the story books.
That plum which he drew out of the
pie was really legal document which
made him the owner of a valuable
property, the Manor of Wells. The
Abbott of Glastonbury sent as a pres
ent to Henry VIII. the deeds making
the king owner of a number of
manors. These deeds he put into
huge pie and sent up for Christmas.
Jack Horner had to carry the pie,
and he did stick in his thumb and pull
out a plum, for he got the papers
which made him lord of the Manor OF
Wells. Little boys and girls of other
countries have their "Ring-a-RinG of
Roses" and little Boy Blue" who is
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
low HE MIGHT LOSE.
MiIlIonaire Could Not See Why Hs
Should Buy Burial Lot


Should Buy Burial Lot
Not long ago a prominent financier..
those most prominent characteristic.
a. rording to the popular opinion, Is
close-hstedness, was the recipient of a
visit from an agent whose line it Is to
solicit orders for burial lots.
On emerging from the private office
of the moneyed man the agent was
met by colleague who had been
waiting for him, and who inquired
anxiously as to the success of his in
terview.
The agent shook his head regretful@
ly. mo CO." said he; he was afraid
he might not get the full value of his
investment"
What could he mean by saying
that? Ccnfound It. a man must die
some time, even though he is a mil
nonaire."
That's what l told him." replied
the agent, but he only answered,
Suppose | should be lost at scar"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Mlssissinni Is hoomlna.

Mississippi, where the majority of
people are negroes. is wonderfully
prospecting Twenty-Five banks in
the state show deposits for the past
year of over s23,000,000, an increase
Of nearly 100000 over the previous
year This is six times as great an
increase as was ever made before in
one year The banks have had the
largest capital and heaviest deposits
In the history of the state. There are
in addition is national banks. all in a
thoroughly prosperous condition.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

Tie cat began to kill the rat, the rat be-
gan to gnaw the rope.
All good little people become poets
before they can very well take part
in serious talk with those who are
older than themselves. For as soon
as baby boy or girl can talk at all, he
or she is taught by nurse or mother to
lisp the little tales told in sort OF
poetry which mother and nurse them
selves used to repeat when they were
children. The bards of olden days
who used to go from hall to hall tell.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

WHAT are we set on earth for? Say, to
toll;
Nor seek TO leave thy tending of the
vines
For all the heat o the day. till it de-
clines,
And deaths mild curfew shall from work
assoil.
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil
To wresue, not to reign and he
signs
All thy tears over. like pure crystal
lines,
For younger fellow workers of the soil
To wear for amulets. So others shall
Take patience, labor, to their heart and
hand,
From thy hand and thy heart and thy
brave cheer,
And Gods grace fructify through thee to
all
The least flower. with a trimming cup
may stand
And share its dewdrop with another
near.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
CHEMICAL ALCOHOL is CHEAP.
New Process Which Decreases Great
Iy the Cost of Production

New Process Which Decreases Great
ly the Cost of Production.
Advices received by the State De
partment at Washington from United
States Consul Haynes at Rouen,
France, throw more light on the new
process that has been discovered by
which alcohol may be produced by
chemical synthesis. 1t is predicted
that the cost of such production can
be reduced to less than 10 cents gal
lon. Thus far the cheapest alcohol
produced has cost nearly 20 cents
duces quantities of alcohol, potatoes
being used as the vegetable base By
the French process no vegetable mat
ter Is employed. From Carburet of
calcium-a direct combination of car
bon and hydrogen in the electric arc
-aetylene is obtained. Sufficient
hydrogen then is added to produce
ethylene. and by combining water
with ethylene alcohol is obtained.
While the cost of alcohol by the new
process has not yet been reduced
much below its cost as produced from
vegetable matter, it is predicted with
confidence by eminent French chem.
lists that in the near future ii may be
cost of about half that which Germany
pays to obtain it from potatoes
Philadelphia Record
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Meow.

A public school teacher in the city
of New York, who wished to select a
soloist from among her pupils, took
three of them to her private room, and
as quality of voice was the only
question involved said to the first
little girl: Sing one verse of any
hymn you have learned in school"
The child broke forth
Lead. kindly light. amid the encirelIng
gloom,
Meow, meow:
The night Is dark, and l am far from
home,
Meow, meow:
No one who has not been obliged
to fight the garbling of words. sung
by children in chorus, win fully ap.
preciate the easiness of the transition
from Lead Thou me on" to Meow,
me-ow."-S. ]. B. in Harper's Drawer
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

1t Is recorded that this favors the
theory that Columbus started or his
voyage of discovery on a Friday; first
sighted land on a Friday; started on
his return journey on Friday, and
arrived at Palos on a Friday; he
reached Hispaniola in his second ex-
petition on a. Friday, and discovered
the continent of America on a Fri
day. Bunker hill was fought on a
Friday the motion made by John
Adams that the United States are and
ought to be Independent was made
on Friday, Saratoga was surrendered
on a Friday, the treason of Arnold
exposed on a Friday, and the collier
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
rhe Irreyerent caddle.

Lieut.. Gen. Miles has taken to golf.
The other day he was going the rounds
Of Chevy Chase at Washington, hav-
ing a critical young person as caddie.
The general, who as yet is far from
being an expert, rolled the ball into
depression from which he seemed
unable to drive 1t. He struck the Dis
trict of Columbia three or four mighty
whacks, but only succeeded in moving
the ball a few feet The fourth pro-
digious effort was humiliating failure
and the caddie said: See here, old
chap, you'll have to do better or quit"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

so many rats and mice and made poor
Dick a rich and happy man, SO that
he was able to be Lord Mayor OF Lon
don. There was once a man whose
great delight was reading Robinson
Crusoe, and when. in his old age, he
was told by friend that things had
not happened quite as set forth In
that fine book, the old man was al
most broken hearted So ii Is no use
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02


been pet superstition of the sea that
Friday Is the unlucky day for sailing.
This is found to be extraordinary, as
the number of shipwrecks occurring
on that day of the week is the small
est.
To secure this conclusion the sta
tistician examined the records of the
disasters to British vessels from 1895
to the present day He found that "a
per cent happened on Thursday, 1G
per cent on Saturday and Sunday, IA
per cent on Monday and Wednesday,
IL per cent on Tuesday, and only
4 per cent on Friday.
BY examining the record of railroad
disasters from 1893 up to date it was
discovered that the nervous person
who fears to begin a journey on Fri,
day can point to some substantiatiOn
for the fears. 1t was in this KEN
alone that the day kept up its reputa-
tien.
wednesday is the best day to be-
gin Journey. Saturday. Sunday and
Monday are close rivals to Friday,
while Tuesday Thursday and We'd
nesday have small records.
The greatest danger from fire has
been on Monday Wednesday and Sat
urday are next. and Thursday shows
the smallest fire loss. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday are about on equal
footing, Friday having shade the
worst of 1t.
A summary shows the following;
The worst day for MURDERS Sun
day.
IT,; worst day for ires-Monday.
The worst day for shipwrecks-
Thursday,
The worst day for railroad accidents
Friday.
The worst day for fioods-Saturday
His conclusions. as stated by him,
self, are as follows:
by taking an average of these re.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Monday Worst Day for Fires.

suits we find that Tuesday is the luck
lest day with Friday close behind:
Wednesday and Thursday run a dead
heat for third position; Sunday comes
in easily 9th, with Monday some dis
lance behind, and Saturday last But
II we strike an average of the per
ceutages obtained from actual figures
used ID preparing the diagrams. we
find that 10 2-3 per cent Of the disas-
tiers took place on a Friday 10 5.1G per
cent on a Tuesday, IA Is per cent on
a Thursday, 1415 per cent on a Wed.
neseay, 1919 per cent on both Satur-
day and Sunday and 16 2,S per cent
on Monday.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02

Little BOY t5llle
longing during ages to another ma.
ton. The Jews first had it, and It
was meant to tell the story OF the ma
tons life during all the centuries.
And that amusing story Of the Old
woman who wanted the cat to kill the
rat, the rat to gnaw the rope and so
on-that, though our great-gredt
grandparents used to say it, comes
from the Jews, but with them it had
a religious meaning. The little PEG
pie in Denmark have the same story
as ourselves; and the little Germans
who share a great many Of the stories
on which our best known rhymes for
the nursery are based, have it as
we'll
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
Mot Too Healthy.

Shopkeepers in Old Greenwich vii
laxe have a quaint way Of taking their
customers into their confidence In
the signs they put in their windows
On the window Of little cookshop In
that region Is inscribed in green paint
the following legend: Good things
to eat; healthy, but not too ALFRED
healthy"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-07-02
OLD MASON AND DIXON LINE.
Imaginary Division of North ant
South Peing Resurveyed.

Imaginary Division of North and
South Peing Resurveyed.
The work of restoring and remark
ing the Mason and Dixon line is rap.
idly nearing completion, under the su.
pervision of competent engineers APP
pointed jointly by the states Of Mary.
land and Pennsylvania. In April. 1901
each state appropriated $4,000 for the
purpose.
No question of territory is involved
in the reconstruction, but the historic
interest in this imaginary division of
North and South warranted a remark.
ing of the line marked out by Mason
and Dixon in 1863
Rock and earth mounds used at that
time are still in existence to demon
strate the thoroughuess Of the original
survey. An erroneous impression OBJ.
tains that the line is thirty feet wide,