Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-29
STRAY BITS.

A school teacher on the Pacific coast bears
the suggestive name Of Wallop.
1t is claimed that Washington Territory
has gained 10000 by immigration the past
year.
A novelty in rifle targets Is a glass ball
dancing on a jet Of water 1t is a most diff
cult shot
Plah, a noted Ute chief, died few days
ago Mrs. Plah, four in number, is a good
deal cut up.
log Of solid redwood was struck l40 feet
below gravel in sinking an artesian well at
Watsonvie, New.
Astoria, Ore, has a Chinese missionary
who makes addresses in the streets and at
tracts large audiences.
The last truss Of the Poughkeepsie bridge
is about finished 1t costs s400 900 to give the
bridge two coats Of red.
1t is said that The Century Magazine re-
| ccives average Of 1000 manuscripts q
month from literary aspirants.
"Excuseries' is a new term for exhibitions
in London, since they are all more or less ex-
cuses for the gardens and music
The Hondurian government has ordered q
scientific survey to he made Of the ruins OF
Copan, and take sketches Of the same.
One Of the odd features of our naturaliza-
ton laws is that army officer need not be
a citizen, but naval officer must be.
A recent fire at Suisun Cal, which de-
l stroyed 100000 worth Of property, was
caused by children playing with matches in
!, a barn.
= Bridal parties and titled foreigners appear
to have adopted Niagara Falls us their own,
as they are said to form the ma jorty Of the
!. visitors
): A firm Of Fort Gaines shipped recently q
a car of melons which they claim didn't con-
. tain a melon that would weigh under fifty
il five pounds.
,; Philadelphia hotel men calculate they give
e away 5000 worth Of stationery year to
IT letter writing fends who don't pay ethe
le hotels cent.
/ The unprecedented number OF 10, 900 odd bills
have so far been introduced in the house this
session, against II 206 for the two sessions OF
the last congress.
:. The Mexican state of Morelos offers a pro-
- - MUM for the establishment Of new industries
:, and grants exemption from taxation for the
- /, same for the term Of five years
II, llliihu, lle CUiel lne 1OniauCOd
II. Indians, is dying in Philadelphia hospital.
T. Three of his wives are with him, and two
Mt others are on his ranch in the far west
y The first things taught Alaskan children
', are to dance, shoot the bow and arrow, and
y" to smoke. 1t is CT mmon thing to see
ne mother take the child from her breast and
.' ne give it her pipe
n. A tribe in the palm region Of the Amazon
Of cradles the young in palm leaves. A single
Nv leaf turned up around the edges by somt
cd native process makes excellent cradle
III and now and then it is made to do service a
" a bath tub.
an At Strong City, Kan, boys between tn,
ID ages of and IA go in bathing every after
noon during the summer under the direction
of tho city marshal, and the number o
drowning accidents has materially decrease,
,o since the arrangement was made.
me Tobacco is to be shut out at the Chambers
ely burg pa academy. No boy will bead
ed, mitted who uses it in any way. Boarding.
he and day pupils will be treated alike. Tn
las ground taken is that tobacco produce bane
am ful effects on the minds and the health Of tn
ny students.
ng The number of rabbits killed for the bount
OF last year in one Australian colony was 10
; Is, $50, and the bounties paid in that yea
oly have been estimated at s., 900. In add
pie tion millions of dollars have been paid fc
ige hundreds Of miles Of rabbit proof fenc
the And still the rabbits seem to be as numerol
ON ever
d, In cultured Boston they do not hiss a
'eu ~ actor or public speaker when they wish
.. express their disapproval of his effort
~ Instead the audience simply exclams boo
'ho in loud and denunciatory tones. prom
nent preacher thus "Booed" the 9th
night at an Indignation meeting in Fanu
,,o. hail and has felt very bad over it ever sine
red The art OF proofreading has been broug
the to n high degree OF perfection
The The London Times. Five years ago Lo
oto Winchelsea made bet that he would fiji
the so misprints in six numbers of The Time
ors The stakes $500 and $50 additional 1
v is every bunder additional, more or less. S
re numbers were taken at random and thr
| in misprnts were discovered. Lord Winch,
ga sea lost nearly 5000
'ese The average length Of Wall street care
. '.ie. is said to be ten years. In that time t
liis means or vital energies of most inen are &C
D III sumed in tho furnace of speculation. I
number of those who hold out twenty yea
is few, and fewer still the number who c.
bear tho excitement for a longer perio
ma One broker has just been sent to a lunal
dis asylum, and another, with broken dos
age nerves, has been ordered by his doctor
nal take absolute rest