Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-24
o. oGNesAL INTEREST

Or GENERAL INTEREST
"A vulture measuring nine feet
from tip to tip was lately shot near
Julien, San Diego County, CAL. rs II !
was sailing away with full-grown
sheep in its claws
Collars and cuffs for women are
now made OF steel lace, a. fine ~ cob
web. and in any color. They with.
stand the warmest weather ana are
winning favor rapidly.
"A pipe smoked by General jackson
while he was President, was recently
presented to the New England His
torical Society. 1t is still strong. Vir-
ginia plug was Old Hickory's favorite
brand.
A citizen Of Burlington, N. j., was
bitten on the leg by dog eight years
ago, and every year since, on the an
niversary Of the bite, 1t is said, the In
iured member has swelled to twice Its
natural size.
There ia o catawba tree in the
front yard Of house in Camilla, Ga,
which bears three crops OF leaves |
every year, and, strange to say, each
crop is destroyed by what is called the
catawba worm.
| Soft shell crabs are always cheaper
after day or two Of thunder showers.
They can not be kept alive In such
weather. Electricity in the air II
fatal to them. Dealers can not explain
it, they only know it is SO.
In Webster County. Ga, recently.
twenty hogs belonging to farmer
took refuge from storm under clump
OF bushes that grew near tall pine
tree. The tree was struck by light
hing and every hog instantly killed.
| An Oregon City, Ore, clergyman
got lost in the woods while en- route to
Arthur's Prairie, ten miles distant, to.
marry couple, and not until after the
lapse Of forty-eight hours did he reach
his destination. The bride and groom.
together with the invited guests.
waited all the while.
The defense scare In England has
brought out the facts that the nation
has 294 admirals and only fifty armored
: sea-going ships. Only thirteen adj
: mirals are employed, drawing EST 600.
while 281 unemployed receive El61, 600.
r At the same time there are lao Gener.
8 ais, Of whom 100 are employed.
: "A New York man missed e45, In
Q GLIDING his luck-penny, and told his
: roommate, who offered to take care Of
him while he had a cent left The room.
n mate in the generosity Of his heart,
n bought the drinks, and. when he pulled
i out handful Of change, 10, the luck
}. penny! The good Samaritan went II
r Jail.
n Farmers at work In tho fields neal
y Long Fork, Ave miles from Noun
n Pulaski, Logan County, ILL.,, had theil
:. attention attracted by the tinkling o
n a bell attached to the neck OF al
" American eagle flying overhead. B.
% means OF glass the bell could be seen
e. No attempt was made to kill the bird
n which disappeared to the northward
.e An Iowa editor wrote to Dakot
d postmaster inquiring about a dc
n linquent subscriber. The letter cam
,e back Endorsed, 1.-The man is dead.
le Some time afterward, In overhauling
list of delinquents, an inquiry was II
D. adverdently sent to the same pos
q master about the same man. Th
to reply came back: Still dead. "-E:
at change.
til An English physician. who has II
es vestigated the characteristics and su
ly roundings OF centenarians. says /
r. finds that the average qualities were
it good family history, well-mae
- frame, of average stature, spare rath'
than stout, robust. with good healtl
in appetite and digestion, capable OF g
IN ertion. good sleepers, of placid ter
I'M permanent and good intelligence, wit
do little need for and little consumpti'
M OF alcohol and animal food.
IS, The following are said to be t
ny sixteen American inventions OF worl
wide adoption: The cotton gin, pla
ig- ing machine, grass mower and reape
al rotary printing press. steam nayie
,rd ton, hot-air machine, sewing machir
its the India-rubber industry. machi
las manufacture of horseshoes. the sa
,he blast for craving, gauge lathe, gra
me elevator. artificial ice-making on
on. large scale, the electro magnet In
ers practical application, and the te
ess phone.
h AT a railroad station, a benevolt
old man found a school-boy crying beca'
h. lie had not quite enough to pay
hi fare, and he remembered suddel
how, years before, he had been in
same plight. but had been helped by
unknown friend, and had been entoir
Gus that same day he should pass Il
ons kindness on. Now he saw that
.lly long-expected moment had come.
les. took the weeping boy aside, told b
IS a his story, paid his fare. and asked
Use. in his turn to pass the kindness
und And as The train moved from the {
Ids, ton the lad cried cheerily: II will
or it on, sir" So that act OF thought
D OF love is being passed on through
.ce- world, nor will it stay till Its ripI
But have belted the globe and met agair
rear Christian Standard.
clio, From early ages till now tho
"a a classification Of mankind has bee
a Ia subject Of interest. For long II
,s of only three types, comprising the wi
i'm European, the brown Asiatic, and
ver- black African, were recognized.
ow these, after the discovery OF this {