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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
The Distant Hills Are Always Steep.
& ID Kiser in Chicago Record Herald


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The task that seems so very great,
From which you daily shrink in dread,
VIII never dwindle while you walt
And wish the way were clear ahead.
The traveller whose feet have burned
On dusty slopes, In valleys deep,
And on the rocky heights has learned
That distant hills are always steep.
IL.
The duty that. day after day
You sadly turn from. waiting still
And wishing 1t could fade away,
Perhaps Is like the distant hill
The tasks we try so hard to shun
Are often found, when forth we leap,
At last. to end them quickly done
The distant hills are always steep.
III.
Why wait when there Is work for You?
Why scan 1t from afar and sghf
II may not be so hard to do
II you but press ahead and try.
We marvel, when upon the height
We let our glnnces backward sweep
At all the gentle slopes in sight.
The distant hills are always steep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
A Question and Another.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Ascum-"Have you still got that
servant girl you had last week?"
Mrs. Hiram Often Which day last
week."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
The Solution.
From Puck.

How old is Cupid? Hard 10 IN
So youthful still he sings:
Perhaps you judge him like D ~
And count him by his T1nOb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following 10 Z list Of advertised letters
naming In the Washington ID. c. Post once Sat-
urday, May Fl. 1904.
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters"
If not called for within two ~ weeks they will
be sent to the Dead Letter Once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21

Although he is stern disciplinarian
General Dragomiroff is very popular with
the rank and file of the Russian army be-
cause he looks personally after their COM
fort, will never allow them to be unjustly
oppressed by their officers. and bears the
reputation of never having thrown away
any mans life needlessly In time Of war.
Then, too. he has In marked degree. that
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
THE Most Cannon plsease,

Yorktown, Ark, Feb. 29th.-Leland
Williamson. NJ. D., a successful and
clever local physician. says:
There is scarcely another form Of
disease a physician Is called upon 30
often to treat as Kidney Disease.
invariably prescribe Dodd's Kidney
Pills and am not disappointed in their
effect for they are always reliable.
| could mention many cases in which
| have used this medicine with splen.
did success for example, | might re-
fer to the case of Mr.. A. H. Cole.
Age 81, greatly emaciated, some
fever, great pain and pressure over
region of Kidneys, urine filled with
pus or corruption and very foul smell
Ing and passed some blood. Directed
to drink a great deal of water, gave
brisk purgative and Dodd's Kidney
Pills. The pills were continued regu-
larly for three weeks and then a few
doses every week, especially II patient
felt any pain in region of Kidneys.
Cured completely and patient per-
formed his duties as farm laborer in
four weeks"
"Dr, Williamson has been regular
practitioner for over twenty years and
his unqualified Endorsement of Dodd's
Kidney Pills is certainly a wonderful
tribute to this remedy.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Value Of Cold. Fresh Air.

cold, fresh air has special value be-
cause 1t stimulates all the functions
OF the bQ dy; It quickens the heart and
Increases the number of red corpus
cles in the blood. A reduction of 10
degrees In its temperature increases
the proportion of oxygen In air one
seventh. This is why one feels bet
ter in cold than In warm air. The
vital fires as well as fires In CRATES
burn brighter in cold weather. Ths
whole tide of life moyes with greater
activity. When oxygen 10 not plsnti-
full enough to make the vital fires
burn sufficiently to consume the fuel
and waste of the body. then much OF
the waste material is left behind In
the form OF imperfectly burned sub.
st arces, which may be called cinders
OF the body. Uric acid is cinders.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Where Lord Nelson Really Died.

Visitors to the Victory. at Port,
mouth, England, who have gazed upon
a spot in the cockpit and believed it
to be the place where Nelson breathed
his last, were quite mistaken, accord.
Ing to discoveries just made during
the overhauling of the ship The au.
thentic place where the hero died
was close against one of the hugs ribs
Of the ship q little further forward.
This place 10 now to be rallied around,
and II will be lighted with electric
light, for which a store battery Is to
be placed on board. The old ship Is
undergoing a thorough reft, which will
not be completed for several weeks
London ST. James Gazette.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24

the city enclosed by a huge wall, and
containing the principal churches,
palaces and otlner buildings. It was
originally buif as city of refuge
from the Tartar hordes.
The chief entrance is by the "Re.
deemer Gate over which there ia a
picture of the Redeemer of Smolnsk.
Nobody passes under this picture
without taking of his hat and bowling.
however great his hurry may be. Until
quite recently, any person who neg.
lected this mark of respect was COM
PEELED by the authorities to PROSTATE
himself fifty tiIues before tho picture.
Even the Gear never passes through
this gate without uncovering.
High above al the other buildings
Of the Kremlin rises the white, solid
Ivan Tower, erect ed In honor of Ivan
Veliky, Russian military hero, who
was really an Engl Shman named John
Villiers. He gained several victories
over the Tartars in medieval times.
From this tower tn . view over Mos
cow is wonderful All tourists ac-
knowledge that they have seen moth
ing half SO fine in any other city.
There are three hundred and seventy
churches within view, all cleaning
with snow-white wallis and innumer-
able gilded domes, turrets and spires.
Besides these, there aIe theaters, pal
aces, conyents, and monasterfes by
the score The whole of Moscow Is
spread out before ones eyes like a
city of marble and gold.
In the southeastern part of the Cri-
mean peninsula, on the shores of
the Black Sea, there are numbers of
small communities. mostly of fisher
folk, where the people have biue eyes
and fair hair and other strong charac-
teristics of Norsemen.
These fair-haired people speak a
dialect quite different from the Sla-
vonic of their neighbours, ard it has
been discovered by psychologists that
many of the words of their speech are
similar to words in German or Dan
ish.
1t has been found tha in the great
sweep the Gothic trih es made of
Southern Europe in the Middle Ages,
the Crlmea, being n eninsula, was
like pocket, and can ght some of
the onsweeping Northma n.
The main current amalgamated
with other races, but b, sing Isolated
by the sea, these Goth, who were
fixed in Crimea were b ept racially
pure and now they are the only direct
descendants of the old Go thic tribes
men.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
WORN FOR THE BLIND.
Assssas Seems Proper Occupation for
the Afflicted.

Massage Seems Proper Occupation Tor
the Afflicted.
L Matignon urges the adoption OF
massage By the blind. citing the ex-
ample Of the Japanese. among whom
II Is practicsd almost entirely by per
sons thus afflicted Sight is not neces-
sary for effectual work in this line,
providing the operator be familiar
with the muscular system and knows
the art OF massage thoroughly. Swed.
en-, Switzerland and Belgium are fol.
lowing the examples Of japan in this
respect and the author describes a
class meeting held In Brussels by
Professor G.. Daniel for the instruc-
ton Of about a dozen blind persons.
Four theoretical lessons are given st
the beginning Of the course as to the
value of massage and its application
The fifth lesson 10 devoted to the
study of the skeleton. the sixth and
seventh to the muscles which move
the various portions OF the body. Each
pupil palpates the muscles on a hu.
man subject. The following lessons
concern massage itself, and are con.
tinued until the pupils are individually
well versed in the art, They are then
admitted to practice in the clinic, and
perfect themselves in the vocation by
means OF which they are afterward en-
abl0d to earn their living
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24

The man who wishes to gather
some idea of the vast size End power
of the Russian Empire should visit
the city of Nijni-NoYgorod-or Mini.
as the Russians call it--during the
great Makarievskaya fair, which lasts
from August to September Is.
It is unique spectacle. Nowhere
else on earth is there an annual fair
of even a quarter the size; nowhere
else is there such picturesque gath
ering of the races OF Europe and Asia.
For six weeks the towns normal
population of $4,000 is swollen to
anywhere from 100000 to 100000. Rich
tea merchants from China, swartny
dealers in the gorgeous carpets and
rugs of Turkestan fierce Tekke and
Khivan tribesmen, who were fighting
against Russia less than generation
ago, and even now look more like
warriors than traders; horse dealers
from Afghanistan, Armenians and CIR
cassians from the frosty Caucasus,
and even Tibetans, who have wander
ed afar from their hermit kingdom, all
rub ;houlders with Russians, Greeks,
Turks, Englishmen, Americans and
traders of a thousand articles from
every nook and corner Of Europe.
All the numerous races and tribes
who own the sway of the car are
represented in this vast assembly, and
more tongues are spoken than were
ever heard at the Tower of Babel.
Gear of all the Russias" becomes an
ineligible title to the visitor to Mini
Novgorod.
The town cannot contain the vast
horde of strangers who come to do
business at the fair. Thousands of
shops and booths are erected in the
surrounding fields the rivers Okla and
volga are crowded with boats so
thickly that navigation is barely pos
sible, and the river banks are covered
for ten miles with tents, huts, heaps
of merchandise and the encampments
of Tsigane gypsles, Hindoo jugglers;
Persian fortune-tellers, and host of
other mountebanks, who have come
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Round the World on Foot.

Dr. Oscar Radvaner, young medi-
cal student from Bucharest univer-
sity, who is walking round the world,
recently arrived in London. The trav-
eler is attempting to walk for prize
of 10000 offered by the Jockey club
OF Bucharest, and has to accomplish
his task in eight years. one of which
is allowed for possible Illness. The
conditions are that he has to visit
every country in the world. walk ex.
cept where it is absolutely impossible
to do so, and not to use single cop
per of his own private means. The
traveller left Bucharest on July is,
1900, being then eighteen years of age.
DR.. Radvener, on leaving England,
will proceed to travel through the
Transyaal. France. Switzerland and
Italy. On reaching Naples he will
have covered $4,000 miles.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
DOCTORS COFFEE
And His Daughter Matched Him.

And His Daughter Matched Him.
Coffee drinking troubled the family
Of physician of Grafton. w. Va. who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite a while from
vertigo, pslpitation of the heart and
many other arrangements OF the ner-
vous sy, nm and finding no relief
rom usual methods OF treatment. |
'hought TO see how much there was
IA the Postum argument against cot
'ee
so I resorted to Postum. cutting
IN the coffee and to my surprise and
Sstisfaction have found entire relief
from all my sufferings, proving con
slusiVely the baneful effect of coffee
and the way to be rid of IT,
Il have found Postum completely
takes the place of coffee both in flavor
and In taste. II is becoming more
popular every day with many of our
people and Ii having great demand
here
My daughter, Mrs. Long, has been
a sufferer for a long time from at
lacks Of acute indigestion. BY the
dismissal of coffee and using Postum
in its place she has obtained com.
plete relief
Il have also heard from many 9th.
ers who have used your Postum very
favorable accounts of its good effects.
y prescribe Postum in place OF cof-
fee in a great many cases and be-
lieve that upon its merits Postum will
come into general use" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Look for the famous little book
This Road to Wallv1lA. In ZACH pkg
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
For Heavy Stakes

Senator Hanna's recent remark
about the ACE" led Representative
Sulzer of New York to recall game
not long ago when money was not so
plentiful as it is now, and when ex-
pectations figured largely in the as
sets Of the then budding legislator
and his associates.
There had been a game the night
before, and young Mr. Sulzer wits in
his office awaiting reports concern
ing it. Finally one of his frie uds
dropped in. at was great" ex-
planned his friend, "and the stalk es
were high. Why. lost s1.700 my
self"
Sulzer was beginning to wonder
whether the friend had robbed
bank or whether he had come sud
denly into a legacy he had been ex-
pecting from an aged aunt The friend
relieved his anxiety, however, by con.
Guiding his remark with:
And the worst part Of II is that
fifty cents was in cash. Washington
Times.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
INTERESTING TO AMERICANS.
Western Canada VIII Soon Become
tho Supply Depot for Wheat for
Great Britain

western Canada VIII Soon Become
tho Supply Depot for Wheat for
Great Britain.
During the past year about $4,000
Americans went from the United
States to Canada Most of these set.
tied upon farm lands, and the writer
Is Informed by agents of the Cana
dian Government that the greatest
success has followed the efforts of
nearly all. To their friende on this
side OF the boundary line the fullest
that is in store for them. There will
always be a splendid market for all
the grain, cattle. and other produce
that can be raised in Western Can
ada, and with the advantages offered
OF free homestead of leo acres of
land, and other lands which may be
bought cheaply, an excellent climate,
splendid school System, educational
advantages of the best, what more
In required. The husbandman gets
more return for his money than In
any other country in the world.
On the occasion Of Sir Wilfred I.au-
rier's visit to the Corn Exchange, Lon.
don, England, Colonel Montgomery, v.
D., made several important state
ments. The function" he said, which
you have just been assisting In con-
nection with q kindred association has
doubtless shown you the Importance of
the provision trade of Liverpool In It's
relationship with the Dominion, and
the enormous possibilities of the fu.
ture development of that trade. Well,
the grain trade of Liverpool has In
terests with Canada no less important
than those OF the provision trade.
When 1t Is borne in mind that so per
cent OF the breadstutfs of this great
country has to be brought from
abroad, you will readily appreciate
with what great satisfaction we view
the large and steadily increasing sup
plies of grain which are annually avail
able for export from Canada, and |
challenge contradiction when | say
that of the wheats we Import
from Russia, India. the Pacific.
and the length and breadth of
NA~ OAAbcu ClaleSS uOHe kANSA HpTt
general satisfaction. none is more
generally appreciated than that
raised In the Province OF Mani.
toba. We cannot get enough Of 1t,
and It is no eXsggeration to say that
there are before us dozens OF millers
who hunger for IT. This Is not the
time to enter into statistical CUES
tons. but we look forward with CON
ndence to the time at which, with the
present rate Of progress. the Dominion
OF Canada will have a sufficient sur.
plus of wheat TO render this country
Independent of other sources of sup
ply. | think l may, with justinabls
pride. remind you that this is the chief
grain market of the British Empire,
and through Its excellent geographical
position, as well as through the enter
prise OF its millers, it is now the sec
ond milling center in the world
Send to any authorized Canadian
Government agent for copy OF Atlas
and information as TO railway rate,
etc
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
In Honor of Tact,

IL is not often that monument is
erected in honor of the tactfulness of
a hostess in a trying situation. One
of the few such. If not the only one,
Is a boulder from the battlefield Of
Harlem Heights, removed 10 Park
avenue In New York to mark the site
of the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Murray, who entertained and so de-
tanned the British officers under Gen
Howe while the American troops un.
der Gen. Putnam were escaping from
the city. The monument which bears
an inscription on brass setting forth
Mrs. Murray's achievement, was dedi
Gated recently. What a difference
there might have been in American
history If Mrs. Murray had been n less
capable hostess. Youths Companion.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
MY Greed.

! DO not think the Providence unkind
That gives Its bad things TO this lie OF
ours
They are the thorns whereby we travellers
Feel out our flowers.
think hate shows the quality OF love,
That wrong attests that somewhere
there Is right:
Do not the darkest shadows serve to
prove
The power of light7
On tyrannous ways the feet OF Freedom
press
The green bough broken off lets sun
shine in:
And where sin is. aboundeth righteous.
ness.
Much more than sin
Man cannot be all sel1sh-separate good
Is nowhere found beneath the shining
sun
All adverse interests. truly understood.
Resolve TO one!
| do believe all worship doth ascend
whether from temple floors by heather
trod.
Or from the shrines where Chrstia,
praises blend
To the true God
Blessed forever-that His love prepared
The ravens food-the sparrow's fax
doth see
And. simple sinful as am, He cares
Even for me.
Alice Cary
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Part of kremlin.

from every corner of Asia to create
the fun of the 1air.
The fair is still one of the main
factors in the internal trade of Rus
STA, but it is slowly declining in size
and Importance every year. The
Trans Siberian railroad will largely
decrease its business by enabling Ash
attic merchants to deal directly and
quickly with Moscow, st. Petersburg
and the other principal commercial
centers of Russia.
Mini typifies the commercial i'm
portance of Russia and the vast ex-
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Incredibly Ahsteminus.

Exploration is subject which has
special interest for j. NJ Barrie, as
the writer's recent gift of $3.50 to the
Scottish Antarctic expedition would
indicate, and he always has taken
particular delight in the society of
seekers after the undiscovered In
Barrie's early days Joseph Thomson.
the African explorer, was one OF his
chief friends and greatest heroes,
and the novelist made the traveller
one of his famous Edinburgh Elev.
en-" Perhaps wrote Barrie OF Thorn
son, his most remarkable feat
consisted in taking bottle of brandy
into the heart of Africa and bringing
It back intact."-New York Daily
News.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Sunday Schools in EnaIand.

1t is not. perhaps generally realiz-
ed how great part the Sunday school
now plays in this country To-day in
England and Wales alone the Sunday
school army has reached the amazing
and almost incredible total of 7,o00,-
900. So many, in fact. are these
youthful disciples of Robert Raikes
that they form 21.5 per cent of our
entire population. and outuumber
Scotland and Wales with seven Eng.
lish counties thrown in Out of $780,
600 young people who may be said to
come within the limits OF Sunday
school age, 1000 900 have actually
been drawn into the fold.-Londpn
Tit-Bits.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
For al. nr Mnn.x nra.-

The John A. Salzer Seed Co. Ia
Crosse Wis, mail postpaid Is trees
eonsisting of Apricots. Apples. Crabs
Sherrses, Plnms Peaches and Pears
Just the thing for city or country
garden including the great Bismark
AppNe, All hardy Wisconsin stock, are
AND FOR Ice AND THIS NOTICE.
you get sufficient seed of Celery CO..
rot Cabbage, Onion, Lettuce. Radish
ami Flower Seeds to furnish bushels
OF choice flowers and lots of vegeta bles
Tor big family, together with orr
great plant and seed catalog. CIV. N, u
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Ancient Prescriptions

Sir Walter Besant's study Of old
English customs shows that the doc
tors OF several centuries ago pre-
scribed for fevers "a cold water at.
fusion" with drinking Of asses milk.
When the queen was Ill In 1868 they
shaved her head and applied pigeons
TO her feet. Powdered mummy for a
long time was considered TO be a
specific against diseases. II Is said
that the reason 1t went out OF use
was that dealers took to embalmIns
bodies and then sold them for genu.
inc ancient mummies.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24

: EMPIRE
RUSS!A'S GREAT
ONE OF THE CHIEF SIGHTS OF THE
Especial Correspondence.)

tent of its dominions Moscow-ana
more particularly the K.remiin-is re-
garded by every Russi qua as the shrine.
of his national pride md spiritual life
1t is the holy place of Russia. and the,
holy Of holies is the Ca i:hedral Of the.
Assumption, where the Cars crown
themselves, solenItly reciting their
fftyfour titles. One part of this ca
thedral is regarded as 80 sacred that
10 woman is allowed to enter it.
Many people I'll in X of the Kremlin
as building. It 8 really a part OF
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Stops the Cough and
Works OF the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 5c
On the REGULAR Circuit

On the Regular Circuit.
A breezy individual from the Windy
City drifted into one of the uptown
hotels yesterday and used the public
telephone to talk with friend In
Brooklyn. When he was through he
offered the young woman at the
switchboard TO cents. Twenty cents.
please" she said. Twenty cents.s
he shouted Indignantly: 80 centsf
Why. in Chicago we can telephons to
d for 10 cents" Yes" respond.
ed. the operator sweetly, "but, you
know. that Is in the city limits."-
New York MaiI sra r~rress.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Scared the soys-

A witty Englishman who sought TO
save a tract of woodland and shrub
berry from the destructive attentions
Of the boys of the neighborhood put
ing: Amy ono trespassing in this
plantation will be spifiicated accord
ing to the law" The result was very
satisfactory. as the fear Of spinica'
ton. whatever it meant to them, de-
tered intruders from passing through
the woods and the trees were unmo
Tested.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
What Ice VIII Bear.

&c is said that two-inch Ice viii sus-
tain man, or regiment OF properly
spaced infantry; four-inch ice will
carry man on horseback. squad
ron OF cavalry. or light guns; six-inch
Ice, heavy field guns, such as eighty
Founders; eight.inch ice, battery Of
artillery, with carriages and horses,
but not over one thousand pounds a
square foot on sledges; ten-ineh Ice
will sustain an army, while on fifteen
inch ice a railway can be built and
operated
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-24
Fast Motor Boats.

Foreign automobile manufacturers
are now interesting themselves In fast
gasoline bodybuilding scheme
which the London Times report char
acterized as matured-of boat pro-
PEELED through the water so fast and
Of shape $50 cleverly devised that
instead OF cutting through the water,
1t will skim over It, thus reducing
water friction TO an absolute mini
num-" II is believed that It will OBJ
tain a rate of fifty miles an hour. but
the astonishing pace of thirty-nve
miles an hour may be regarded as a
certainty.