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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
SPAiN'S POSTAL SERVICE,
Country VIII ere POst-Ohices Are Co
Quoted in u Peculiar Way.

4 Country VIII ere Post-Onices Are Con-
Quoted In n Peculiar Way.
You can not get u stamp at Spanish
post-office for love or money. You
get it at the nearest cigar store, where
also you find "a letter-box. and nowhere
else except at the post-office A strange
story was told me by an English chap
lain at Malaga. Casually strolling
into the cafe one day, he noticed a
aumber OF letters stuck up on the wall, !,
and to his supreme astonishment found
that several OF them were for him
On investigating the matter he discov-
cred that postal clerk had entered
into an ar. angement with the cafetier
to send him letters addressed to for
eigners, the understanding being that
the latter would probably pay him a
fee for his trouble, or, at any rate,
frequent the cafe! The chaplain re-
ferred the matter to the Consul, and
the little game was stopped
Among the letters in the cafe
were several addressed to parties,
known to the chaplain, who had left
weeks before. The moral would seem
to be. don't address your letters poste
restante, but send them to the Consul
or the broker named in your letter OF
credit.
Registered letters appear to be safe.
on tho other hand. but the extraordi-
nary precautions taken to make them
safe appear like an accusation of gen.
eral dishonesty. II you receive reg
istered letter you have to return the
envelope with the signature of your
receipt. This is simple enough. The
difficulty lies in knowing how to send
of registered letter. | shall never
forget my first experience in that line
When l handed in my letter it was re-
turned with the remark that it must be
sealed. l took it to a cigar store
and had a seal put on it, but
again it was handed back. There
must be five SEALS said the
clerk. Not wishing to expose my
ignorance to the black-eyed beauty in
the cigar store, went to a stationer's
and bought bar of sealing-wax, but
having no stamp used coin instead.
once more the letter was returned:
"Ihe stamps on the sealing-wax must
be all the same" In despair took it
back to the black-eyed girl and ex-
planned my difficulties. She put on
the five seals, and then at last the let
ter was accepted. The most absurd
part OF the whole story Is that al
though Seville swarms with foreigners
In spring, there are no directions re-
garding the matter posted up any
where. Indeed, not even the time
(three or four hours day) when the
post-office is open is announced at tho
window. Obviously. the Spaniards are
not much in need of postal facilities.
and for good reason. since not much
more than twenty-five per cent of the
population can write and read.-Sevetu
Cor ~ Y. Post.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
THE AMERICAN TAR.
:" the Yankee shippers Of the Past
Generation Looked and Acted.

ce"ermttOn Looked and Acted.
All, who can not but love them all!
these shippers bold, who have
ruised in all known and unknown
waters; who, as their fireside fiction
celntes, with painted ports and mon
strous guns, hastily constructed out Of
jeck-pails and "skids." and mounted
grimly on the .tfo'castle" deck, gave
violent chase to lowering buccaneers
in the Spanish Main. and would have
captured and eaten them. too, il the
wind had not ''canted" just as the
overawed pirate was striking his
black flag; who would never
think Of going a sleighing
through the soughing Maine pines
without patent ships log dragging in
the snow to show how many miles
their nags were making. who make
fast compass and binacle lamp under
meath the seats of their road wagons;
who still prefer salt beef and Gods
tongues to the most savory of shore
viands; who have taught their Brazilian
parrots to call all their neighbors
"land lubbers;" who now and then, in
an ecstacy Of resentment at all things
OF the land, yell to their cooks: Bake
me pan of iron-bound biscuit thatll
crack and span like gafftopsal sheet
blocks.' who keep their old ships
ehronometers by their ''bunksn and
never wake suddenly from an after
dinner doze without singing out:
"Mate.-how's she headinp" who can
not as they declare, sleep comfortably
OF nights unless some body is put
ION watch" to dash water against
their houses under the windows, as
though the sea were pounding at their
ships sides; who, in their dreams, rail
NJ passing barks and briggs with fine
and bitter irony, as they below forth:
Main boom top-an-htti
Davy lift a fall
Jip-sheet! tail-ropei
Let go the haul!
And who at all times, providing you
can demonstrate becoming reverence
though they are always suspicious OF
the integrity of your decorum, will spin
you such yarns as will make you know
that the ocean of to-day is but mean
sort OF mill-pond beside the majestic
sea OF their time; and under the magic
OF their mighty sweeps of imagination
make your heart ache with longing for
the fertility of their genius h.
Wdkenan, IN Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
rRluMPHs or TRADE.


Uses of Man.
The sea was to primitive man q
dreadful and little known wilderness.
1t seemed to disjoin men, to hinder
trade, to coop up the human race
To-day it is the .'ring Of marriage
with all nations" As upon the great
deserts merchants travelled in caravans
for safety and counsel, so they at first
travelled upon the sea in fleets, as soon
as individual explorers had led the
way and commerce had any sort of
organization. Men were too timid to
venture alone with their goods.
The picturesque element was un-
doubted. Take Venice as type not
too remote in time for the modern
mind. A green sea laves the foot of
its white quays and palaces. Red
quay steps and the doors of mansions
and on the Rialto. The public square
is alive with the sound of flies and
trumpets and professions of archers,
mariners and dignitaries pass along.
Venetian beauties smile on the
to leave home for long jour-
ney. The air is heavy with flags
and pennants; it is public holiday,
for the fleet is going eastward on its
annual journey. and going in body,
under a Commodore elected by the
Grand Council, who has his own train
of music men, his black-robed physi-
clans, his pilots, scribes and craftsmen
bearing their. tools. Each ship has
been chartered by public auction. and
is directed by patrician. The feet,
with the blessing of the Doge and the
good wishes-alas. also the tears-of
the people, will slowly maze it's way
eastward, and when it has bought car
goes of silks, camlets, carpets, Persian
shawls and spices, sent by caravan to
the Syrian ports and to Egypt, it will
curve back toward the mouth of the
Mediterranean, distributing it's riches
as it goes, and shipping others. until
it has reached Portugal and can creep
along to Antwerp. the center of West
ern trade. and thence to the Thames,
10 assemble in state at Southampton
ior the homeward voyage, laden with
English kerseys and cloths.
Continental wine fleets came to En-.
2land in this way in the early time.
Tossed into disorder. they reached the
thames, and when they reached the
New Weir, the city boundary, they
,ressed up, raised their ensigns and
hen came up to London Bridge. the
marines singing all the way with lusty
toices, their kiriele. or song Of thanks.
giving and deliverance. Many En-.
gIishmen, in their river craft and
from their overhung doorways and
dormer windows, used to think these
foreigners made a needless fuss about
Il little toss on the German ocean or
hustle in the chops of the channel; but
then. as now, they had wicked wit
for men in strange garb, over curiou.
in their eating and drinking and quick
IN speech. -CasseH's Family Magazine
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
Even Love Must be Sacrificed.

On the elegah htly upholstered sofa In
the parlor OF Sir Reginald Muldoon sat
his only daughter, Vivian, clasped
close to the Sunday vest of Adelbert de
Ribbon The shades Of evening had
long since ceased falling and all was
dark and still save for the ticking Of
Vivian's Waterbury watch. Suddenly
Adelbert, throwing himself upon his
knees at the feet Of the. imperious
queen Of the 'Steenth ward. exclaimed,
in an ace high but piteous voice:
Darling Vivian, think how l love
you and promise that you will be minel
| will make any sacrifice to win you
for my wife"
''Will you buy a baseball season
ticket and take me to every gsmes"
inquired the girl.
20, that is tpo much! Any thing but
thatr' moaned the youth.
''Then away with your thundsred
the noble girl. although love you
dearly. can never be yours. !"
With a groan OF unutterable anguish
Adelbert rushed from the house, and
the next day The daughter Of Sir Reel-
nald was married to the ticket talker ~
the polo grounds. Judge.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
sPooKs AND sPECTERs.
Anecdotes Which Explain tho Cause q
Their DeDar rture.

Their Departure.
Men now living can remember when
every town in New England had sew
eral haunted houses and a score OF
ghosts. But some night the ghosts
went away never to return. Perhaps
these anecdotes, taken from the Ills
tory of Weare, N. H." may explain the
cause OF their departure.
One night John Hodgdon, a strong
nerved, clear-headed man. was riding
home on horseback from Hillsborough.
The night was dark and windy, and as
Hodgdon came near his farm. he looked
over into a cornfield, and saw, standing
upon knoll, something that for a mo-
ment made his flesh crawl. 1t stood
still for a moment, then it disappeared,
with a weird sound, and again returned
t0the knoll. The farmer soon recov-
erred from his foolish fright, dismount-
ed. climbed over the fence, and walked
to the knoll. He found that his men
had left q large basket in the field,
which the wind blew up from q small
shollow upon the knoll; then when there
was a lull it would roll back.
An old shanty in the town was
troubled with ghosts. Rappings were
heard in an unfinished room over the
family living-room. A strong-minded
woman, Mary Peaslee. visited the
shanty to hear the ghostly rappings.
Shortly after her arrival. she heard,
! overhead, bump. bump. bump, then
rap r~p.rrap Sheplaced ladder and
wentup into the unfinished room, where
she found an old hen, whose feet and
legs had been.frozen. It could not walk
without falling, and the falls made the
pumping noise. The raps were caused
by its picking up something to eat.
That ghost was laid by carrying the
hen to the room below.
Inanother haunted house there were
queer noises and strange objects were
seen fitting by the window. After sew
eral days, these wonders ceased, and
then some one ventured into the unin-
habited house. He found a dead cat,
left alive by the former occupant. The
cries and the efforts OF this cat to get
out had suggested . ghost. - Youth's
Companion.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
In a Depressing State.

In descending the stairs Bobby's foot
slipped and he and tho coal hod which
he was carrying ratified to the bot
tom.
Here, here" shouted the old man
from the Parlor, whats up out
there?"
.'Nothing's up. Pa" shouted back
Bobby, who wasn't much hurt, "every
things dcwnr'-Ep0cA.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
INTENSELY oel,olNo.
Lady Customers Struggle with AN A.
eOmO<lmtinw Snleswirl

| a A'""y Customer's Struggle with AN Ar
eomo<iatinH Salesgirl.
! When the saleslady condescends to
unbend sufficiently to be affable she is
most gracious and affable indeed. AL
though not paid for doing SO, she is
often perfectly willing to give you q
great deal Of advice, of which you may
think you do not stand in need.
| LET me see your black passemen-
terie," said Detroit lady to one of
these obliging salesladies the other
day.
What did you wish it for?" she asks
sweetly.
''For black silk dress"
+''You wouldn't want cut steel trim
mings, would you.'
mo"
"Oh, was just going to say that we
are selling cut steel almost entirely
now for trimmings; still, if you prefer
the passementerie, suppose
''Let me see that narrow piece"
THAT is hardly as wide as you will
want" she says calmly, as she hands
| you a piece you don't want. and says:
Now, If l were you, I'd have this
on the skirt, and"
! LET me see that other piece"
| There isn't enough of it, and besides
| it's
81 want but a little piece"
''Oh, well, here it is; but don't you
think this oak leaf pattern prettierp
would certainly prefer il if l were
YOU"
Let me see piece trifle wider"
81 don't think that we have any that
you would care for. II seems to me
that this wheat pattern would be
lovely. | have some of it on a black
dress and you've no idea how"
Haven't you other patternsp"
'Oh. yes; was just wondering how
you'd like new cut steel pattern we
have"
II don't want cut steel"
"NO? It's all the rage now, and il
trims black dress beautifully, and
oh. here it is; now, how would yo,
like a collar of this. and"
Not at all. Iwant jet"
"Oh, do you? We are selling Sc
muchsof the steel now that ! thought
I'd show it to you. kno's I'd prefer
it il it was me. How would you lik,
beaded escurial laceP"
81 don't want lace of any kind"
mop A friend of mine has blacl
silk trimmed with the lace and it'
perfectly lovely. It's lighter than thu
passementerie, too, and-oh, here i,
just what you want"
"It's entirely too wide"
"Oh, don't think so. We sell ;
great deal of it much wider than this
Now. supposing you should have
wide plait on one side of the skirt ant
row of this"
IL don't want any for the skirt"
'No? Then you want epaulettes TO
the shoulders.
mo, don't"
They're all the style"
If you are plucky enough to hol,
your own against maiden of thi
kind you may in time get what yo,
want. Detroit Free Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03

1t makes a vast difference with
ourselves, as we'll as with our impress
ions OF the world, whether we are
hannful for the roses we find on thorns
n complain about the thorns we find
tmors roses. es.--Hdrtford Religious Her.
~
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03

IA spider, in Newport. vernacn-
lar. Is high phaet9a with . seat for =
lriyer behind and drawn bv two hogsest
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14
FOR ASSESSOR.

We are authorized to announce ". 5. New ton. Of Liberty township, as candidate for Assessor Of Pope county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
 We arc authorized to announce NJ. II. Buch anan as candidate for assessor, subject to the action of the democratic party,
 After solicitation of a number of personal friends and due consideration of the matter, have decided to become candidate for the ofiee of assessor, subject to the action of tEe democratic party. JESSE MAY.
 We are authorized to announce ". F. Lazen Q by as candidate for assessor, subject to the action Of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce George A, JamisOn as candidate for assessor, subject 10 the action of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce J. A. Hick- man as a candidate for reelection to the office of assessor, subject to the action of the demo- cratic party.
 We are authorized to announce T. B. Mourn ing as candidate for assessor, subject to the action Of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce M. if. Baird as candidate for assessor, subject to the ac- tion of the democratic party.
 We are authorized to announce Chas. W Henry as q candidate for assessor, subject tC the action of the democratic party.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14
Charlotta.

A laughing little blue-eyed maid. met one fine summer day. Her eyes were love aglow with light, Her cnrls hung earelessly and light A little darling every way. And loved the little thing, With fairy smile and glossy curls. l thought of her through the days, At night l saw her winning ways, She was A peer to other girls. Time flew by on muffled wings, She soon would change Co married life It seemed the old folks inclination, And they gave me an invitation. saw her legally made wife. All things happen for the best, To those whose trust Is right. Many year now has flown, She has little girls her own, And l have little boys as bright. All things work out right at last To those whose trust is true. Her little girls call me papa, My little boys call her mamma, And happier there are few. Time has wrought no change on me Though her hair with gray is rife, For still love those eyes Of blue My little darling pure and true-- I often call her, ''llttle wife"
 II. \. $.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14

The above answer to my last Bib lical enigma is correct. When l sen' in the enigma l hoped to have had time to discuss the immortality and injury to the confiding of lotteries but am so pressed with ministerial dutles that I shall be compelled tC forego the much needed work unti l can find time.
 Elmore calls my attention to { mistake, the fifth answer. Iwanted aI K, and I presume because Galahan' and Epheslans were together l made the mistake. knew better. Ow ing to great press of duties l vii not prepare any more enigmas fo the present. l trust that my read CTS who have been interested VII send daily prayer to God, the Give of every good gift, for my success 1T the protracted meeting season II bringing souls to Christ.
 J. s. CLOVER.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14
- Answer to Biblical Enigma.

 RUssELLvlLLE, ARK, June s, 1888. Dear Brother Clower.--I enclose answer to your Biblical enigma, pub lished In the DEMOCRAT Of May 10th. Here Is the answer:
 Lots wIfe,-Luke xvii.32. Onesimus,--Philemon, i.l0, P. Timotheus,-Acts, xvi 3. Titus,--Titus, i-5.
 Ephraim,-Hoses, iv.l7. Reuben,--Genesis, xxxviii-2l, P, Isaiah, -Isalah, ix-6.
 Galatians,-Galatians, V 4. Satan,--Job, ii4.
 Amos,--Amos, vii.l4, l5. Rainbow,--Genesis, K l3. Elijah,--lst Kings, xviii-lS. Faith,--Ephesians, vi.I7. Rehoboam,--lst Kings, Ri 43. Abraham,--Galatians, iii.2S. Uzzah, ,--2d Samuel, vic. eborah,--Judges, iv-4, 22. Simeon,--Luke ii.25, 30. The seventh initial, I think, should be the letter E, but l find the an swer to your question is Galatians therefore, there IS a mistake between us. If the seventh answer were cor rect the initials would form the sen tence: LOTTERIES ARE FRAUDS" In finding the fifth answer, "Ephri' am," I had some assistance, but all the others I found myself.
 Respectfully,
 ELMoRE LUCY.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14
t,lerelnnll fInh MneflnE

The Cleveland Clnh met in regular meeting Friday evening. June g. lsss. was called to order by N. H. Baird lSecsy who stated that chairman Har- key was absent, and on motion pr. ". 1T Hili was elected chairman. pre- tenn. who, ln assuming the place shmnked the club.
 The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. The secretary was granted further time e. procure the records Of former meetingn. Capt. Russell, of the committee on orgAniga- ton. stated that his co-worker, Judge Bullock was absent and that they had failed Co prepare any report. On mo- ton they were granted further tlme.
 Judge Wallace then moved to change the time of meeting. some iittle diaeus- sion ensued and the time vas changed to Monday evening Of every second week.
 The speakers for this meeting were theE called and l.. ". Davis being flFst responded in hls usual emphatic way. He treated mainly 0f taxation, tarii reform and county politics. Ills charg- es against the republican sdminlstra- ton in this county produced a pro found sensation.
 Then Lawrence Russell followed with historical review of the rise and pro- gress Of the democratic party and It's beneficial effects in the administration of the government past and present
 Both speakers were interrupted with frequent and prolonged applause.
 On motion Of l.. ". Davis, the secre. tary was requested to invite Hon. M. l.. Davis. of Dardanelle. Co meet with us at next regular meeting, and ad- dress the club upon the Issues Of the day, and that the ladies be invited to meet with fhe club at said meeting.
 The club adjourned to meet Monday evening, June 25, lsSs.
 M. H. BAIRD, w. N. HILL,
 Sec'y. Chairman.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14
Married.

Wednesday morning, June 9th, 1888, Mir. J. W. Bsily, of Palmer, Texas, and Miss Scottie Harkey of this place, ai the residence of the brides father, Capt. J. NJ. Harkey. Rev. J. A. Stevens, performing the ceremony.
 The wedding was private one. only the members of the family of the bride and few friends being present. Im- mediately after the conclusion Of the ceremony they took the east-bound train for their home In Texas, accom- panied by Miss Floy, the youngest sis ter Of the bride.
 The bride is one of Pope's fairest and most worthy daughters, the groom one of Palmer's most popular and prosper ous business men, and we'll worthy the prize he has won. May their union be blessed of God and man Is the wish of the DEMOCRAT.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14

Every man has his lot, and a wide world before him.
 The Commercial Travellers Pro teetiye Association, of the United States, has a membership of over sixteen thousand and is propably the strongest association of the kind in the world. Mir. John R. Stone their Natl Sec'y and Treas, 7{ Dearborn St. Chicago, in a letter states that he has been severely troubled at times, for the past twenty years, with cramp end bilious coli which would compel him to take {, his bed from three to six days while in St. Louis at their last an nual meeting he procured Q bottle c Chamberlain's ColIc, Cholera an Diarrhea Remedy and has since Us ed 1t with the best results. It is th only Remedy he ever found that c fected a rapid and complete cur No one can safely travel without
 Sold by VIC. .Weimer. u
 In the land of promise a man ma die of hunger,
 Whooping cough is attended vii but little danger when the cough kept loose and approximation easy the free use of ChamberIain's Cou( R9medy, Sold by w, G. Weimer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-14

badly healed wound.
 Purify Your Blood.
 Bodily and mental health depends upon healthy condition of the blood. The blood particularly in the spring and summer months, be comes clogged with impurities which poison it and generate disease. A harmless blood purifier is necessary to restore a healthy tone. The best purifier and tonic known is Swift's Specific (S. $. S.. Of its wonderful purifying and tonic powers we give few testimonials:
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 Mir. NJ. S. Hamlin, Winston. N. c. writes: "I use it every spring. It always builds me up, giving me ap. petite and digestion, and enabling me to stand the hot summer days. On using it l soon become strong of body and easy of mind"
 MT. c. E. Mitchell, West 23d St. Ferry, New York, writes "I weighed 1l6 pounds when 1 began taking your medicine, and now l52 pounds. l would not be without s. $. $. for several times its weight in gold"
 Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free.
 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,, Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
 In the division of inheritance, friendship standeth still.
 Don't Experiment.
 Ton cannot afford to waste time m experimenting when your lungs are in danger Consumption always seems at first only cold. Do not permit any dealer to impose upon you with with some cheap imitation of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the genuine. Be cause he can make more profit he may tell you he has some thing just as good, or just the same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon getting Dr. Kings New Discovery, which is guar anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest affections. Trial bottles free at J. W. Wells Drug Store. Large Bottles Sl.
 The older one grows, the more one learns.