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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Giving Sheep T heir Dew

Three hundred years ago one oues-
ton used TO bother the English farm
ers There We're more sheep in Eng
land than in any othet country In the
world tit isn't so now but that is an
other story, and yet he silly" crea-
lures We're seldom seen To drink, To
such an extent was this abstinence
observed that when sheen was no.
ticed drinking it was thought. so an
old writer declared "a prodigious
thing that sheep should drinke."
There was. he said. a cause for their
never suffering much thirst-"There
is SO much dew on The grasse that
they need no other water" Ancient
authors, like Aristotle, were quite mis-
taken in thinking that the northern
sheep had more needle of water than
the southern. In Spaine those sheen
bear the best heeces of wool that
drinke least But If the animals can
not get dew they must have water.
In the seasons of great draught that
sometimes atfiiet the Australian sheep
farmers the floeks perish by the thou-
sand
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

probable the wonderful effects attrib-
uted to this stone were due more to
the faith of the patient than to the
substance itself.
The beryl was said to help "defiux-
ions of the throat" and the sardonyx
to make men cheerful and avert mel.
ancholy The chrysolite was reputed
to ward off fevers, while the ONYX
when worn around the neck. was be
lieyed to prevent epileptic fits The
opal was said to cure weak eyes, ant
the bloodstone was often carried BY
warriors to arrest bleeding from
wound.
II viii be seen from this list, which
might be considerably extended, that
the physicians of old had in precious
stones a formidable armament to com
bat many of the diseases flesh is
heir to- Whether their modern de
scendants will be bold enough to try
their effects remains to be seen Who
knows but we may yet hear of the
specialist in nervous diseases pre-.
scribing powdered jasper for his epi.
leptic patients, nor need we be sur.
prised to see the amethyst cure" ad.
vertised as the latest treatment for
fnebriatesi
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
A Real Fishing Yarn

Seeing some of your fish and bear
stories in Maine woods. | must con.
fess some of them do smell little
fishy, and for change | will give you
one founded on facts. You see it
was this way: We were fishing on
one of the Keswick lakes in the
spring of 1893, and our catch had been
enormous. About o'clock in the
afternoon we heard peculiar noise
on the bank of the lake like tearing
of roots. So we went to investigate
and on nearing the shore We're sur
prised to find a large black bear dig.
ging up the ground to beat nine of
kind.
We lay low to watch, and what do
You think he was doing? Why he
was digging worms. and after putting
nice, fat angle worms on each of his
forepaws he yentnrea out in the lake
on an old sunken log, put down his
forefeet in the water and actually
seooped out huge trout so thick and
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
MaryelS of the Gauges

The bank of the river Ganges says
a traveller, is one of the most pic.
turesque and imposing panoramas you
can imagine. Ii rises from the water
at a steep grade, and is covered with
a series of terraces upon which have
been erected towers, temples, mosques.
palaces, shrines, platforms and pavil.
ions, bathing-houses, hospices for Dill.
grims, khans or lodging houses, hos.
pitfalls and other structures for the ac.
commodations of the millions of peo-
pie who come here from every part of
India on religious pilgrimages and
other missions. These structures
represent an infinite variety of archi.
lecture, from the most severe sim
plieity to the fantastic and grotesque
They are surmounted by domes. pin
naeles, minarets. spires, towers, GU.
polas and canopies; they are built of
stone, marble. brick and wood. they
are painted in every variety Of eolors.
sober and gay; the balconies and win.
dows of many of them are decorated
with banners. bunting in all shapes
and colors, festoons of cotton and silk
garlands of flowers and various ex.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Bastina Threads.


a dear little girl once came unto me,
Her eyes as the stars in their constancy;
her face quite a picture. with cheeks all
As she earnestly questioned me, "oh, do
you know
MY beautiful ady--the one over there
Inc one that ! love with the white and
black hair?'
Why, yes | replied. but her hair is
I've known her for many and many a
day"
The little maid listened with plying face,
Then with arch look repiied-was in
genuous grace
A look that said plainly: What is 1t you
lack2
A knowledge of colors? Her hair is quite
black
With now and then'-pause-a wise shak-
ing head
With nov, and then just awhile basting
thread"
And thought me straightway of truth
that is old
eternal as ages and priceless to hold.
VI the roadway of life-with entangle-
ments wild
We are safe there If led by the hand of
child
God bless them, the children, God bless
them each one
May our faith be like theirs ere lifes
=, Journey is done
y en- though black clouds of sorrow fall
Ger our heads
May our fa1th grasp the sunshine THE
White basting threadsi"
Boston Transcript.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Hidden Gold in Mexico

Whether the report of the discovery
OF the Incas treasure at Chayaltaya,
Bolivia, is true or not, 1t is certain
that the eonquistadores did not get
all the gold of the last Inca of Peru,
nor all the gold and precious Jewels
OF. the Mexican monarch The story
is that the Incas' treasure, withheld
from Pizarro and now discovered III
Bolivia, Is worth $4,000 900, and that
the indians believe there is still much
more hidden away Plzarro received
great sum from the Inca whom he
so cruelty treated and then killed. but
IN SO doing he missed a greater
amount, which the Inca. hoping to
save his life, promised his tormentor.
In this country one sometimes hears
talk OF a great golden sun and other
treasure hidden securely from the
early Spaniards. One gentleman who
has the blood Of Montezuma in his
veins and in whose family the tradi
tons of the times of the conouest
have been preserved, has said that
probably fully $s0,000,000 worth of
treasure escaped the hands of Cortes
and his followers. Where is this treas.
ure hidden? Some have said that it
was thrown into Lake Texcoco. and
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Gems to Cure Ills

Many OF the precious gems that are
SO highly valued as ornaments were
once supposed to possess curative
powers. The amethyst for instance,
was the stone of temperance and so.
briefly and was said to prevent the
@earer from strong drinks and from
INDUCING in too much sleep. Further.
u was believed to quicken the wits
ana drive yapors from the head-aI-
together a most desirable gem to have
about ones person. Amethysts should
certainly become fashionable. Pearls
were administered In cases of con.
sumption, and when powdered, were
recommended in ten-grain doses to
strengthen the heart Besides these
virtues they were believed to fortify
the nerves, cure weak eyes, old age
and even "a cordial to resist tha
plague when taken in doses of six
grains in water sweetened with man.
ma"
Amber was given to cure coughs
and diseases of the head, while red
coral was said to be IAN excellent
purifier of the blood and good for the
liver Jasper was employed by the
early physicians as an astringent and
cure for epilepsy and stone. 1t is
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
A Soapsuds Surprise.

Here Is an experiment with soap
snds in which there Is no blowing of
bubbles. Fasten two knitting needles
or other small rods together with
threads of equal length so as to form
rectangular frame. A third thread
attached to the upper rod enables you
TO hold up the frame without touching
1t.
Plunge the frame into strong soap.
suds and lift it out slowly by this
third thread. You find the frame filled
by transparent liquid film, like a
pane of glass
Break this film and attach TO the
vertical threads, about one-third of
their length from the bottom, the ends
of another thread which is no longer
than the knitting needle, so that 1t
hangs down in a curve, and to the
middle of this thread fasten still an.
other thread by one end. leaving the
other end hanging down.
Now dip the frame again in the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Game Of Boz quet.


This is a jolly game for a number
OF children to play Sill down in a cir
Gle around your leader Let the lead
er give each one flower for his name
violet, daisy, sweet william black.
eyed susan, etc. Then let her tell you
a story, made up out of her own
head, in which she rings in every
one of the flower name#
Whenever a child hears his flower
name mentioned he mi st get up, turn
around and sit down.
Whenever the leader uses the word
bouquet all the children must jump
up and change places, at which time
the leader tries to capture a seat,
Whoever gets left" must then be-
come leader.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Excellent Opportunity to Arrange for
Your Reception at ST. Louis, Durina
the Fair Free

II you intend going TO the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. st. Louis, Mis-.
souri,, opened by President Roosevelt
April Both, 1904, it will be very much
to your advantage to correspond with
Mr.. +. II. Worsley, No. All Dooley
block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mr.. Worsley has arranged to have all
his parties met at the st. Louis depot
and escorted to their lodgings, which
VIII be reserved in advance.
Information relative to passenger
rates stopoNers t5eket limits, hotel
t 1a.es ana an otheT necessary infarma
ton asked for will be cheerfnllv given
free of charge This will esnecialis.
be of benefit 10 those desiring to travel
with Utah parties or in parties of four
or hye. School teachers will also
near something to their interests by
writing above party
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

of bottle and place penny on the
match You are now ready to demon
strate the force of the water drop
and also ready to do neat little
trick to surprise some unlocking
friend.
Ask your friend to ket the coin into
the bottle without touching either the
match or the bottle, After he has puz-
zled over 1t for while dip your finger
In glass of water, hold it above the
place where the match is notched and
let drop fall on the point. The DOW
err of the water as it strikes the match
Is strong enough to force the sides of
the angle to spring apart, thus making
the opening large enough for the pen
ny TO fall into the bottle.
Your trick is performed, while the
water drops power Is illustrated at
the same time.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

fast that he almost darkened the sun.
After While. thinking there was
enough fish for u.s. We put an ounce
ball in his head. Talk about fish,
Great heavens. There lay trout two
feet deep ON which two young cubs
were gorging themselves. Well, we
skinned that bear and, wishing to Sc
cure the cub alive. | just threw the
bearskin over me and got down on all
tours. and those cubs followed me
right into camp, thinking 1t was moth.
er bear.
The cubs afterward sold for .25
each, and the hide of the mother bear.
which was very large one, brought
me $40, not too bad a days work. oh.
YES, about those fish on the bank.
Well, we went back the next day and
barreled up twenty.four barrels of
the best of those trout. The rest were
left to rot in the sun. We put those
fish In cold storage and we have some
of them yet. Maine Woods.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Various Kinds of Memory.

The different kinds of memory are
described In an extended article in
Cosmos, Paris. 1t is noted that some
children when they learn lesson
have only to read it over few times;
others will not remember it unless
they have heard it recited; others
must repeat it aloud to themselves.
These are the three kinds of mem
ory-visual auditive and motor.
Those who need to recite the lesson
aloud to themselves are at once audi
tive and motor. Certain persons re-
tain a passage well only after they
have copied 1t out. These have a
combination of motor and visual men,
DRY.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Some Riddles an j Answers.

The first lady of Il Q land in three
letters2 Eve.
Relating to civil life in Ave letters :?
Civic
A legal document In four letters?
Deed.
What baby says aboh candy in four
letters? "Dood"
Something the mos stupid person
can see through in three letters? Eye.
A gentle domestic animal in three
letters? Eve.
One of the famous pair of giants in
three letters? Cog
Something used lily burglars in
three letters? Gag.
Part of the verb to do in three let
tiers? Did.
A small vehicle in three letters !?
Gig.
The condition OF the grass in the
morning in five letterB? Dewed.
The cry of a bird or a chick in four
letters? Peep.
Twilight time in three letters? Eve.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Spider Web.

Fasten to the hall chandelier as
many lengths of red, yellow, green,
blue and white Irvine as there are boy
and girl players.
Tell each child to take length of
Irvine and follow it through the diff
ferent rooms until he finds the other
end, winding the Irvine into ball as
he goes.
It will lead him up stairs and down,
around table legs, through cracks in
doors. in and out through the banis.
tiers, and so on.
At the end you should previously
have fastened some pleasant surprise,
like tiny box of bon-bons or an or.
ange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
When Bows PLAY Minstre he

When you boys want to blacken up
your faces for minstrel play or any
other Kind of fun, here is a good way
for you to blacken up:
Take few gals, bruise them to a
fine powder, and strew the powder
nicely upon a towel; then put little
ground copperas into a basin of wa
ter, which will dissolve and leave the
water perfectly transparent. After
any person has washed in this water
and wiped on the towel on which the
gals were strewed his hands and
face will Immediately become black.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Mr.. Albee,s oplnIons =

Alpine, Cal, June 6.--Mr. t. M. AL
bee, our postmaster, has expressed an
opinion based on his own experience
which will no doubt be of interest to
many. Mr.. Albee is man of few
words, but his well known truthful
ness and uprightness of character
adds much weight to any statement
he makes. He says:
THE first box of Dodd's Kidney Pills
that | used convinced me of their
good qualities and | Used altogether
four boxes with the very best results.
! can heartily recommend this rem
edy."
This voluntary expression of opin-
ion will doubtless find an Necho in
many homes in California fori Dodd's
Kidney Pills have been making soma
miraculous cures in this state.
From the evidence already PUBLISH
ed it seems safe TO conclude that this
medicine will be found to be a per
feet cure for rheumatism, urinary
trouble, backache and any and every
form or symptom of kidney complaint
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Bear Goes to school.

This Is the story of bear. In win.
nipeg. who goes regul Rrly 10 school
and will be entitled 10 a prize for
pnnctual attendance, e ven If he fails
in Greek and mathematics.
He came slouching Oh L Of the woods
one day and advanced directly on the
sehoolhonse. Some Of the children
had eaten their luncheon on the grass
IN front OF the buildins The bear
stopped and licked up the crumbs and
scattered remnants of The repast and
then stuck his head in at the school
house door.
The children and the school teacher
screamed. and the big fellow was so
frightened that he took to his lumber
ing heels The next dayA however,
ne came TO the sehodlhouse at the
0Ifnu111S ate fhe etambs and
73auE&d nj tha
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
The Number Nine.

1t is curious thing, which every
one does not know. that you cannot
destroy the integrity of the figure 8
by multiplication
To make plain: 9x9-S1. Add 8 and
! 1.-THE producD and you have g. Take
any other number. say 122; 123 times
8 equals 11o7. Add the figures of the
product again and they equal 8. Again
times 80 equals 297, which added
gives us two 9s by adding 7 and 2, or
the three figures added equal Is. or
2x9. Whether the number Is small or
large. the sum of the figures of the
product will always be divisible by Q.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Hidden from the World

| saw hoard Of weary travellers
Pour forth TO face lifes battles at the
dawn,
Each wrapped him in his cloak that FELL
away
From aching shoulder or from tired linh
As if by chance, It seemed 10 me Wild
tried
To hide upon my breast a burning scar.
Living and hungry. that appeared 10 be
Existent, showing forth with all my card
Through heavy folds Of cloth clothed IL
IN
A burning scar. whose memory made
dark
The sun that shone for others and for me.
I paused and let them pass me as stood
Sad and disheartened questioning why
each man
Held close his robe about him in one
place
Ard only one. Then on an impulse
sprang
Across the path OF him who closest came,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Frame for the Films.

varied in many ways, show that the
liquid film is like stretched elastic
membrane or sheet of india rubber. 1t
always makes itself as small as pos
sible, as the last experiment proves,
and If stretched out by force it con-
tracts again as soon as the force
ceases to act.
1t affords, therefore, an interesting
example of the surface tension pos
sessed by liquids.
The film has two parallel surfaces
and their tensions act together.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

There are many ways of making
five-pointed stars. For the method
here described you will need pair of
compasses. With these draw a circle
OF any size. Draw line across the
circle, going through the center. Draw
another line from the center To the
top of the circle Find the middle
point of the right half of the first
line. The hand in the picture points
IL out Use that point for one end of
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

schoolhouse door. but did not venture
there. After he had eaten every NOR
sci he went slowly back to the woods.
His visits soon became of daily
regularity and as 1t was evident that
he came with no evil intent the teach
er and now and then the pupils took
to tossing him an apple or other deli
cacy. From that to feeding him out
of their hands was an easy step, until
now the bear never plays truant and
lunches regularly with the children
and their teacher
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

Tore loose the rnhe he held about his
throat
And there-reds Tipped and crouehing like
a beast
Lay huge scar had not seen before.
All then understood And as they
passed
Grasping their garments close lest /
should see
What they would hide from me in their
despair.
Each searched my face; but. oh | did
not see.
MI stood with Bonded head as If Ia add
"A Jpeuedietion to their suffering:
Ann thought how blind how blind our
Xeyes can be.
When ene swift glance of introspection
Tics
The sd row of the world. the eark and
How an heart hides its anguish and its
How each<pan drapes his cloak to hid
his stEr
RUIZ Sterry in tsaA Bookma d
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications they cannot reach the dis.
eased portion of the ear. There is only way to
cure Deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness ia caused by an fnhamed condition Of tho
mucous lining of the Eustaehisn Tube. When this
tube is infiamed yon have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when 1t is entirely closed Deaf
ness 10 the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored normal cond
ton, nearing viii be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which ia nothing
but an tnaamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We Will give One Hundred Dollars for any case 81
besIness caused by eatarrhl that cannot he cured
py IsSatarrh Cure send for circulars. free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists 75c
Iake Hans Family PllIs for consultation
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

soapsuds and lift 1t out. The last two
threads will appear as irregular lines
embedded in the film of liquid Break
the lower part of the film, and you
will see the upper part contract, draw
ing the loose thread up with 1t into
the form of a circular arch.
Now take hold of the free hanging
thread below the lower rod and pull
downward. The single arch becomes
a double arch but resumes its former
shape as soon as you release the hang.
ing thread.
These experiments, which might be
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Power Of a pro J Of Water.

S'S' VI GTop OF water.
fou nave probably heard that the
constant falling of d drop of water
VIII wear away the hardest stone.
Here is an easy way to test the
iorce OF a single water drop, which
we VIII take as unit for all the bill
mons OF water drops 1t takes to wear
away the stone, and then perhaps you
may get slight idea of the stupen-
dous force all those water drops
would exert II they were combined
INTO one mammoth water drop-and
It dropped! You wouldn't care to be
under 1t.
Cut a notch in the center of a
match, then bend so as to form an
acute angle. Lay 1t across the mouth
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
coRwIN FOUND I
Simple ExpIanatiois
from Connect

Simple Explanation
from connec
This story Is told
Tom" Corwin: Dur
in the Ohio House a
about the year 1923. 81
whipping of criminals was under a.
cussion. Corwin,j a native of Ken.
lucky. ardently Advocated the repeal
OF the old lawt A member OF the
House who hadf come from Connects
cut, was active on the opposite side,
He urged the retention OF whipping as
o punishment, I and asserted as a
strong point in favor of his contention
that he had nSticed while living In
Connecticut, that whenever a man
was whipped, IN execution of the sen.
tence Of corfN Of justice. he imme.
diately left the Eate and did not re.
turn. n
Corwin promptly fPtorted that ha
knew many people hadTsame to Ohio
from Connecticut. but, he, had never
before known the reason for their
coming.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

the compass. Place the pencil end at
the top of the circle and draw a curve
downward until it touches the line
running across the circle. The dis.
lance between the crossing point and
the top OF the circle Is the exact dls
lance between the points of five.
pointed star drawn in that circle.
star drawn on stiff paper may bo
cut out and used as a pattern In NAL
Ing flags or ornaments,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16

The London IRE department il try.
Ing the experiment of having gones
on us apparatus, but the cockneys
md that these gongs have NOT the
electrical effect in clearing the streets
which is produced by the fremen's
vocal Hi, hi. hi,'n
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Russian Gamblers. :

The spirit of gambling seems to
dominate all classes in Russia, Re
cent official statistics show that mora
than 100000 roubles tabout $780,.
0o0) are each year spent on playing.
cards in the land of the car. The
monopoly of the manufacture of play,
ing-cards belongs to the Czaritza
Maria charitable institutions, and an
income of / 100000 G2s0, 0o0) a year
is produced, the cost of manufacture
being only 100000 roubles $4,000
London Tit-Bits.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-06-16
Where Kissing lis unkno,..

1t has long been known to ethno,.
oglsts mat among many primitive
tribes and races the practice of kiss
ing was unknown. Among the Lapps
and the Maoris, rubbing of noses oe.
cupfed its place. The average native
OF Japan, country which promises
TO take SO important place in the
making of future history. still, knows
nothing OF the practice Of kissing.