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Clerihex & lothian. wholesale dry
goods merchants, who suspended pay
ment few days ago. made an assign
men. to-day The stated nominal
assets are $500 and the liabilities
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gr.su1a4sea ffs0 California
Some expectation Vas irssrlzed IN
by many OF fb9se Who came 10 the
halI this evering that ballot would be
taken before adjournment. but no
one who understood the sitHatson lad
any idea the proceedings would go 20
fur under The rules adopted this as<eg-
noon that the credentials committee
fa7ss report and IL work be dispersed
OF and the platform adopted before
any further business. even the noin;n-
atom 81 candidates, could be proceed
"a with.
Amang the gentlemen on the plat-
s1sfFn Was Harry smith, ixte journal
clerk OF the house Of representatives
who had been requested BY Chairman
Essee 10 assist hum in interpreting .
rather complicated code Of rules which
govern the lower branch Of the nation
Il legislature.
Ats-30 p. m. the convention was
called % order. The auditorium Was
uncomfortable crowded and the at
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WASHINGTON. June 70. = Ensign
Webster A. Edgar of the navy. SON
OF Madame Jerome Bonapart. and
Miss Matilda Emery, daughter of Mrs.
Campbell d. Emery. were married at
81. stephens Catholic church this
morning. in the presence Of . large
company of distinguished people
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LOWING IT'S PEOPLE,

=
Whether they came here under tn,
banner Of Malone or Wise, il grieve,
him TO he unrepresented in the con
veniion. tApp'ause.)
Hess. of Missouri. arose to move thl
previous question. but the chair de
chnei to recognize him. and Moore, o
West Virginia, addressed the conven
ton upon the ninth district dispute
He thought the convention was il
danger of il admitted any OF the ninti
district delegates, and Of setting dan
gerous precedent
Alien, of Virginia. following in fave
OF the minority committee report, de
clared IL the majority report wa,
adopted. his place as delegafe-at-larg,
from Virginia would be valueiess Il
him because il would declare thai
there was faint Of irregularity ahoni
his own convention. He went into tn,
the details OF the entire Virginia con
test and said there could be no posi-
he doabt of the regular election oi oil
the Malone delegates.
Hess caleb for the previous CUES
ton and Was then recognized and an
der the call the convention adopted
the motion % seat the Weed delegate.
hy al overwhelming vote.
The question being upon the aiop
ton Of The remainder % the majority
report Of the credentials committee
Reader. of Pennsylvania, demanded
the c.cci ion ~ the question an! taai
each separate case in the dispute
should tic voted upon by itself Thi,
was agreed a..
fcssenien, of Connecticut. moved
20 canSs4eF the vote by which the con,
ycnticn hal admitted the Wool del
egatien from the ninth district.
RaiteT~orsh. OF Ohio. moved e.
Law the moii0n ON the table and
after a loug parliamentary vraar 4
the question was pat and Butter
worth's motion prevailed, sss a. IT,.
The question then rccnYrssi upon
the n imisSicn a the delegates from
TIC second district If Virginia, and al
III 20 7. IN.
THE MAJORITY xxrsEr
Was adopted.
The majority report seats the Wise
dc. gales ard the minority refSr.,
~hscA seats the Malone delegates, " a.
snerel - . substitute and q cal 81
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OUTWARD.
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tiy crowded and
4 the hall vas
ETFLrxs-
ing Of thousands

The Tutoring Of thousands Of fans
did not have the effect OF causing .
breath OF air 10 stir. The secretary
read . telegram received from the Re
publican state central committee Of
California, sending greetings to the
convention and returning grateful
thanks for the honor bestowed on the
Pacific coast by the election of Estee
a. permanent chairman Chairman
Estee announced that IS the limit Of
time for speaking was five minutes,
all speakers would be called TO order
on time, excepting in the presentation
Of candidates for the presidency and
vice-presidency. The convention
wouh also hereafter be called 70 order
On time. be said.
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San FgsSrIsco, June D.--The COM
petition 5e.rern tina Canadian Pacific
and Pacific Maj Steamship Companies
led 10 the announcement Yesterday on
the Part OF the latter company OF y re-
1ucf.on OF 81 per cent. or il general
tarig rates for shipment to China.
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va kAaNFt-Nt-
The majority report seats the Wise
de- gates ard the minority refSrs,
~hscA seats the Malone delegates, WAS
4 iftrel - . substitute aad cal Of
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Was the peer Of the gentleman from
North Carolina, or any other gentle
man here. and his meeting was not
held at grog shop. but in respect
able place, where every convention
had been held for years. He did not
come here 10 be called trickster or
hahitue OF grog shops. lie tWise) had
second the motion 10 admit both dele
cations because. as true Republican
from Virginia. recognizing the Ninth
district as the banner district Of vir-
ginia Rcpublicanism,
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BALTIMORE. June O.-At their month
~ meeting today the board of direct
ors Of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
ratified the sale of the company's
sleeping equipment and franchises
pertaining thereto to the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
TRUE POLlTENESS.
a Pretty story Strlisingly Illustrative Of
Perfect EtiQuette.

A Pretty story Strlkingly Illustrative Of
Perfect Etiquette.
In Mr.. and Mrs Bancroft's "Remin-
iscencesn there is story told by Mr..
Charles Collette which is beautifully
and very strikingly illustrative 9 OF true
etiquette. A young soldier a an En-
glish regiment had been prom pted from
the ranks and given a conn lission in
another regiment. Before joining his
new command he was, according to
custom, invited to a farewell dinner by
the officers of his old regiment. placed,
as the guest OF the evening, on the
right of the Colonel and helped to all
the dishes first. He was fine young
follow, but little used to tho ways OF
the polite world and the manners Of
other dining tables than the humble
mess of those days in ranks. The
Colonel, one of the truest types OF gen.
tlemen, did his best to put his guest
at his ease. The soup was served and
then came a servant to the guests side,
holding large bowl which contained
simply Jumps OF ice. The weather was
hot, for this happened in India, and
cool drinks were an unspeakable boon.
The new made officer stared at the
bowl. The servant asked: : Ice, sirP"
The Colonel chatted merrily to him on
his left. Others of the party began to
see the dilemma.
.Ice, sirp" again asked the waiter.
The guest, in ignorant desperation.
took portion of the ice and put it in
his soup. A smile played lightly on
the faces of some Of the younger Off
GERS, when the bowl was offered to the
Colonel, who went on chatting to tho
guest. and without moving a muscle OF
his face also dropped a piece pf ice INTO
his soup. Those who came afterward,
however, took their cue from their
Colonel or let the bowl pass; and the
young man breathed the sigh OF relief
as he thought that after all he had
done the right thing. II ever soldier
deserved the Victoria cross the Colonel
of that regiment did!
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
FILLING Bubbles with Gas.

Soap bubble parties were quite fash
ionable little time back, and grown
people took as much pleasure in the
pretty amusement as ever young people
did. OF course you all know how they
are made, but perhaps some Of you do
not know that you can easily make them
fly up into the air like balloons. This is
how it is done: Get rubber tube, say a
yard long, and with an internal diameter
small enough to require good deal of
stretching to force it over the gas burner.
After you have fitted it tightly over the
burner wrap the stem of clay pipe with
wet paper and push it into the other end
of the tube, where it must fit so as to let
no gas escspe. Now dip the bowl Of the
pipe into the soapsuds and turn the gas
on. The force of the gas will blow the
bubble for you, and as the gas is lighter
than the air, the bubble, when freed
from the pipe, will go rapidly up and
never stop until it collapses. .-Philadel-
phia Times
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Wom1n Rulers In Eurnpc.

The close of the Nineteenth century
promises or threatens to be a period of
petticoat government. A probable en-
press-queen is growing up in Austria,
there is regent in Spain, and next a
baby king afflicted with nervous dis
ease. Two healthier children, girls both,
stand in the order of succession. The
heiress apparent to the throne Of the
Netherlands is girl. Said to me an ex-
minister to the court of st. Petersburg,
''the cars two sons are malingres ct
chetifs, and there is prospect of a
czarina in her own right" The impe-
rial crown of Brazil must soon fall to the
crown princess, woman Of moral
stamina and fine emotions. She has
carried, against high and threatening
tide of opposition, the abolition OF slavery.
1t is to correct the feeble constitution
of the czarewitch that the car has been
brought to entertain the idea of marry
ing him to young lady of hardy
mountain race not consanguine in any
degree with him Her offspring. if she
had any, might be an improvement on
the existing Romanoffs. The Montene-
grin princess and the czarewisch would
form such couple as Mary Stuart and
Francis II. The queen of Greece, the
same diplomatist tells me, has gone to
st. Petersburg to induce the czar to pre-
fer her daughter to the princess from the
Black mountain. Review
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Insects DESTROYING Timber.

It is said that worms are often more
destructive to forests than fires or whrl-
winds. The insects lay their eggs under
the bark and they hatch in the darkness,
which is necessary element for their
development. When they hatch into
the grub form they bore their way into
the sap wood and then make circle
around the tree once, twice, and perhaps
three times, before it is time for them
to turn into perfect winged insects. This
stops the flow of the sap and the growth
of the tree, and eventually the tree dies.
Large tracks Of dense forest in Maine
have been destroyed in this way, and
sometimes tracts in the Adirondacks.
1t is claimed to be better for the forest
to let in the woodman and allow him to
thin out the trees and thus give light and
air to the earth and forest growth. These
insects will not develop where there is
plenty of air and light, and it would be
well for those who own a tract of wood
land to bear this III mind and thin it
sufficiently to prevent a dense, dark
growth. 1t is told of Maine man that
he held piece Of forest for thirty years
and would never allow any wood to be
cut on it. When he came to examine
it he found that large part of it had
been ruined by the girdle worn.-
Chicago Times.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Individuality Of Various states.

When we study n state at its center,
its political action. its organization, its
spirit, the management of its institutions
of learning and Of charity, the tenden-
cies, restrictive or liberal, of its legisla-
ton, even the tone Of social life and the
code of manners, we discover distinctions,
individualities, almost as many differ
ences as resemblances. And we see-the
saving truth in our national life-that
each state is a well nigh indestructible
entity, an empire in itself, proud and
conscious of its peculiarities, and Jealous
of its rights. We see that state bound
aries are not imaginary lines, made by
the geographers, which could be easily
altered by the central power. Nothing,
indeed, in our whole national develop
ment, considering the common influences
that have made us, is SO remarkable as
the difference Of the several States. Even
on the lines of common settlement, say
from New England and New York, note
the difference between northern Ohio,
northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Wis
consin and Minnesota. Or take another
line and see the difference between
southern Ohio, southern Indiana, south
ern Illinois and northern Missouri.
But each state, with its diverse popu-
lation, has a certain homogeneity and
character Of its own. We can under
stand this where there are great differ
ences of climate, or when one is noun
| famous and the other is flat But VIII,
should Indiana be SO totally unlike tn
two states that flank it in SO many Of tn
developments Of civilized life or in re
tarded action; and why should Iowa, il
its entire temper and spirit, be so unlik
Illinois3 One state copies the institution
Of another, but there is always some
thing in its Life that it does not copy iron
any other.-Harper' Magazine.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Work of an "Artistic Costumer."

GAS have no sign out, my business
has never had any name. l suppose
you might call it artistic costuming.'
What l really do is to dress children,
from babies up to the time they need
draperies-when they go to the regular
dressmaker. l never look at fashion
plate. study old pictures and nature
everything that will help me to grace in
designing and harmony of color. The
unconventional is what seek.
''My business was an outgrowth Of q
department of the Decorative Art society.
Some one who did fine sewing for the
society having failed to fill contract for
an infants outfit the question was
raised: Who can we find to take this
work--in all stages Of ncompletion-and
finish itP A friend, who had more faith
in me than in myself, overhearing the
discussion, vouched for my capability,
and. knowing that | wanted work,
brought me the bundle and said: Now,
just finish this, will youa You can do it
if you try AT that time had not had
a great deal to do with children, and had
never known how much they were
dressed. So you see the work brought
to me was the last naturally would have
chosen. But there it was, and did it,
and have kept on doing it ever since.
The ladies who trusted to my experience
have continued to trust me. l have the
three original customers with whom
began, and have carried their children
through all the succeeding stages of long
clothes, short dresses, guimpes anG
smocks Buffalo Courier.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Where tn. Nutmeg orow~

Padding into little cove on the south
side Of the bay, we landed beside clear
ripping stream, and, having ordered the
whole of the men to march in Indian file
in front, we started by little rugged
path into the mountains, with my inter
prefer immediately behind me and the
rajah Just in front. Every foot of the
journey, which was laborious in the
extreme, disclosed fresh scenes of YER
dure and tropical splendor. Winding
along the sides of deep ravines, some-
times dragging ourselves up by the
creepers and underground, we ultimately
attained an altitude Of about 1000 feet
above the sea and then entered the nut
meg country. Here we halted and
rested. The rajah pulled some Of the
nutmegs and explained how far they
were from being ripe.
Having rested sufficiently we again
| started forward, and after scrambling
along for about an hour we gained fine
| piece of tableland. over which we trav-
eled for about another half an hour, when
| we reached three houses erected in the
very heart Of the forest. These were
used by the natives for drying the nut
megs. The country was everywhere
magnificent and the aroma of the spict
laden air delicious. Nutmeg and othel
equally valuable trees were everywhere
growing in great profusion. The frui
of the nutmeg in appearance resembles
pear, and when ripe opens and display
the nut covered with beautiful ret
coating of mace. The nuts are thel
picked from the trees, put into basket
and taken to the houses, where they ar
husked and placed on shelves. They ar
then partially roasted over slow fir
until all the moisture is extracted. Afte
this they are cooled and carried down t
the village in nets ready to be bartere
to the Bugis, Arabs and other trader
who frequent the gulf in their sma
prows or junkos at the proper season.
Capt. Strachan's "Nex Guinea"
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Ecuador and It's Capital.

The road to Quito is mountain path
cit only for mules, and not passable six
months in the year. The custom house
is built Of pine from Maine and CORFU
gated iron from Pennsylvania. The
Guayaquil steamers were built in Balti-
more. Ice factories abound; fresh water
is brought twenty miles and peddled in
casks. The finest pineapples in the
world come from this country, and ex-
ccllent hats and hammocks All the
Panama hats we wear which are genuine
are made in Guayaquil. 1t is 500 miles
from this place to Quito, and freight
costs 81 per 100 pounds to be sent up.
1t takes twenty -four men in two divis
ions to carry piano up Nevertheless,
American goods, after they get up to
Quito, compete with the native n,anufac-
lures. Nearly all the furniture in Quito
is brought from the United States in
parts, and in that highest and Oldest city
in America many Of the people sleep on
Grand Rapids tMich.) beds. Twelve
breweries in Quito import their hops
chiefly from America, and the sugar
used there is mainly refined In our coun-
try. Ecuador has 1000, ZOO Inhabitants.
but only forty-seven postoffices. No in
terror postage is charged on newspapers
Of any kind; but there is no newspaper
outside Of Guayaquil in Ecuador. Gin,
cinnati Enquirer.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Horrible Custom In spain.

A horrible custom prevails in southern
Spain of exhibiting corpses, dressed in
III the finery obtainable, in the windows.
The people stand and gaze with as much
interest as if the ghasty spectacle was
one which gave them great pleasure, and
remarks and even jokes are passed freely
among them. A short time since a
young girl who was about to be married
sickened and died Of virulent smallpox.
Her parents dressed her in all her bridal
finery, orange wreath and veil included,
and laid her. disfgured as she was, in
the window. to be gazrd at by all passers
by. After this one can hardly wonder
at the fearful prevalence of smallpox
and such like diseases in the southern
part of the peninsula. Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Dutch Force and Character.

The Dutch mind and the Dutch force
and the Dutch character have never yet
received their just award of appreciation.
Somehow people have absorbed the idea,
and that through English colored spec
phlegmatic, unaspiring and lacking in
push, go and vigor. The Dutchman may
not have rushed around like headless
hen, using up his strength in doing
things that amounted to nothing. He
may have sat in his several ten breeches
and meditated, pipe in mouth, but when
he got up he put his fiuger where it did
the most good. He fought the ocean
successfully for centuries. He has made
his gardens below the oceans level. He
was bold explorer. He traded and set
tied in Africa and Japan generations be-
fore other nations.
He was terrible fighter on the seas.
He once swept through the English chan
mel Of English ships, and the thunder of
Van Tromp's guns was heard at West
minister. He was overcome by the Eng
lish only in name when Stuyvesant in
dignantly threw the surrender of New
Amsterdam out of the window at the
mob who clamored for it, Because the
Dutch blood and the Dutch spirit still re
manned solid, more than solid, patient in
stead of lazy, reserving its force till il
knew it was time to act, and SO wher
mynheer did sit down on anything ol
anybody, he sat down very hard, and III
sat to stay. and he has staid, and henc,
today the Dutch descended Van Million
aire again sweeps through the Englisl
channel of nobility as triumphantly a
old Van Tromp. Prentice Mulford il
| New York Star.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
A Paradise for Bankers.

Manghooria appears to be the paradise
Of bankers. Our consul in Newchwang
says that it is well known wealthy man.
darins and merchants, not caring for
their wealth to be known, make deposits
with bankers without taking receipts,
and that it is a curious fact that rather
than risk the loss of capital SO deposited
by its becoming known to the paternal
government, to whom probably such
capital rightly belongs, no interest is de-
rived from such deposits, except Of course
for the bankers own investments. At
the death Of depostor his heir may not
know that 100, coo taels, more or less,
are deposited in some bank or other.
From such causes as these, says this au-
thority, native bankers become very rich.
London News.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Presentation to the Queen,

don't supnose one lady or gentleman
ont of 900 in ENGLAND ever dreams Of
heing presented to the o,,aen II js of
course. ouite nroner to the whole O0O
lo do 10 Rut II is o,ite pnnecoss,ry
some pconlo think that bv beinc nre.
santed NJ court they ret iny;ted to st,te
halls and concerts and To entertainments
eiyen by the Prince Of Wales. There is
= oreot mistake in regard 10 This Here
is where tho error is No one can be in.
vited to n state entertainment unless he
or she las been presented at court. Pre-.
sentat;on ia n sine ana non Rnt II ia not
the only thing necessary There are
other considerations which have 70 he
-, ;,,t,, .,,,,,, -. So, A.,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
When Lawyers Are Rusty.

Yes, lawyers frequently call upon
clerks for points in pleadngs and prac-
tice. In fact, scarcely day passes but
that some lawyer, frequently the most
successful practitioner, will call upon the
clerk for information relative to the de-
tails of pleadinGs, and the suggestions
given are generally of incalculable bene-
fit, because always accurate. A major
ity of lawyers are up with the law and
authorities, but many of them are rusty
in the ordinary pleadings, which are
sometimes rather complicated. : Deputy
Circuit Clerk in Globe Democrat.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Rare and Interesting Relics.

There is thriving industry at Niche
waug in Petersham, where ornamental
articles are made from rare woods grown
in this country and abroad. The pro-
prietor has in stock wheel belonging to
a chariot in Egypt which shows the rude
workmanship of those times. A lover Of
interesting relics has brought to the shop
a piece of an old whipping post which
stood in Richmond, Va, in slavery times.
Some pretty articles were turned out
from this interesting piece of wood.
Eoston Transcript
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-17
Sio,ular Plant I'm Georgia.

A queer little growth makes its ap-
pearance in the wire grass country of
Georgia. 1t is called by the natives the
dollar plant, from the singularity Of its
leaves, which are perfectly round, lying
fiat upon the ground. and when full
grown the exact size of a dollar. When
the plant is pulled up it is seen that the
leaves retain their perfect roundness from
their incipiency, and grow through all
the gradations the money takes, from
the size Of the silver five cent piece to
dimes. quarters, halves and the coin from
which It takes its name. In summer it
throws out from the center cluster OF
yellow flowers. Brooklyn Eagle.