Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

certain town, a newspaper said: 'Of
the births, seven thousand three hun
dred and eighty-five we're children
A South Africas chief sold gold |
mine to an English speculator for a |
hand-organ and a rug. 1t was pretty |
near approach to "a kingdom for a
horse"
1t is written OF Voltaire that when,
in his painful effort to learn English,
he discovered that the letters a-g-u-e
spelled ''agu." a word OF two syllables,
but II you increased the length by add
ing two more letters, and SO got
p-l-a-g-u-e, the word became one syl-
liable and was pronounced ..plag," he
threw the book across the room and
fairly danced in rage.
There is a German newspaper pub
lished at Jerusalem. and it says that
the city is growing in size and popula-
tion at remarkable rate. which is
surprising, because neither its situa-
ton nor its trade is favorable to
rapid increase. The Jews take the
lead in building, followed by the Rus
slams and Germans. The Greeks ana
Armenians are also busy building
cafes, bazaars and shops.
They were hunting up old school
teachers in Vermont lately. and found
that the oldest in active service was lit
tie short of fifty years at the desk.
| This veteran Is A. ID. Searles, who be-
gan teaching in 1871 at the age OF nine-
teen He obtained his first certificate
4 from the poet John G. SAKE. He is
now in control OF the school which the
late Sir Curtis NJ. Lamson gave to the
village of New Haven Mills, Vt.
An amusing misadventure hap
pened the other day to we'll know
artist in Paris. He had purchased al
old helmet in bric-a-brac shop. ant
when he got home the idea occurred tt
him to try it on. 1t went on easil,
enough. but when he wanted to take i
off he found it impossible to do so
Finally he was forced to go to neigh
boring gunsmith's to have it removed
His appearance on the street wearin!
this medieval relic produced decide,
sensation.
A resident OF New York City sen
to Scottsburg, Ind, recently, to pun
chase a large white oak tree. whic
measured twenty-seven feet in Gil
cumference. He paid $75 for it, an
at once set to work to get out as larg
. IA board as possible. The tree wa
ripped up by means of Il cross-cut saw
and made IL board ten inches thick,
feet q inches wide at butt, and fee
wide at top, and 32 feet long. 1t r.
, quired two yoke OF oxen and eigf
horses whole day to move it one an
one-half miles on broad tread Wagon
, Why do theater goers prefer seal
on the right of the houseP When yo
are on the street on which side OF tt
walk do you keep? On the right, don
you? OF course you do. And "
: : look to the left, eh? If you do MT yo
! are different from every one els'
Well. you walk to the right and yc
look to the left. Twenty-Five or thirt
years of this sort OF thing natural
gets one accustomed to it. Now, VILE
you sit for two hours and a half
j. three hours in one position, II W
n have to keep your eyes to the righ
9 you will find that it tires the muscl
of the eyes quite perceptibly. .-Albar
:. Argus.
An uncommon incident occurr,
at church near Louisville recently.
evival was in progress. and amor
= those who went up to confess his si
= was young man whose life had n
y been noted for Christian-like deed
He had been connected with the fl
department and was most energet
worker at fires. Several members
: the church were around the young 81
ner. giving him words of comfort n
= encouraging him in the step he W
about to take. At that moment a Fl
alarm struck. The young man spra
a suddenly from his kneeling postul
rushed from the house at the top
o. his speed and hurried to the scene
the fire. He has not been to chur
since.