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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
The SandhillS of Peru

In aarpers Magazine for July, Err
nest c. Rost tells of the curious trav-
cling sand crescents of Peru which
move across the desert:
After passing another town of
three or four mud huts. we enter the
famous desert of lslay, on which are
what consider the most remarkable
natural curiosities to be seen on this
globe says Mr. Rost for we are
now among hundreds-nay, thousands
of pure-White sand ereseents. on a
plateau of 4500 feet above the level
OF the sea. and ffty-four miles from
the coast, where all else Is of a dark.
red or chocolate color. Whence comes
this sand, and why always in a cres-
cent shane2 Prof Bailey, whom af-
forwards mel at Arequipa. in charge
Of the Harvard university observatory.
told me that scientific men do NOT
agree as to the reason why The sand
always forms tie same crescent shane
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Work Done by Machinery

ing. are better all-around workmen
than American. Very likely, but Why
should we spend years acquiring
knowledge and skill which are rem
dered superfluous by our machinery?
Probably there is not single Ameri-
can workman in one of our great
watch factories who could make
complete watch by hand, as Swiss
workman can. But why should he,
when he has machinery which enables
him to turn out about four times as
many watches in a year as his Swiss
competitor can make by hand.
Again, 1t is claimed that American
machinery will not wear so long as
English But in this particular also
the American practice is more eco
nomieal. With lis the progress of in
yention is so rapid that the natural
life of machinery is short and the old
is quickly suppanted by the new. An
American locomotive. for instance, Ia
expected to work about ten years. Byv
the expiration of that time improve
ments are such as to render 1t anti
auated and it is no longer good policy
to use it. On the other side, an Eng
lish railway official will point with
pride to an engine he has had in use
for forty years, which is, in fact, con-
fession that he Is about thirty years
behind the times.-Josiah Strong in
August Success.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Not Looking for Balm

The Old Pilgrim with tan-colored
spinach and butternut socks came into
the junction station, bought ticket
for Utica and took seat in the cor
ner and sighed The affable young
IMAM who had sold nice line of sad.
ldlery goods in Pierpont Manor turned
10 the old man and said
Sorrow touches us at all times,
friend"
ePar'ps. but difr'ntly, difr,ntly.
Have you bin tetehed?h
Il have. but not recently. You look
detected; you need sweet sympathy
and the balm of consolation. am
bust the man who can give it to you
that is, If you do not mind telling me
about your troubles"
SHOW my sorrer. do I? Look like
human weepin willer, eh? | see, yer a
Iwalkin' delegate fur BAN faet'ry. go
lin bout wuth a pile o save ter heal
Iwoe an stress. It's an easy job
stranger, If You got free tickets an a
friend wuth pantry full o fodder ter
greet you when You stop over ter
Ispread yer BAN | haint suff rim ter
any hefty Representatives, not jest
NOW"
Then | beg your pardon for offer
ing"
You needn't: It's all right, stranger.
Hts the same ole case o gal gettin' the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

School" appear on its front, over the
entrance, and on a tablet inside.
Down in the lower part of Fair
haven, perched on rocky slope over
looking the harbor, stood dignified
old mansion of the whaling dynasty
period IN 1898 a great sorrow befell
the household within its walls, when
a fayorite daughter, Millicent G.
Rogers, budding miss of Is, died.
Within the next year her four sisters
and brothers announced their determi-
nation to erect in her memory pub
lie library, stock 1t with books, endow
1t and present it to the people of Fair
haven. Fairhaven was duly apprecia.
tive. but was not prepared for the as
constituent which followed when the
magnificence of the structure became
known. 1t is credited with being the
finest library in its architecture and
material in America. Two years were
consumed in its construction and
nothing but the best of material, gran
tie, terra Gotta and faced brick, went
into its walls. When finished and
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Origin of American Flag

from the Lancashire family of Wash
ingtons that the first president OF
the United States was descended and
it is plausible to presume that Prest-
witch would naturally wish to connect
the armorial bearings of the new gov
eminent with the escutcheons of the
Washingtons of Lancashire.
Benson j. Losing, however, posi-
lively declined to believe that the
arms of the flag were suggested by
the heraldry of Washington. LOSING
writes: IF they were suggested by
anything then existing think it may
have been the flag of the East In
dian company, with which the colon
lists, in seaports especially, were fa-
miliar." This flag as early as 1904 was
composed of thirteen horizontal
tripes, alternate red and white, with
the red cross of st. George on the
white canton in the corner. The colon
lists used this number and kind OF
stripes to denote union nearly two
years before the stars appeared on the
flag. The union flag, hoisted over the
American camp at Cambridge JAN l.
1776, was composed of thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white, with the Brit
ish union in one corner. 1t was not
until June IA, 1877, that the conti-
mental congress resolved that the flag
of the United States be thirteen
stripes red and white alternate, and
that the union be thirteen stars
(white1 ON a blue field, representing
a new constellation"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

The flag and coat Of arms of the
United States are not quite century
and a quarter old. But although the
banner represents the youngest or the
great nations it Is nevertheless one OF
the most venerable among the nation
al standards. 1t was adopted by con-
gress on June IA, 1777, and is there
fore older than any of the flags of the
principal European governments
namely, that of France, adopted in
1894; Spain, 1855; the German empire,
in 1870; Italy, in 1913; Portugal, in
1890, and that of Great Britain, which
merely dates from 1901.
1t has frequently been asserted that
the nation is indebted to an English
baronet for the suggestion of the de-
vice which has been adopted as its
national coat of arms. The story is
that Sir John Prestwich, Bart, claim
ed that he suggested the coat of arms
for the American states to an ambas-
sador from there which the states
have put upon some of their moneys.
1t is this: Party per pale of thirteen
stripes, white and red, the chief of
the escuteheon blue, signifying the
protection of heaven over the states,
which so pleased the Americans that
It was soon after adopted as the arms
of the states Prestwich was a
Lancashire gentleman and an antiqu-
uary of some note. He was a partic-
ular friend of John Adams and there
is no doubt that he had the opportun-
ity of suggesting the device. It is
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Tiara Is a Masterpiece

The tiara which the executive com
mittee presiding over the festivities
concentrating the jubilee of the
pontiticate of Leo XIII, presented to
the Holy Father, Feb 20 last, as an
expression of exultant Joy from the
whole Catholic world, Is the work of
IA promising Bolognese artist, a GER
tain Augusta Milani, an engraver who
both in the conception of the work as
wen as in the execution of the same,
has shown himself to be an artifcer
of the first rank. The tiara consists
of thin plates or leaflets of silver.
worked together after the manner of
fish scales; it's form Is oyoid, slightly
pointed at the apex, the whole being
surmounted by a cross which rests
upon a diminutive globe representing
the world, which is perforated with
starlilxe holes so as to resemble
zone of the armament.
The silver ovoid is divided into three
sections by three golden crowns placed
one above the other and in the bands
which run between the crowns are
friezes displaying olive branches, lad
en- with berries, bundles of leaves and
twies, indiscrinately interviewer
which cover the base with leaves and
fruit
Now, in order to maintain the shape
of the tiara more nearly in conformity
with those already in existence, and at
the same time constructing 1t wholly
of metal, instead of brocade as hereto
fore, NIilani conceived the notion of
ornamenting 1t with a light and rich
| bas-relief. consisting of decorative car.
touches interlaced with olive twigs
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

The family of a Brooklyn minister
are mourning the moral downfall OF
their pet cat Once 1t was cat TO
be admired and trusted, cat which
set an example to the neighboiing
Toms and Tables of the ways which
righteous cat should follow. Now it
has all the faults of ordinary cathood
and more, too-as IL striving TO make
up for lost time. And 1t was the death
Of her promising family of kittens
which led to this regrettable change
In the pet cats spiritual nature.
Formerly one of the most admired
characteristics of the pet cat was her
regular attendance at family prayers,
which were held just after the family's
evening meal, at the appointed time
the good cat would march into the
room, take her position on a cushion
provided for her, and give respectful
attention during prayer time. The
children of the family insisted that
she understood all that was said.
While this would perhaps be an exag-
geration, 1t is certain that the cat
maintained a respectful and attentive
demeanor which would have been a
lesson to many frivolous boys and
girls No matter how hungry she
might be, the pet cat would not touch
the food set aside for her until the
family prayers had been duly conclud-
ed.
"A short time ago the cat became
the mother of several plump and prom
Using kittens. She was Unfortunately
proud of them. Such kittens, to her
mind, had never before been born In
Brooklyn or elsewhere. But the fam
lily did not share her enthusiasm
They considered that one cat in the
house was enough. The result was
that the kittens painlessly went the
way of superfiuous kittens.
"At first the pet cat simply mourn
ed her offspring after the manner o.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
ROGERS House-North View.

n0HSIS T1OuSE-fNOfIn VIEW
turned over TO the public ii was recog.
nized as one of the most thoroughly
beautiful libraries in the country, in
side and out
Three years ago that dear, good
Yankee mother who had kissed her
boy good-by as he started for the
West forty years ago entered into her
reward. For years her declining days
had been a glorious sunset, well won.
With no further record than her own
life, she would have been lovingly held
in the hearts of her neighhors, but
her sol preferred more tangible me-
mortal and went about putting his plan
into execution in his Enthusiastically
novel way.
Several years before the modest
mansion of the whaling days down
near old Fort Phoenix had given way
to a modern palace called in the
parlmce of the wealthy, a cottage"
Here the man who loved Fairhaven
lived whenever he was spared from
his responsibilities in the metropolis.
South of this new house a great ledge
rose sufficiently above the surrounding
country to eat off some Of the views
from the seward windows, and a To-
cal contractor began one day with a
big gang of men to cut the top off.
People regarded it as pretty expen.
siye work to keep an army of stone
quarrymen at work all winter just to
get view Of the water. but they soon
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

swell heart an 'lopin' with a summer
hoarder, Say, do | look like Hagar
weepin In the wilderness. or like
pusson waitln on the corner an pour.
in my tears inter sewer hole? Do L?
Wal. | hain't pinin' fur sum one ter
come long ter fall onter my neck an
wilt my shirt bnzzum with brine til
my vest pockets overflow with salt;
not much. I'm too busy Jest now ter
give way ter sorrer- sides, sorrer
hain't my lay at present; not much.
Tibet young man that loped wuth
Mandy has got sand clay. grit an a
hull stun fence ter boot; he's got pluck
an narye, he has, an | need him.
got ter raise barn, build a silo, make
two hay racks, kill COW, have log
gin bee an git few other leetle
chores dun fore fall sets in. I'm on
the brave young feller's track. an,
dunn it. when | see him I'll open my
arms an brace both him an Mandy, |
will. I'll give EN- the twenty-aere lot,
the sorrel colt an two pigs ter start
housekeepin' wuth. | guess them
'dncements Il fetch him. Save me q
hired man, see? Here's my train" He
jumped aboard while the affable young
mAn settled down in the seat aud
sighed:
Another chance lost to spread the
balm of sweet sympathy. "-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
MAKING MODEL TOWN


A little more than forty years ago a
tall, angular young man, who had
grown up, like hundreds of other vii
lage boys, in the little town of Fair
haven, down on the shores of Buzz
cards Bay, Mass, packed his satchel,
babe farewell to his mother-one OF
the old fashioned, common-sensed
Yankee mothers for which New Eng
land has been famed for generations
and started West to seek his for
tune.
AS he looked back on the old home 1t
certainly presented an interesting pic
ture; contrasted with that OF to-day IT
Is amusing No magicion with a wave
of his wand ever wrought greater
changes than have occurred In Fair.
haven in that lapse of forty years.
Fairhaven was once a part OF New
Bedford, and even after it was severed
from the parent settlement across the
river, In 1912, its course continued
along parallel lines with the old city.
But somehow, while New Bedford
grew and became a great city, with
all that goes with great city, desir-
able and otherwise, Fairhaven re-
manned village, never attaining more
than its present population of perhaps
1900 or 1000 people.
About twenty years ago something
new dropped into the community. 1t
was a message from the boy who had
gone out to the oil regions and from a
laborer had become prosperous bust
ness man. He had not forgotten Fair
haven, nor had he ceased to love the
quiet old village. And in his prosper
ity he had an idea that he owed
something to the village which had
given him his education. So he Of
fered the town a new seheolhoase. OF
course the suggestion was received
with delight, but no one dreamed
that he contemplated the fine brick
building which soon grew up from a
! field in the eastern part of the village
and provided for six hundred pupils.
1t cost probably twenty times what the
town had ever spent for an education
al establishment, although no one
ever knew just how much. 1t was
| finished in 1885 and occupied, but SC
modest was the donor that nowhere
upon it, inside or out, was there a
hint that it was gift. Not until
years later did the tablet, Rogers
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

although it is generally believed that
the whirling eddies hereabouts are re-
fponsfble; some, however, argue that
such is not the case. since each one
of these crescents has an opening
toward the northeast. At any rate,
the inner circle is an almost perpen-
dicular wall, of the finest pure-white
sand, and from the upper edges the
ereseents slope gradually away on the
outside They average about twenty
feet in height, the inner circle having
diameter of some flfty-feet, although
| have seen one at least mile and
half Ia diameter. which was, however.
not much higher than the average.
These erescents move, 1t is estimated,
at the rate of three inches every tWen-
ty-four hours; and when, on the SLOW
journey, one comes near the railroad,
1t becomes necessary to shovel the
sand across the tracks, after which 1t
travels on, forming new creseents or
mingling with some of the others"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

must owe me some money, and This
letter can go to help even up the 40
count. That's business, isn't itf'
The clerk grasped the little ledge IN
front of him to keep from falling,
but, madam
Eyes. Only last week I sent a
teeny-weeny little bit Of tissue paper
pattern-it was for {. baby's cse-to
my cousin, the same one this letters
going to, and | put a two-cent stamp
on the envelope. Why, II this letter
costs four cents, that one ought not to
have cost a cent. This is ten times
heavier. And the week before last l
sent Martha a dress goods sampls,
and there was only half sheet Of
paper, with few words of writing In
the envelope, and | put tSocent
stamp on it. 1t hardly weighed any
thing. | think it's real mean TO over
charge me for lightweight letters and
then insist that | pay full rates on all
others. | may drop this in, may ! not?
The government will not lose any
thing, you see, because 1t carries SO
many light letters for me-"
Madam, If the other letters were
sealed, two-cent stamp was neces-
sary on each, no matter how light 1t
was, The government does not run
ledger accounts of debts and credits
based on mail weight with its postal
patrons.
My brother Is a politician, and II
you let this letter go with one stamp,
maybe"
The postage on this letter will be
four cents, madam"
And must ! really put another
stamp on it?"
you must, or the person receiving
1t will have to pay the extra postage
Dear me! Why didn't you say that
at first? knew one stamp would
carry it," and she turned from tbs
window and pushed the letter into the
slot reserved for foreign mails. Then
she faced the man who was with her
you men think you know every
thing. Come and buy me that soda.
| she said
But you did not win It"
Il did. My letter will go to Chi
cago, and | did not have to put an
other stamp on Philadelphia Led
| ger
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Downfall Of the I'D:
sH Minister'S PET Cat

bereaved animal mothers. Then she
sat down and did hard thinking act.
The results reached in her mind were
evident. The family she had trusted,
the family she had attended prayers
with so long. had deprived her of her
beloved kittens. And the old cat
plainly made up her mind that she
would no longer have spiritual inter-
course with family guilty of such
misdeed
THAT evening when the time came
for family prayers the good cat was
missing. After a search she was found,
brought into the room, and placed on
her accustomed cushion. But no
prayers for her. She simply looked
around the family circle in scornful
manner, and then, with erect tail and
indignant mien walked out of the
room. Since then neither brides nor
persuasion has availed to make her
attend the family prayers.
But 1t is not only in the matter OF
prayer attendance that the once
worthy cat shows signs of moral de-
generacy. Formerly the most peace
full and wellbehaved of cats, she is
now ready to fight any dog that comes
within sight of the house. She is
averse to petting and when caught
submits to 1t with evident reluctance,
all the time watching a chance to run
off, Once she was most select In her
choice of cat companions; now she
| firts with every disreputable Tom for
blocks around. In her every action
she displays the characteristics of
cat who has turned tail on the True,
! the Good, and the Beautiful of cat
| aesthetics.
| It's too bad sighed the minister's
/ little girl. whose especial pet the cat
used to be. She was such a good cat.
Always on hand for prayers, always
ready to be petted, And now she acts
like regular heather cat, that don't
care for anything or anybody"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

Rogers House--South View.
erection. church, parish house and
parsonage.
OF pure English Gothic style, OF the
Tudor age, built entirely of stone,
magnificently carved with sculptured
detail and finished inside as is no build
ing of this part of the country, the
church particularly will be gem. The
great memorial window has already
been exhibited to a congress of artists
in New York, and has been accorded
no end of honorable comment. The
lofty tower will have chime of bells,
which the Troy bell founders say
eclipse anything they have ever turned
out in quality of tone, while the great
modern church organ will be the best
product of years of study by one of
the leading organ firms of the coun.
try.
Another great enterprise in the de-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
A Remarkable island.

One of the most remarkable Islands
in the world is located in the gulf of
Mexico, about ten miles off the west
ern coast of Florida. II is charted on
the maps Of the photographic Office at
Washington. and is known as snalIs.
island. 1t forms one of the long line of
little sandy islets which extend out.
ward from the coast of Florida and are
known as keys. The peculiar charac-
teristfc of Snails island, as it Is called,
Is that it completely changes color
twice day, producing a most beauti.
full effect.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29

growing at the base and developing
medallions between the cartouches,
three represent the three Popes who
occupied the Papal chair for the long
est periods. viz, st Peter, Plus TX,
and Leo XIII; two of the medallions
also contain the dates and dedications
while the third presents the figure Of
an angel All are of silver lattice or
grille work, and the same may be said
of the medallions in the upper part,
which present the figure of the Re-
deemer and the seal of the holy year
at the back of the tiara.
The three crowns, arranged one
above the other, are executed in full
relief and maintain the heraldie char
acter of the tiara. being further orna-
mented with garlands of flowers and
foliage. In the respective bands are
engraved the following notices;
MAXIMUS INTERRIS DIVING INRE
SACERDOS
NESCIVUS ERRANDI FIDEI MORY-
MQUE MAGSTER.
OMNE REGIS CHRISTI pAsTORuM
PASTOR OV1LE
Between the uppermost crown and
the surrounding globes runs per.
forated zone rendered necessary in
order to tighten the weight of the
tiara, which turns the scale at exact.
~ a kilo. Milani could in no better
way have overcome the great dif1icul.
ties which presented themselves, and
his work does great honor to Italian
art The tiara is estimated to be
worth 24.000.-Jewelers Circular.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-10-29
Rric.a-erac Has Had Its pav.

/ One of the latest DEGREES issued
from the temple of fashion, where so
many worship. is to the effect that
ibric-a-brac has outlived its usefulness
and must depart. Just where it is to
go is not specified. but 1t can with
safety be placed in the garnet or
thrown at the members of the feline
opera company which insist on giving
midnight concerts, with the back-fence
Jas stage. Good reasons are given for
lthis decree. Bric-a-brac has SO multi
lplied in many parlors that the visitor
has to be very careful lest he sit
down on some frail ornament or knock
half dozen ineongruous and wholly
uninteresting pieces of glass or china