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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Names Proud Record.

In o recent week more than $50, 0O0
was paid in Bangor, Maine. and in
towns tributary to Bangor, in pensions
TO survivors of the Civil War and to
their immediate kindred, larger sum,
II is claimed, than is disbursed in
pensions In any other community of
equal population In the United States.
Malne's war record is not surpassed
ty that of any other state. The old
First Maine heavy artillery, which
went out from Bangor as the Eight
eenth Maine infantry and which had
nearly 1900 men and officers, holds
the record of having lost larger per
cent OF men and officers In battle than
any other regiment in the war; and
the First Maine cavalry has the name
or more engagements inscribed upon
It's nag than any other regiment in
the service.
All of the thirty-two regiments of
infantry, the two regiments of cav
airy and ten batteries of light artil.
lery and the big contingent of sailor.
men who found service in the navy
were in the front of battle; and as
fast as the ranks were depleted by
sickness or death. new recruits we're
hurried to the front, so the regimental
lists were kept full for the more than
four years of terrible conflict. After
the fighting was over and the surviv.
ors came back to resume their duties
as private citizens, Names delegation
in congress worked hard and long to
secure pensions for every deserving
veteran.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

| The Dentists Side @H
Now, men. growl,"

NOW, tnen, growli"
uion know he thought 1t. Ger
,ainiy there was no murmur from his
ups as the dentist turned away from
my chair. But, however that NAV he
Iue complaint was stayed on mine. and
! looked curiously at the man ms he
80 u there where the sunlight shone
iuii upon him, gently brushing a slen-
uer' delicate film of steel with a niece
OF soft chamois skin.
ihen he paused and turned toward
me In my eyes he surprised a cues
.ioh. There was something of EN-.
parrassment in his, like a man accus.
TONED to certain amenities which he
nau overstepped for the moment 7
put 1t into the word:
''Well?"
yes, | almost said IL aloudn
The dentist laughed. | Joined him
mere was no denying it-he had
Try TO look at 1t from my stand
point he said. 81 know IT is main.
Iui 10 you, but think of the sacrifices
| make"
| said I would try-go ahead. The
eooth had ceased asking for further
recognition.
cant make friends" the dentist
resumed, like the lawyer or the doc.
tor who relieves pain instead of Great
ing II, nor like the merchant who
seiis you goods you really don want.
or the-but why enumerate? The den.
fist stands alone"
But, l interjected, you charge
So" %
Tut, tut" he said. "The price Is
reasonable compared with other skill
ed effort. But l want to tell you NV
SIDE OF 1t. You look Ike a good fell
low. Sit there and listen"
flattered-and as the tooth had
ceased hurting-I was quite willing
The dentist resumed:
All day | labor for the good Of
humanity, without thanks. Do YOU
ever-any of you-think of the sacri.
noes am required to make? If I
want cocktail | must refrain; IL I
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

WITH THE
.VE1'ERANS

loet. II was undignified and confus-
ing, and when we turned we found
men in gray standing back to back
hghting both ways. There was little
or no shooting. but giving and TAX
ing OF hard blows, and a good deal of
rough-and-tumble scrapping. Finally
one OF the rebels shouted: What's
the use? Why In thunder don't some
body ask us to surrender? Thereupon
all our fellows shouted Surrender
and down went the muskets of the
rebels caught between our lines.
There wasn't an unbruised man in
our company, and we felt like birds
when the rebels threw down their
guns and shed their cartridge boxes
and belts. They went to the rear and
we went slam-bang into another rebel
line, which, yielding at first, rallied
and drove us back Then we rushed
them and broke their line, and never
felt happier in my life than when I
saw the men in gray scamper away
into the cedars. At Chickamauga we
waited for the rebs to charge. and
they broke us all up. Some Of our
boys were so completely knocked out
that they ran mile like scared
horses, in the belief that the whole
army had been routed and that the
only thing to do was to get off the
held. Then they slowed up, came to
their senses, turned and ran the other
way, and, falling in anywhere, fought
like wildcats to the end crashing at
odd times into the rebel lines with the
devil-may-care insolence of football
players in a tussle. "-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

son had gone on trip to the southern
part OF the county. and he made haste
to call on the fascinating Miss Samn-
son. He discovered that his sons
enthusiasm was not without warrant
and the more he thought about his
widowerhood the keener grew b,s
sense of pathos. He spent the next
three days talking this over with Miss
Sampson and such is the tender heart
OF woman that when he at last ven.
tured the suggestion that he yonId
make better husband than fatber.in.
law she agreed with him and con.
sented to be "his'n for keeps
When the young Buzzard got h.c,
his bride-elect was his mother.in.,a1v
He freighted the air of DrakesvilIa
with his lamentations. but when The
bride stroked his head and said
Never mind. John, shall be a yood
mother to you" be plucked up heat
ard went back to wamego with ,Ls
bridal couple.-New York Press
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

New Hallway SIGNALS.

A new system of railway alarm sig.
nails at grade crossings has recently
been tested With success in Germany.
Each signal box contains a small eIee.
trio motor actuatlng hammer which
strikes bell. In addition TO the audi.
bic warning thus given, sixteen.can.
die power light is simultaneously
turned on, which makes visible in
plain letters the words "Zug Kommt"
cTrain Coming"). The entire appar.
atus is automatically worked by a Sc
ries of electric track contacts made
ny the train. The first contact. as
the train approaches. turns on the
double alarm; the second stops the
alarm when the train passes the point
OF danger; and the third resets the
apparatus in readiness for the next
train.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

He faced the victors. The thick heart.
mist
He dashed from his eyes, and the silk he
Ere he held it aloft in the setting sun
As proudly as II the fight were won,
And he smiled when they ordered him
to yield.
Ensign Epps, with his broken blade
cut the silk from the gilded STAFF
Which he poised like a spear tn the
charge was made,
And hurled at the leader with n lauph
Then round his breast, like the scarf OF
his love, Va
He tied the colors his heart above
And plunged in his armor into the tida
And there, in his dress of honor. died
Where are the lessons your kinglings
teach, 's'
And what is the text of your proud
commanders
out of the centuries, heroes reach
With the scroll of a deed with the word
of a story,
of one mans truth and all mems glory
Like Ensign Epps at the battle Of FIan.
ders. John Boyle O'Reilly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Platinum FiIaments plsplae.d

"niie other metals, particularly
some alloys, as nickel steel, have been
found which have a co-eficient OF OK.
nansion equal to that of glass, none OF
them has the property of forming a
ught Joint when fused, which Is
necessity In the manufacture of the
lncandeseent electric lamp. As the
platinum wire, which not only has the
required co-eficient, but also adheres
as though cemented to the glass. Is
cosby French company has been
making experiments to replace il with
cheaper substitute. This has been
discovered, 1t is announced in a new
cement, which insures a tight ioirt
around the leading In wires of the
lamp without the necessity of using
platinum for the filament. This &c.
ment Is said TO be unaffected by air
or ordinary temperatures.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

Strangely enough, within a week I
met a girl who might have been the
twin sister of the last, with this diff
ference-she had the exact golden
bronze hair of my ideal | was over
joyed. | loved her as soon as | set eyes
on her hair and face, but hesitated
when | saw her hands and 'eet They
were large-huge! How could | kiss
and fondle hands like those? We
parted.
Since that l have met many girls
who were nearly like my ideal, but not
satisfactory. Those who were tender
and childish could not cook or mend;
those who could cook and mend were
big and practical. One of them
nearly became engaged to. She was
pretty, slight, all | wished but for
one thing, or rather two-her eyes
were pale red. Many times looked
into them, trying to make up my mind
IL | could accept them in place OF
blue. If l never looked into them ex-
cepting at twilight we might be happy,
| thought; but supposing some time
in the morning. sunshine / took that
small face between my hands and
looked for two blue eyes, to be met
by pale red ones! My love would
surely die. | dared not risk it,
Does man ever find his ideal? And,
If he does, is she the sort that would
make him happy? | have my doubts.
At 20 my bronze-haired blue-eyed
ideal is but memory; and I'm afraid
II ! met her now, radiantly perfect, |
should not suffer a heart throb.
Another has taken her place. Ore
day medium-sized girl came along
girl with brown hair, brown eyes, a
CHEEKY good-fellow laugh, and a heart
bursting with affection. She has
laughed me into liking her very much.
What the next step will be | cannot
tell, but doubt if a man ever marrles,
or wants to marry his ideal girl.-New
York American
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
The Bishop and the General

An anecdote is related about Rishop
Rosecrans. brother of the late Gen
W. S. Rosecrans, which is vouched for
on good authority. The bishop was
ar dinner one day in 1864, when the
conversation turned on the civil war
One of the group remarked: 1T would
seem. bishop, that you and your
brother are engaged in very different
cailings."
Yes, it would appear So" respond.
ed the bishop. And yet" he CON
tinued, we are both fighting men.
While the general is welding the
sword of the flesh. trust that I am
using the sword of the spirit. He Is
fighting the rebels, and | am fighting
the spirit of darkness. There is this
difference in the pursuit of our sew
eral duties he is fighting with Price
(GeneraD, while ! am fighting with
out price"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
GIVES go"
Food That Carries One Along.

It's nice to know of food that not
only tastes delicious but that puts the
snap and go into one and supplies
staying power for the day.
A woman says: 81 have taken
enough medicine in my time to fur.
nish a drug store, but In later and
wiser years | have taken none but
have depended, for the health now
enjoy, on suitable and SUSTAINING
food of which keep on hand a tested
variety. plain but nourishing.
"0f these my main dependence IL
Grape-Nuts, especially II | have be
fore me day of unusual effort eth.
er mental or physical. In this case
| fortify myself the first thing In the
morning with about teaspoonfuls
OF Grape-Nuts moistened with cream
and not much else for breakfast and
the amount of work / can then carry
through successfully without fatigue
or exhaustion is a wonder to those
about me and even to myself.
"Grape-Nuts food is certainly q
wonderful strengthened and is not q
stimulant, for there is no reaction aft
erwards, but Il is sustaining and
strengthening. as ! have proved by
long experience" Name given By
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason four teaspoonfuls
Of Grape-Nuts and cream will add
more strength and carry one further
than plateful of coarse heavy food
that is nearly all waste. Grape-Nuts
food is condensed. pre-digested and
delicious. 1t contains the parts OF
the Wheat and Barley grains that
supply the rebuilding parts for Brain
and Nerve Centers
Look In each package for q copy
Of the famous little book. "ras Road
- Wallvilla."
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
A Physicians Statement.

Yorktown, Ark, Jan. 11.-Leland
Williamson, M. D., one of our cleverest
physicians, has made statement, en-
dorsing Dodd's Kidney Pills and say
ing that he uses them In his daily prac-
tice In preference to any other Kidney
medicine. His statement has created
q profound sensation, as 1t is some
what unusual for physician to pub
licly endorse anything in the shape OF
a patent medicine. DR.. Williamson
says:
After twenty years practice In q
sickly and malarious country l have
come to the conclusion that 1t is al
ways best to use the remedy that will
relieve and cure my patients, whether
ethical or not
II have used Dodd's Kidney Pills
with uniform success in the various
forms of Kidney Disease, Pain in the
Back. Gout, Rheumatism, Infiamma-
ton and Congestion of the Kidneys
and all kindred diseases; | always pre-
scribe Dodd's Kidney Pills in such
cases and can testify that they in
yariably restore the Kidneys to their
normal state and thereby relieve the
blood Of accumulated poisons. produc-
ing prompt and effective cures"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

| like onions with my steak | only dare
to look at them; II | enjoy a cigar
cannot take a Whit of it, nor cigar
ette--unul the day is done
He began rolling a cigarette with
manifest pleasure.
"Ail day | must attend to the woes
| of others-eye teeth, wisdom teeth,
molars-pains, aches. tears, bowls
and unkind feelings when 1t Is all
past"
He blew thick clouds of smoke from
his nose with great satisfaction.
But it is pretty hard to feel friend
ly toward you when you cause us pain
every time we come to see you,"
suggested.
That's 1t. You only take a cursory
view of the case. Don't | relieve the
pain finally? The dentist is looked up
on by his patrons as a skilled instru-
ment of torture-a sort of refined az
Fiction come to curse humanity. You
look at ii yourself, as ii appears to
me every day, and think how you
would like it. don't have the salts
faction of the barber, who may gag his
customer and tell him the neighbor-
hood news, or give him the freedom OF
speech to which every citizen is en-
titled and engage him in a political
discussion while he operates on him."
But that wouldn't be fair when
you charge by the hour" | could not
help interposing.
"Oh, pshaw! That isn't it. The
patients nerves are in no condition
to enjoy interesting conversation-and
there is another sacrifice we are re-
quired to make. No odorous foods, no
drinks, no tobacco. and stand on your
feet all day for the benefit of human
ity, and then humanity gets grievous-
ly sore after it is all done. We are
only permitted to express our fe IL
ings silently. and sometimes we are
caught in the act at that"
The dentist drew another dense
volume of smoke in for a delicious
visit with the air cells, and accepted
the sympathy of the thirteenth and
last patient of the day.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Charged BY a Calf,

On the first Monday after President
Lincoln's call for $4,000 men for three
months service Thomas Gibson, Jr.,
| oegan recruiting a company from
Pittsburg. Jacob Colmer, the present
postmaster at Avalon, was the first
TO place his name on the roll as a
volunteer. Mr.. Colmer, by his loyal
service as private, was advanced
from one Office to another until, when
muster-out time came in '65, his dis
charge read Lieutenant Colmer.'
Capt Gazzam of Pittsburg also had
organized company. but neither he
nor Capt. Gibson had succeeded in
enrolling more than fifty men. Time
after time they tried to enter the serv.
Ice, but, not having the full compile
ment of men, the companies were not
accepted by the governor.
Capt. Gibson's company. nothing
daunted. determined to equip them
selves and go as an independent or
ganization. While arrangements to
that end were being made word was
received that troops were needed in
Wheeling, W. Va, to protect the
threatened border.
The company proceeded by boat to
hat city, arriving at Camp Carlisle
m May. Capts. Gazzam and Gibson
came to an understanding by which
The two companies were consolidated,
and the following officers we're elect
ed: Captain, Thomas Gibson; first
lieutenant, David Ecker; second lieu
tenant, David d. Barclay They fur
nished themselves with Zouave uni
form and Springfield muskets.
Orders came that the company
move to Clarksburg Bushwhackers
had stopped several trains on that
route previously, so several of the
men (among them Mr.. Colmer) rode
on the cowcatcher, under the head
light, so as to see and not be seen.
Arrived in Clarksburg, the company
went into camp with companies C and
f to drill and prepare for active duty.
They formed part of the Second Vir-
ginia volunteer infantry, of which
companies A, d, F and G came from
Pittsburg, This regiment was after.
ward known as the Fifth West vir-
ginia cavalry.
One night some of the men of COM
pany ID were out foraging. One of
them captured a good-sized calf and
determined to take his prisoner back
to camp Immediately. On the road
the captive became festive, and, being
the stronger calf of the two, began
pulling his captor along at rather
lively gait. Past the sentry they
rushed. not stopping to answer his
challenge. The guns were stacked
and the companies were all asleep.
The calf, in its mad career, charged
INTO the guns. one of which was dis
Awakened from their sleep
he men came tumbling out of their
ents, half clothed, and hurriedly
ormed in line of battle. Company C |
lad not received their guns, so they |
anne armed with picks, shovels, axes |
md anything else that was handy.
The bugler Che is now editor of a
newspaper in lllinois) came to his
aptain, an ak on his shoulder. He
vas ready to fight, though his face
vas pale. In quavering voice he
aid:
Captain, If should fall in this con-
let, will you send word to my moth
RI"
When the real cause of the disturb
nee was discovered great was the
proar, Needless to say, Bugler Cyrus
lane never heard the last of his
first conflict. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
NJ arried Sons Girl

Never introduce your sweetheart
to your friends" is a cynical saying
popular in France, but John Buzzard,
young man of Wamego, Kan, proba-
bly, will revise 1t to read, Never in
troduee your sweetheart to your
father"
Buzzard, while on visit to brakes
vile, Iowa, met Miss Ada NJ. Sampson,
whose beauty twenty-eight summers
have brought to full bloom. He pro-
posed and was accepted In his en-
thusiasm he wrote home to his faith
er. j. w Buzzard, glowing descrip-
ton of his bride-to-be. and invited him
to the wedding.
Now the elder Buzzard has been
grizzled by the storms of sixty-one
winters, but he appears to have read
his sons letter with great interest.
He dropped his farm work, drew SIS
out of the bank and took the first
train to Drakesville.
Upon his arrival be found that his
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Bold Ensign Epps

Ensign Epps. at the battle of Flanders
Solved a seed of glory and duty.
That beautiful flowers and flames in
hight and beauty
Like crimson lily with hearts of gold
To-day. when the wars of Client are
old,
And buried as deep as their dead COM
manders.
Ensign Epps was the color bearer
No matter on which side. Philip or
Earl
Their cause was the shell-his deed was
the pearl,
Scarce more than lad. he had been
sharer
That day in the widest work in the
field.
He was wounded and spent. and the fight
was lost:
His comrades were slain. or a scattered
host.
But stainless and scathless. out of the
strife.
He had carried his colors safer than life,
BY the rivers brink, without wapon or
shield,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Nerves and the Plano.

An eminent Berlin nerve specialist,
who had his attention attracted to the
chronic nervousness of many pianists,
has been studying the piano from the
pathological point of view Out of
1000 young girls whom he examined,
each of whom had begun to study the
piano under IA years of age, no less
than 500 had some nervous malady,
while out Of 1000 who had never stud
led the instrument only 100 were af.
ficted. The specialist, therefore, has
promulgated the theory that no child
should be allowed to learn the piano
before the age Of 16.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Automatic Train Stop.

u.
When an accident happens on tho
iaiiroad someone Is generally to
piame and the effort of the officials
- put forth to find out who is guilty.
sometimes telegraph operator falls
asleep; then again the engineer fails
10 read the signal set against him cor
rectiy and allows his train to speed
past the danger signal. resulting in n
smash-up more or less disastrous.
win the automatic systems OF sig.
nais' which are now fast replacing the
slsnal towers and telegraph operators
along the railroads, there Is need for
greater vigilance on the part of tho
engineer In reading his signals for
tnere Is no one to know and warn
MIN II an error is made. Ii might be
well, In view of the manifold duties
OF the engineer, to Introduce an nd.
ultlonal safeguard against running
past danger signals along the road
way The arrangement illustrated Ia
designed for that purpose, acting di.
rectly on the air brake, without anv
assistance on the part of the engineer
whenever the semaphore signal ia Sc,
against train there is erected lust
inside the rail tripping mechanism
arranged to act on a lever depending
beneath the engine. This lever is
connected directly with the air press
ure which applies the brakes to the
traln and the movement of the leve,
by the trip in the roadbed gives ex
actly the same result as the applica
ton OF the brakes by the engineer
Ihere seems to be only one fault
with this invention and that is the
temptation to robbers to use 1t as a
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Heat From Acetyline.

A comparison between the heating
properties of acetyline and coal gas
shows that the heat units developed
per cubic foot are 1850 and $50, re-
spectiyely, the temperature OF the
acetyline flame being about 1000 de-
grees Fahrenheit. With an acetylins
burner consuming two cubic feet of
gas an hour quart of water was
brought from temperature of about
30 degrees to the boiling point in about
S1s minutes. Under similar conditions
it required 1oH minutes for the II.
Illuminating gas to accomplish the
same results, though the burner used
sixteen cubic feet of gas per hour.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
For New Statue at WASHINGTON.

The city of Washington is well pro
vided with statues of officers of the
army and navy, and is now likely to
have one for the volunteers and pri.
vate soldiers of the Union army. A
bill has been introduced by Senator
Galllnger Of New Hampshire appro-
priating the sum of 500, 900 for this
purpose. A commission is to be
named. to consist of the secretary OF
war, the superintendent of public
buildings and grounds, the chairmen
respectively of the senate and house
committees on library, and the COM
of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. No part of the appro-
priation is to be available until plan
has been definitely settled upon
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18
Diversity of Tonuuea.

The diversity Of tongues to be found
in one country is often a matter OF
surprise. Last year the Bible so
ciety's agents sold the scriptures In
fifty-three languages in the Russian
empire, in twenty-etght languages In
Burmah, and in thirty in South Ma.
laysia. and fifty-three in the Egyptian
agency.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

The fight over the great Plant es-
tate is not confined to the heirs alto
gether. Two states where taxes ON
inheritances come high are deeply in.
volved in it. 1t is rich pickings all
around.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-02-18

And now a Boston doctor claims
that the scarlet fever germ Turks IN
strawberries. When there is anything
particularly good to eat or drink de,
pend upon the oficious scientist to
md baleful germ Of some kind or
other in it.