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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
She's broke down anil have to

She's broke down anil have to
go to the shop"
ously. Yes. she answered slowly.
I'm on my way to college
"Oh-er-you believe in the higher
education of women, then.
The girls eyes we're dancing with
fun now Under certain cfrcum-
stances" she said rs that the capt
tol?"
@Yes'm, that's the capitol. Under
certain circumstances What circum.
stances. for instanee2"
oh, a stepmother at home, for in
stance. How many senator's are
there?"
Three hundred and eighty-sif I
believe. A stepmother might be a ter
ror to some girls, of course, but most
of them can get away from one home
to another without going to college. !"
How? BY the way. is that the II.
brary?"
Yes. Why, of course. most girls
haye-haye--can marry" The man
was speaking eagerly now. but he still
kept his face turned away and thrsw
the words over his shoulder.
Married. Whew, That's a very
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
A GASOLINE CUPID
by oRIrTENDEN MARRIOTT

Teuf! Teuf! Teuf! Teuf! Hrrr!
| Wough." The automobile ceased its
monotonous chant, coughed once or
twice and subsidized into state of
silence, and, alas immobility. In a
| moment the chauffeur was off his seat
and poking about in the machinery
| Then he went to the door of the car
riage and touched his hat.
Beg pardon, miss" he said, but
! she's broke down anil have to go to
| the shop. I'm sorry, but you'll have
to get around the city some other
| way"
The girl on the back seat--a tall
HANDSOME blonde with the bluest of
blue eyes-uttered an exclamation.
IF that isn't too bad And I've got
just two hours to see Washington be-
fore my train goes Can't you call
another auto for me?"
The chauffeur glanced around him.
"Oh, yes'm," he said. ''Of course.
There ought to be some here on the
stand now, only there amt. But I'll
go in an telephone for one right
away"
The man looked doubtfully at the
machine indicated. Don't think so,
miss" he answered. That's a private
machine, or ! miss my guess still
III ask" Leaving the girl he walked
over to the curb and addressed the
young man sitting on the box of a
handsome automobile.
No one familiar with the new horse
less vehicle would for one moment
have supposed that the one in cues.
ton was for hire. Racer" appeared
in every line of its build and costli-
ness in the exquisite nicely of its CON
struction.
That anything but an instant mega
tive would be the answer to his query
whether that machine was for hire?"
had never passed his brain, so his as.
constituent may be guessed when the
young man on the box started,
glanced at the girl still sitting in the
injured vehicle short distance away,
flushed deeply, and replied In the af-
firmatiye. Then. without waiting for
further explanation, he promptly ran
his machine to the side of the other.
and halted TO permit the girl to climb
in. The next moment they were
swinging down the avenue at a lively
gait.
The girl leaned forward "Ahem."
she said. did the other man tell you
where | wanted to go2'
Said you wanted to see the city,
ma'am," returned the young man. re-
spectfully, but in a curiously mufled
tone, He had kept his head averted,
almost as If he wished to conceal his
features-a wish--if it were wish
in which he had been successful, the
girl had looked at the machine, but
not at the driver
When the chauffeur spoke she
started and glanced curiously at him,
as though his voice struck some dor.
mant chord in her memory Yes"
she said Il do want to see the city,
but | want to get to the depot by
O'Clock. My train goes out then"
"Yes'm. I'll get you there in time
Going East ma'am?'
Again the girl looked at him curl
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Where the Line Is Drawn.

Congressman Joe T. Robinson OF
Arkansas, who Is serving his first
term in Was ington Is authority for
the fact that while his state may have
its faults when il comes to gallantry
with the fair sex "old Arkansaws'
shows up grandly. During his term
in the legislature a third assistant
clerk had to be elected and by unani.
nous consent it was decided that the
place should 20 to woman. The
energetic champions of three fair
daughters of The state enlisted them.
selves and only after twenty-four bal
lots, Miss Hicks. or. as a member des.
isnated her, the Lily of Lafayette, /"
was chosen
Yes, responded John r. Thayer.
to whom Robinson was telling the
interesting story. Mans admiration
for woman never flags. He will give
her half his fortune; he will give her
his whole heart; in fact he seems
ready to give her every advantage ex.
cept his seat in the street ear."-Bos
ton Journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
SOAKED IN COFFEE.
Until Too Stiff to Bend over

Stihii iSo o1tll 10 bcnd over.
when | drank coffee | often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
iousness much of the time but about
Years ago | went to visit a friend
and got in the habit of drinking Pos
tum.
Il have never touched coffee since
and the result has been that have
been entirely cured of all my stomach
and nervous trouble.
My mother was just the same way,
We all drink Postum now and have
never had any other coffee in the
house for two years and we are all
well.
a neighbor Of mire a great coffee
drinker was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do
anything at all where she would have
to bend toward If she tried to do
a little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
Il persuaded her at last TO stop
drinking coffee ard try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and she has
used Postum ever since; the result
has been that she can now do her
WORT, can sit for whole day and
mend and can sew on the machine and
she never feels the least bit of pain in
her side, in fact she has got well and
1t shows coffee was the cause of the
whole trouble.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
BY quitting coffee and using Postum
In its place Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. The Road TO MELVILLE"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

radical remedy. 1t might be worse
than the other trouble. How many
books are there in the library?"
Two or three million, believe. Oh.
no. You wouldn't find it 50. I'm sure.
Think of growing into a specialized
old maid! All college girls do, you
know. Then think of that young fell
low just longing to make a home for
YOU"
What building is that?"
That? oh, the patent office or the
pension office or something! think
Of"
But suppose the girl has sent him
away?"
Then let her whistle him back and
see whether he won't come"
The girl glanced at the broad back
of the man before her, while her
shoulders quiyered with silent mirth.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
HIS ENGLISH CAME BACK.
Queer Freak of Memory of Japanese
Rear-Admiral.

Rear-Admiral.
On one occasion, says Worlds
Work, when Rear Admiral Enouye met
an old Annapolis classmate in Japan
ne forgot all the English he ever
knew, but showed his pleasure by re.
peatedly embracing the American,
swearing his affection in the purest
Satsuma dialect, all the while singing
old Academy songs, which, strange.
ly enough, he seemed to remember
perfectly, though he had forgotten the
meaning of the words. Enouye opened
bottle of wine in the cabin of his
ship, tho Naniwas, where he exhibited
with much pride and joy his old Acad.
envy raineoat, with Y. Enouye stem.
ciled on 1t. Possibly to convey to the
mind of his guest his purpose in show.
Ing this coat, though the weather was
hot and clear, he rushed out on the
quarterback and shouted, in excellent
English: Rain-coats! Cap-oyers,
OVer-shoes and Legginsi" the aston.
ished Japanese officers and crew look.
Ing at him as If they thought he had
suddenly gone mad. Enouye had sud.
denly remembered the orders for
rainy day dress at Annapolis.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

frequently night and day. smarting or
irritation in passing, briekdust or sediment
in the urine. headache, backache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervousness,
heart disturbance due to bad kidney trou-
BILE, skin eruptions from bad blood, neural
gia. rheumatism, diabetes, bloating, irritable
ity, wornout feeling. lack of ambition, loss of
flesh, sallow complexion. or Bright's disease.
If your water. when allowed to remain
undisturbed in glass or bottle for twenty
four hours, forms a sediment or settling or
has cloudy appearance, it is evidence
that your kidneys and bladder need imme-
date attention.
Swamp-Root is the great discovery OF
DR., hilmer, the eminent kidney and blad-
der specialist. Hospitals use it with won
derful success in both slight and severe
cases. Doctors recommend it to their
patients and use it in their own families,
because they recognize in Swamp-Root the
greatest and most successful remedy.
Swamp-Root is pleasant TO take and is
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bottles Of two sizes and two prices-fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember tie
name, Scamp Root, Dr.. kilney's
Stoanb-Root, and The address, Biag-
haaiton, ". T., on ez,e,y bottle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Bessie" he exclaimed, do you
mean it?n

mean it?'
Then she puckered up her lips and de-
llberately emitted clear, soft whistle.
The effect was magical Instantly
the chauffeur swung around in his
seat and faced her. "Bessie!" he ex-
claimed. do you mean it,"
The girl smiled at him. though her
eyes were dewy. "Of course ] do.
Frank she said Il never thought
you would go away as you did Just
for a word, No, No, Keep your
seat You can say all that's really
necessary from where you are"
And you knew me all the timer"
of course. The minute | really
looked at you. But you'll make me
miss my train"
Train? No train for YOU I'll not
take any chances now. Your interest
in the city may have lapsed but
here's the city hall Shall go in and
get marriage license. or--will you
go In with me?"
He had sprung from the seat and
stood holding out his hands, the light
OF love pleading in his eyes. Won't
you go in with me. Bessie2' he asked
again
For an instant the girl hesitated;
then she took the proffered hand
Yes. Frank, she said softly. Il will
go with you-now and always"
Bless that old gasoline rattletrap
that broke down with YOU" he cried.
IT must have been one of Cupid's up
to-date ehariots in disguise = Boston
Globe.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Village Of Violin Makers,

The only place in the world where
violin making may be said to consti.
tute the staple industry is Markneu.
Mrehen. In saxony. with its numer-
GUS surrounding villages. There arc
altogether about $4,000 persons In
this district engaged exclusively in
the manufacture of violins. The I'm
habitants. from the small boy and CIR
to the wrinkled, gray-headed veteran
and aged grandfather are all con
stantly employed making some part on
other of this musical instrument.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Resources of Hudson say.

Hudson bay is 1000 miles long and
GOO miles wide at its northern part.
The bay is great source of riches;
1t ahonnds in all kinds of fish,
although the industry will remain I'M
developed. as will also the oil indus
try from the whales and porpotses and
walruses. until it is navigated and Is
thus brought within the limits of the
commercial world
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
An Al Punil.

Teacher-But have you no excuse to
offer2
Pupil--You said yesterday that one
who was good at excuses was. usually
good at nothing else. Under the cir.
cumstances | think 1t better for me
not to do anything that will lower
me In your estimation. Boston Tran,
script.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
To Prove what Swamp-Root the Great Kidney Remedy.
Will Do for YOU. Every Reader of this paper May
Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible more
sickness and suffering other
neglect other kidney trouble
continue, fatal to
Your other need aentionbut
because they do most attention
Ii sick s'feel badly" begin taking
Swamp-Root the kidney liver bladder
kidneys
other to health A any
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Hope for the Future,

Come! Gomez" cried the candi.
dates friend. don't be disheartened
SO easily"
But I'm sure to be beaten" replied
the candidate, dlsmally.
"Oh, let your motto be, He who
runs and fights away may live to run
another day"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Wanted the Best.

Barber-Here you are, sir. Shave,
sir All right. sir.
Uncle Wayback-No, We don't,
young Teller No shave fur me! |
see yer sign an | wanter git tonsori.
ated, whatever that is. an l kin pay
fur it, too
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
At SnlIintvlIle.

Lem DaYis-I bought piano yes
terday.
Ike Coehran-You better look out
Them things draw lightnin'.
Lem Dayis-That's what | told the
Teller. but he throwed in a set o. glass
feet fer the stool, SO It couldn't.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Hetty Green is going into society
for the pleasure of her daughter. but
she will probably have the bulldog
trained SO that he will be able TO
scent bogus foreign nobleman the
moment he sets foot on the landing
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
It Makes a Difference.

Why they asked, have you
ceased to be outspoken in your oppo.
sition to gambling2'
Because. replied The property
owner, 4 have discovered that too
much reform would put some of my
tenants where they couldn't pay rent"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

A woman in New York sues for
separation on the ground that her
husband never kissed her This Is a
point upon which intelligent comment
cannot be made without seeing tbe
plaintiff
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

A Chelsea couple has saved up
money enough to take either the wife
or the husband to the st. Louis fair,
but not both together. The wife is a
club woman. Which of the two will
60?
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

An active Lowell (Mass.l man,
eighty-four years old, attributes his
long life and good health to the fact
that he has never used tobacco or
liquor, always eaten moderately. OBJ
served regular habits and never eaten
late suppers, or course, the scheme
looks feasible, but what's the use?
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

According to the census there are
100000 cats in the United States,
And sometimes it seems as if the en-.
tire feline outfit was convened for
debate In one backyard.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Smart society in the East has a
new amusement. Harry Lehr appears
with a lap dog deeted In five diner
ent shades of ribbon. The game is to
pick out the dog.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The evangelist who has predicted
that the world will come to an end
in 1894 needn't be afr4id that many
of the people to whom he said 1t will
give him the laugh when the time
comes.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Miggles-Touchem has a wonderful
memory. lie can actually repeat the
names Of all the members Of the pres
ent congress.
Mugglns-Huh, I'll bet dollar to a
doughnut he can't repeat the names
of half the men he owes"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Nov that the picture of the most
beautiful baby IN Chicago has been
published, yon have the keen satisfac.
fion of remarking how inferior she is
IN good looks to your own dear little
Millicent or Mildred
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
He Was in Luck.

But can you afford to marry,
young MANI" asked the dear girls
father.
Sure" answered the would.be son.
in-law. Il have friend who has just
been ordained minister and he is
willing to tie the knot free. Just for
practice"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
I'll + +: I'M
Never Touched nin,

Laugh, and the world laughs with
you" quoted the funny man as be
handed in an alleged Joke.
But this rejoined the editor, as
he glanced at it, lis no laughing
matter"
Whereupon the iokesmfth, with
head bowed down, wandered hence
into the hither.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Guess the politics of the Kentucky
man who has named his four children
for Grover Cleveland. William j. Bry-
an, Mark A. Hanna and Theodore
Roosevelt.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The folks who do the loudest talk.
Ing about the desirability OF an arts
tocracy of brains would never be In.
vited anywhere If 1t should become
reality.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Yale has cut down the number Of
her electives from 263 to 249, but the
football elective and the rowing cleo.
tive and the baseball elective are
still all there.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Columbus boys have formed club
for mutual protection against the
girls leap year club. This, however,
does not in any way weaken our con.
fidenee in the Columbus girls.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

J. Pierpont Morgan is able to sub.
scribe for $4,000 set of Dickens,
#orks, Notwithstanding the merger
decision and several other things that
are supposed to have happened to
him during the last few months. He
JHls4 have saved something for the
tny day.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

A man may be footless and legless
and still succeed in climbing to the
top, which is victory, II he is but the
happy possessor of a ladder-head-
Judge.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

49, rather late for Connecticut Ia
gin kicking about being called the
Nutmeg state. Has she no regard for
tradition or the wisdom of the ances,
tors?
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The Sultan of Turkey is demon.
strating the possession of backbone.
which brand of breakfast food has
he been taking?
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Perhaps when we get down to the
real truth finally we shall learn that
somebody cracked paper bag in the
vicinity of King Alfonso.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
TWO Questions.

George, will you take me TO as
many places after we are married."
Jane will you be no more willing
TO stay at home than you now are7e
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Even though there are only 249
elective courses now at Yale, there is
no great rivalry among the students
there to take them all.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Prof Langley says that if he had
$26,ooo more he could fly The aver.
age man, IL anybody should give him
$4,000, wouldn't want to fly.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

John /. Sullivan is extracting some
consolation from the fact that he is
one OF the most conspicuous of the
Frightful Examples.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Tibet will be benevolently assimi
lated i'll time If Col. Younghusbands
ammunition holds out.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The case of William Apple, charged
with throwing an apple through a
street car window. should be probed
to the core.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

a Baltimore young man claims to
be able to talk 65.040 words an hour.
HIS political debut can not be long
postponed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
Nothing to Boast OF.

Bifkins-l don't think much of
Mrs. Googoos ability as manufac.
turer.'
Mifkins-"Why. what do you
mean?"
"Gooeon told me the other
day that his wife made him what he
is"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Cossacks were. great fighting men
once upon a time, but against ma.
chine guns their advances may have
little impression.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The phrase wise money" is often
heard at the race track. 1t is never
SO much in evidence as the foolish
money.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19
EDITORIAL, NOTICE.

EDtIOKtIhL NoIlSE.-lf you
have the slightest symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble, or if there is trace of it
in your family history. send at once to DR..
Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. Y, who will
gladly send you by mail. Immediately, with
out cost to you, sample bottle of Swamp
Root and a book containing many of the
thousands upon thousands of testimonial
letters received from men and women cured
In writing. be sure to say that you read
tilis generous offer in this paper.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

There is corner in cocoanuts.
Ihis will make IT additionally hard
for some people to get a head.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

battleshsps appear to be equally
dangerous to their crews the world
over.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

The chorus girl who gave a $4,000
dinner has a rich uncle. He must be
regular old angel of an uncle.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-05-19

Most of the Russians have pretty
good punches of whiskers; still the
Beers weren't very lucky.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-06
COLUMBIA COTTON MILL REORGAN-
lied.
VIII start Free of Debt and with
Capital stock Fully Paid Up.

Columbia, S. G.. Aug. 5.-The reor-
ganiza ton of the Capital City Cotton
Mill was perfected yesterday at a
meeting in which the new stockholders,
formerly creditors. participated. Of
the 1885, 700 of stock outstanding there
was present in person or by proxy
s266, 700.
The following directors were elected:
Lewis W. Parker of Greenville, Fran
els X Cary of Baltimore, Robert F.
Herrick of Boston, William Elliot Jr.,
T. J. Harper. Edwin w. Robertson,
G. A. Guignard, J. S. Muller and A.
Mason Gibbes Of Columbia.
At a subsequent meeting the direct
ors elected Lewis w. Parker president
and treasurer and Edwin w. Robert
son vice president. The election of
other officers was postponed.
The mill will resume operations at
the opening of the cotton season.
This reorganization leaves the con-
Germ in excellent financial condition.
All of the former creditors of the mill
take preferred stock, which gives it
a fresh start free from debt and with
its capital stock fully paid up.
Mr.. Parker, the newly elected presi-
dent, is at the head of the Olympia,
Richland and CRANKY Cotton Mills of
Columbia