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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Character Of the Cowboy.


There is no eight hour law in cowboy land:
Turing round up time we often count our
selves lucky if we get Off with much less than
sixteen hours; but the work is done In the
saddle, and the men are spurred on all the
rine by the desire to outdo one another in
tcats Of daring and skillful horsemanship.
There is very little quarreling or fighting;
md though the fun often takes the form of
'ather rough horse play, yet the practice Of
mrrying dangerous weapons makes cowboys
how far more rough courtesy to each other
md far less rudeness to strangers than is the
ase among, for instance, eastern miners, or
ven lumbermen. When quarrel may very
,robably result fatally, man thinks twice
,efore going into it: warlike people or classes
.lways treat one another with a certain
mount Of consideration and politeness
The moral tone of a COW camp, indeed, is
,ather high than otherwise. Meanness,
,owardice and dishonesty are not tolerated.
There is high regard for truthfulness aud
seeping ones word, intense contempt for any
lind Of hypocrisy, and hearty dislike
Tor man who shirks his work. Many
II the men gamble and drink, but
.leny do neither; and the conversation
3 not worse than in most bodies composed oi
male human beings A cowboy will not sub
nit tamely to an insult, and is very ready te
,venge his own wrongs; nor has he an over
wrought fear OF shedding blood. He pos
sesses, in fact, few OF the emasculated, mill
and water moralities admired by the pseudo
philanthropists; but he does possess to a very
high degree the stern, manly qualities tina
are 80 valuable to a nation.-Theodor,
Roosevelt In The Century.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

In the morning, the cook II preparing
breakfast long before the first glinlmer
Of dawn. As soon as it is ready. proba.
bly, about 3 o'clock, he utters . long
drawn shout, and all the slee;ers feel It is
time to be up on the instant, for they know
there can be no such thing as delay on the
round up under penalty Of being vet afoot.
Accordingly, they bundle out, rubbing their
ewes and yawning, draw on their boots and
trousers-if they have taken the latter Of
roll un and cord THAR bedding, and usually
without any attempt at washing crowd over
to the little smoldering fire, which Is placed
in q hole dug In the ground, 90 that there
may be no risk of its spreading The n.en
are rarely very hungry at breakfast, and It IL
a meal that has to b. eaten In shortest order.
30 it is perhaps the least important
Each man, as he comes up, grasps tin cup
and plate from the mess box, pours out his
tea or coffee, with sugar, but OF course no
milk, helps himself to one or two Of the bis
cults that have besn baked in a Dutch oven,
and perhaps also to slice Of the tat pork
swimming in the grease Of the frying pan,
Indies himself out some beams, II there are
any. and squats down on the ground to eat
his breakfast. Tho meal II not an elaborate
/, one: nevertheless the man win have to hurry
| IL he wishes to eat it before hearing the fore
| man sing out, ..Come, boys, catch your
horses,n when he must drop everything and
! run out to the wagon with his lai'iat.-Theo'
dore Roosevelt in the Century.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Searching IA H,rdoo Priest.

In temple within the palace enclosure
daily Offering Of goat is made to the blood
loving goddess Kali" We did not see the
days sacrifice, but the blood was yet fresh
which flowed from the neck of the littl'
offering, which is severed by one blow from
the high priest. was looking at the goddess
with her necklace of skulls through my
opera glass. saw the priest suspected me OF
some disrespect to the deity. l gave him the
glass. He marveled at the huge size the
image assumed then turned the glass and
made him look through the diminishing end.
"Wowl Wow! W-o-w!" was his exclama-
tion of surprise.
After making our offering l was about to
light my cigar in the court with magnify
ing or sun glass. saw his reverence wanted
to see the thing. l motioned him to hold out
his hand His face wore an expression of
sweet innocence as the rays of the sun began
to brighten on the back of his fist, but when
they got to a little focus and shot a hot spike
into his brown skin he uttered another
sWowl WOW! oh, wowl Wow" | never
saw such merriment rs the other priests and
attendants exhibited, and the good old chap
seemed hugely to relish the joke. But !
noticed that every now and then he would
look at the little roasted spot and rub it with
his other hand He will know a sun glass
hereafter Harrison in Chicago Mail.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
A Plea for College Athletio..

Professor Richards makes a new plea for col
lege athletics. He argues that two essentially
new forces are at work in these days, des-
tined to sap the physical strength out of
young men, and thus emasculating charac-
ter These influences are concentration Of
population In cities and the increased de-
nands made by knowledge on brains and
nerves. To show how population is conceli-
trating he gives the following figures: In
Yale in 1857, Of every 100 students, 81 Is
came from cities of $1,000 Inhabitants or
over In 1871, Of every 100 students, A came
from such cities In 1887, IS out Of every
100. This is remarkable showing.
But the proportion in Sheffield Scientific
school has risen still more rapidly. He main-
.ains that the system Of athletics in colleges
and elsewhere helps to oounteract the disin-
tegrating forces Of city life, to strengthen,
the young men against i'll health, against the
forces Of low living, and keep them out Of
crimes against self and society. 1t is well
known that base habits are associated with
local physical disorders, and y course Of
physical culture invariably is responded te
by moral gain 1t is the one most important
lesson in morals our age has to learn.-Globe
Democrat.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
FORTY YEARS AGO.

Collins were very plain and burial caskets
were unknown.
Tombstones had longer epitaphs and moro
verbose eulogiums inscribed upon them.
Business letters were more voluminous and
formal and were written in a precise, round
hand.
The country retail trade was much better,
as people could not SO easily run to the city
by rail.
Eggs were shilling a dozen and butter
was considered high at eighteen cents
pound.
Much Of the silver currency, fps, leyies
and dollars, was OF Mexican and Spanish
coinage
There was York currency, eight shillings
to the dollar, and New England currency.
six shillings to the dollar.
The diet was more surcharged with grease,
the winter breakfast usually being rlade Of
salted ham and hot cakes.
| Dinner was simply hasty lunch nt noon,
and little Importance was attached to the ne
rcssity for good digestion or a period Of rest
| after eating.
New Orleans md muscovado molasses,
very black and thin, was the common
sw eetenins for b,,ekv heat cakes Refined
| mo,asses was almost unknown.
The bank bills were Of state banks, and
| the further west theT locality the Shaker
they were. Illinois and Indiana bills would
barely pass in New York.
Bread was home made. Coffee was freshly
ground every morning, and the grinding Of
| the family coffee mill was a familiar sound
| ho,.rs t,eforp the children arose.
Negro minstrelsy was just cropping out IN
the travelling circus. There were generally =
but two performers, who assumed male ana
female characters The popular melody was
Jump, Jim Cow"
People did not live as long as they now do,
nor was the average health as good as at
present They ate more meat, grease, hoe
bread and heavy dishes, and drank mora
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
BASEBALL TALK.

Tim Keefe signed with the New York club
at u salary Of 81 ,Oo0
Jim Whitney. Of the Washington club. Y
laid up with pleurisy.
Ed Williamson will enter the throwing
tournament at Cincinnati.
Two of the best out1elders produced By the
Association last season are Tebean, OF the
Cincinnati, and Griffin, OF the Baltimore.
Hail,nan, OF the Philadelphia club. started
out as pitcher. In 1855, while pitching for
the Atlantic City team, he retired Stovey, Of
the Athletic club. three times in successlon
on strikes.
Manager Morrill, says of 'sSmiiing bHly"
Sow.lers: II think he viii prove % be one g
the finest pitchers Boston has ever had. de
delivers the ball as straight and as sharp =
an arrow. His sctions resemble those o.
Whitney in many particulars Ho y hittsr
and q worker"
Two or three parties have claimed ~
credit Of bringing GARRISON out as 4 pitcher
and player. and the right one was not men
toned. Tho one WHO gave Clarksou his drse
lessons in pitching. aud gave him that IN
struction which has formed Tho basis ~ ~
sacceas, was Tom Dond, the fam0us p3ecAes
| 4 ~ Bosom tsamsot 1877. m Noea3 ~
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
The Rights Of INVENTOR.

When an inventor brings out something
that accomplishss useful purpose not bsfoss
accomplished, Or does this better or more
economically than II has been done. II u rear
sonably certain he has invented something In
the value Of which he has an interest," And
this point II the one that d overlooked BY
those who declaim against the rights Of In
ventors In favor Of some one who tried to do
something similar twenty years before The
very fact that the party who tried first did
not succeed II fairly good evidence that hs
did mot make the invention. AL recent con-
struction Of patent law II In favor Of sustain
ing the inventor who accomplishss some
thing, - against the man who has tried and
failed, even though the means used are very
similar. And this II Justice and common
sense The patent laws are presumably In
the interest OF the public, and the public u
Interested In the inventor to exactly the ex-
tent that It h benefited BY him.-American
Machinisk
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Tn. r,nbie. Of Bethany.

There seems to be q contented community
at Bethany, in pleasant contrast with the
wretches OF Jericho. The people politely well
come the stranger; the Oldest inhabitant ex-
hibits the few attractions Of the town; the
women carry their babies in sacks upon their
backs, and serve fresh buffalo milk to the
visitor; the children are many, pretty, and
shy. Their good traits are all the more ap-
parent after one has been stoned by the
urchins Of Hebron, and hooted at by those Of
Jerusalem and other places.
Here. at Bethany, we saw the "father"
idea illustrated as prettily as in the Arabian
desert. II child enters an apartment where
its father is, 1t will not sit down or speak
until the father notices it and bids 1t be
seated. Moreover, II the children grown up
to some size enter and find the father engaged
in any labor-beating coffee in the mortar,
for example-the youth will assume the work
and go on with it-Edward L Wilson in
The Century.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
UTILIZING AUSTRALIANS PESTS.
Canned Rabbit for sse IaborIng C1nsaee
Of Englsrd-A sensib:e Way.
MANY unnreountahle khiups harmon in In.

Canned Rabbit for ere Iab0rIng C1nsaee
Of Englsrd-A Sensible Way.
Many unaccountable things happen in In
telligent communities The one showing
mere than ordinary dullness just at this time
Is the action OF England and her colony Of
New South Wales concerning the simple cir
cumstance OF an over abundance Of rabbits.
1t is notorious that the laboring class OF
England are unable to obtain sufficient animal
food. Longing for meat for themselves aiiG
children, many go by night to catch a rabbit
or two. When gamekeepers or police step
in the poor fellows are sent to prison and
branded as poac':c-s. The government c
New South Wales, instead Of securing thes,
a<perts In the art OF snaring, and canning the
meat az fast as the rabbits are caught, ar
inviting men who, with vile poison, are abou,
To spread disease among the poor creatures,
70 that they may die an awful, lingering
death, the flesh and skin also being wasted.
The English government and gentry" are
| at great expense in watching and Furnishing
| the very men in England who would be In
valuable'in Australia. II they would give
these ''poachers" a free passage to Sydney
and the heads OF government there would
take them by contracting to present them
| with homestead, when the rabbits were
caught, they would do it right away, tel
times faster than these poisonous cholcr,
doctors. By employing artists in canning
millions Of dollars might be made of the pre-
served rabbit meat. How much more sens
ible to make money Of the flesh and skinss l
the quantity should he immense and put tn
price down very low SO much the better
The poachers would make money at even fiv
cents per rabbit, as they would catch on tn
average Of 200 every day, and u much create
number at first The delicious food coul
then be taken to England and sold ut a pric
within reach Of every half starved agricu
J tural or other laborer.-George Gardner
New York Herald.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
A Fortune Teller. statement.

"Yes, we make our money out Of the wo-
men," frankly stated q fortune teller the
other day, "But when q man is really gone
on fortune telling, 30 to speak, he has the
fever a dozen times harder than the opposite
SEX Why, have one patron who consults
me daily, and sometimes twice a day. But
the women come in droves, and frequently
have to turn them away, they are SO numer-
ous 4 woman always comes with u COM
panion-never alone; but l know of but one
instance In my twenty years experience
where q man called with friend. Women,
too, while they are my chief patrons, are not
- Arm believers In sll aay - men. Chi.
caeo Tribune.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
A Wedding In Japan.

In Japan the marriage ceremony Is per-
formed in tent pitched on the summit OF q
convenient hill. The brides party proceeds
to the appointed place by one route, and the
groom's party by another. In the tent they
are confronted by the god of marriage, q
figure with dogs head. With the aid OF q
priest and lighted fambeaus the knot is tied
amid the loud cries Of all present. Mean
while, at the foot of the hill others have kim
died q bonfire After the ceremony In the
tent the bride descends the hill and commits
to the flames all the toys of her childhood,
and receives in her hand q distaR and roll Of
cotton.-Thomas Stevens In New York Sun
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
wive. Of Newspaper Men.

There are not few newspaper men whose
wives arc constant helpmates in their profes-
sion. The wife of Frank g. Carpenter, the
Washington corresI ondent, used to cllp,every
day. from a score or more OF newspapers,
articles which might in future be OF use to
her husband. These she would date and then
file away in envelopes in a cabinet made for
the purpose Consequently, Mr.. Carpenter
has lots Of clippings on any subject that was
ever written about in the public press Es
saws IL is the best thing Of its kind in exist
ence, and his wife is responsible for it.-Nes
York World
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
The Change In Cigars.

.what makes the style in cigarsf' cisaS
dealer was asked
Snow, hardly know how to answer you"
was tho reply, ''for you arc asking me almost
too much. The manufacturers make most OF
the styles in name only. There are only
three or four different patterns in cigar,
molds From these three or four distinct
patterns are made thousands OF fancy styles
and still there are but three varieties OF
tobacco and but three prime grades OF each
variety. There can only be about a dozen
different grades In cigar. and yet there are
over 100 on the price list-New York sun.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Arte.,an won Power,

Heavy machinery IL now run by artesian
we'll power In many parts Of France, and the
experience Of the French show that the
deeper the well the greater the pressure and
the higher the temperature The famous
Grenelle well, sunk to the depth Of l 800 feet,
and flowing daily some 500 600 gallons, has
pressure Of sixty pounds to the square inch,
the water being 90 hot that II Is used for
heating the hospitals New York Sun.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Il n 1. the Bible.

.You mustn't say .feller,' Johnny, re-
marked that young gentleman's Sunday
school teacher. "It isn't correct" "Well,
DOM care, its in the Biblei" exclaimed
Johnny. .iIsaiah xiv, 8: Yea, the fir trees
rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon,
saying, Since thou art laid down no feiler
II come up against US. s.'n-Burlington Free
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
They Couidn't Compete.

In q western state party Of young men
assembled to ..shiyaree" a newly married
couple. When they commenced with their
horns, tin pans, horse fiddles and other musi-
cal Instruments the bride seated herself at
the piano and commenced one Of Wagnerss
operas, effectually drowning the noise made
by the ssrenadsrs, who left In disgust do
troit Free Presa
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

Magistrate Ito prisoner)-Drqnk and disor'
derby; what's your nanief
Prisoner-Gawge Washington thic) John
son, sab.
Magistrate Well, GNwge Washington
Hick johnson, it's $40 o. thirty dsyG-Ih'
Epoch.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

Tobaoco OroWinT I'm England.
Tobacco has bsen grown experimentally In
England during the last year or two under
license, or something equivalent to 1t, from
the inland revenue authorities But legal
Journal contends that tobacco growing 10 alb
solutely illegal by statute The truth seems
to be that In the reign of Charles II two stat
utes were passed expressly forbidding to-
bacco culture In Great Britain. under PEN
atty Of $50, subsequently increased to 500
Per rod planted These acts were framed
solely for the benefit Of the American col
onies-Boston Transcript
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
How to BE Happy.

Jabber-Hello, old mani Spring cleaning
M at your house this weeki
Jiber-No, not muchi
Jabber-Noi How In the world do you
ret rid OF tho pesky things
Jiber-Easy enough. We move into a now
house ON tho first of May-Burlington Free
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Ahead Of the Doctor.

Doctor-rm afraid you don't take the
baby out doors often enough.
Mother-Nonsense. She catches cold every
time she goes ont I'm sick OF this air bath
foolishnesA
"But, my dear madame, You know flowers
can't get along without sunshine"-
ssWell, flowers can't get along without wet
feet. eithsr. .n-Omaha World.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
An Enraxed Hack Driver.

Jack Allprey has large foot-a phenom-
eually large foot-wears No. IS shoes-and he
has also phenomenally cool way of repudi-
ating his debtA
eYe don't owe me SER said an enraged
hack driver to him the other day. "Ye don't,
ye ch'atin' thafei An ye won't pay It, ye
WON'T Well, it's meself wishes cud have
the hckin' ov ye all aroun' the Llock wild
your own futr'-Harper's Bazaar.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
Got Angry by Telephone.

A recent decision in Germany IL worthy OF
record for the benefit Of American telephone
patronA One unfortunate telephone user
lost his temper at being kept waiting by tho
central office, and when explanations were
made he told the telephone official per tele-
phone to shut his CAB and not lie about IT.
The court gave the merchant sixty marks
flne and twelve days in Jail as warning
against hbelous use Of a scientific convent
ence.-Electrical Review.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
1t II Rather Curious.

A stockholder In q street car line says It is
curious that people will kick 20 vigorously
about wanting . fire in q street car to ride
five blocks by, whom they will ride five miles
In . cold hack or coupe and never say .
woyd.-Dstroit Trso PreeA
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
4 Novel Movable Dam.

A Pittsburg mechanical engineer has In
vented movable dam, by the use Of which
be claims . boaulng stage Of water may be
obtained In shallow rivers at all seasons OF
Of the year. The invention has been exam
ined by old river men and pronounced prac-
ticable The inventor Is 50 years old.-Frank
Ixealie,n
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

The proper way to do Is to catch up the
eyelid by the skin, and pull 1t away from the
eyeball gently and repeatedly. This not only
instantly relieves the pain, but promotes the
shifting of the cinder in the right direction.
In almost every case this will be found
speedy and painless remedy.-Chicago Jour-
nal
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30
SOLDIERS .uNoea FIRE"
oemething' About ths Experlsncs Whsa
One First Faoes Il.

Denethine About the Experlsncs Whsa |
One First Faoes It
Thers il nothing to corrcspond with The
feelings experienced by . soldier under fire.
Take, for instance, the average man, the
man who b neither very brave nor great
coward. In all his life he could scarcely
have hnd any sensation to compare with that
OF bearing the ping Of ths frst bullet OF an
approaching tight.
There is spiteful O. IA ~ the ball sings
by the ear, or a spittiA .sund as 1t cuts
twig above tho soldiers A.ad.
Then there is q disaSrssable searching
sound - the shell comes In spirals, as il !,
twist itself into his vitals. No man know
until he has once been under flre whether /.
can depend upon himself or not With thu
majority it at once becomes struggle be
tween pride, will. natural desire to stanti
mp and be mnn, and natural temptation
to finch.
There IL wonderful readjustment of the
standing Of officers and men in . command
after the first fght. A number who have
been regarded the best men lose their higi
places in twinkling, and here and ther.
some one Of whom not ing was expecte.i
steps right up to the 'front.'
Some men who will face any amount 81
musketry firing can't stand the sound Of |.
| shell; and vice versa 1t is . mistake to sup
pose that soldier gets used to ''firer by being
exposed IN number Of battles. With eacll
battle he becomes more timid.
Yet veterans are more to be dependes
| upon than raw troops. This IL partly be
cause they are better disciplined, partly be
cause they have gone through similar scenes
and partly because they are more reliant OIL
each other and their officers.
1t is true, men will In MEASURE get use
to fire by being long exposed to it, as o.
vicksburg. There the Union troops wer,
under continued regular fire for month.
Being for tho most part well protected, the
soon saw That the shells did comparativel
little damage, and thu projectile whic
curved In the air to li&M among them dl.
rot excite anything liks the trepidation
similar first shot would excite out on an ope
field. In other words, they became in
measure accustomed to the bombs,
Bravery, as it IL usually understood,
largely dependent upon physical conditions
and is supposed by some physicians to com
from the action Of the heart. 1t is said G
Napoleon that under the most profound ea
element, on the eve Of battle, his pulse neve
ran above some forty to fifty beats to tn
minute, whereas the average pulse of adul,
is about seventy.
Whether bravery is the result Of physics
condition or no, 1t Is certain that it is muc
easier for some men to be brave than other,
and many hold that all men are towards .
heart. At any rate Frederick the Great one
sail that a man who has never felt fear b.
never snuffed a candle with his fingers.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

A good piano player makes the oess Typo
writer, but after siz months practice on the
"writer" no girl can pick out tune ON the
piano She runs to 'sdear sirs' and yours
trulys~ instead Of noteA
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-30

Preachers' Healing Power.
Flossie taged 4,-Bobby, why do they call
ministers, doctorsf
Bobby IA lad Of considerable information
-aCos they make folks better.-The Epoch