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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
SNAKES IN WINTER.
Description Of q alternating Hole and Its
Inhabitants.

A word as to hibernating holes.
know Of many places SO designated, but
,ever examined but one. Almost al
ways they are found where cleft or
rift in outcropping rocks leads to open
space below. In the one was familiar
With the rock is not two feet above the
urface, not over dozen feet in length,
ind narrow in proportion to its length.
This body of rock had two long. narrow
cleavings or crevices. In the fall
snake could occasionally be seen en-
tcring. but this was seldom, and owing,
no doubt, to the long time over which
the period for seeking repose on the
part OF individual snakes extends!
do not think, however, that ever
knew or heard OF the snakes leaving
this winter home until the frost was
thoroughly out OF the ground and at
least midday warmth thoroughly as
sured. The warm days OF late April,
when little frost fingers in the air at
night, followed by warm sun during the
day, seemed to be the period chosen for
going forth. They did not issue out sing
ly or in couples, but reptile would fol-
low reptile in quick succession. Their
movements would be quite sluggish.
and often one would remain
half in and half out the opening until
thoroughly warmed up by the heat of
the sun. This outgoing was all finished
in two or three days. Hundreds would
be no synonym for the number, it was
thousands. One April morning.
,hink in 1863-the late Colonel N. B.
Bartram and myself killed over forty.
all blacksnakes. in as many minutes;
and that same morning over hundred
had been killed by Amos Lyon, son Of
Purdy Lyon, who owned the farm upon
which this alternating spot is located.
All kinds of snakes seemed to come to-
gether here for their winter quarters 8
slumber. Adders and milksnakes wers
tho greater in number after the black
snakes. Singular to say, this pile OF
rock is in an open field not two hum
dred feet from well-traveled road and
not twice that distance from the front
door OF the Lyons house. The rock is
bare of cover, or was when l last saw
it, for not bush or weed in any way
screened it from observation. l pre-
sume it originally had been in dense
woods, and well hidden, but why, after
being denuded OF its cover by clear
ing up of its surroundings, it should
still be used year after year by the rep
tiles, is question which can not be an
swered. and Stream.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
AN ALABAMA DIANA.
A Young Lady Who Can Shoot, X.
Fish, and Drive u Nail.

Fish, and Drive u Nail.
She is girl, not a girl OF the period,
nor d typical girl of the South, but
lust our own Diana. who can drive like
,Jehu. ride and shoot like u cowboy,
run like professional, and swim like n
duck. She will gorowing with no COM
pany but her dog and gun, and she can
drop her oars, spring to her feet with
her gun and shoot IA marsh hen or gros-
beak, without rocking the boat, or
misplacing the oars. She sleeps on
nillows of down from birds and ducks,
killed by her owa hand, and expects
by next spring to have enough feathers
of the same kind to make feather
bed
neglected to mention what, per-
haps. is more remarkable than her
other accomplishments, that she can
drive II nail without mashing her fin
gers. Once, indeed, she drove a nail
to good purpose. While studying for
"A prize at school, she was taken with a
violent toothache. Her mother for
babe her going TO school in such violent
pain, and there was no dentist nearer
than Mobile. So, with a sudden re-
solve, she got nail, and, holding it
against the tooth, she drove it out (or
more likely in), with one blow OF the
hammer; then she went to school and
won the prize. She has kindly taught
me how to row with good stroke, and
how to swim with an inflated pillow
case. Now she would teach me how
to shoot. can make ready and take
aim. but when the time comes to fire,
nv fingers are so occupied with stop
ping my ears l can not pull the trigger.
Diana knows every cattle mark IN
| the community. She owns quite
number of sheep and cows, and can
tell at IA glance If one is missing.
At present Diana's most devoted ad-
mirer is a man who can neither ride,
drive. row or swim, shoot gun or
smoke cigar. This may be the irony
of fate, but l suspect it is fate, never
theless, for she imagines now that she
detests him, and that is usually one OF
the shadows cast before the coming
eyent.-Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
DOGS AND THEIR WAYS.
Little Pecullarities OF the Newfoundland
and st. Bernard Breeds.

Little Peculiarities OF the Newfoundland
and st. Bernard Breeds.
..Give us an article on dogs writes
a correspondent
A dog collar Is an article on dogs; SO
is flea; which will you haveP
The dog is called the friend of man,
and it is true that he is frequently seen
running after him, particularly when
the man is trespasser or the dog Is
mad.
There are many kinds Of dogs.
The Newfoundland dog seems born
with an instinct for saving children
from drowning. 1t will hang around
mill-pond for days at a time watch
ing for an opportunity to win a medal
from the Humane Society. II no such
opportunity occurs it becomes very
melancholy and seems impelled to ask
if life is worth living.
A friend of ours imported New
foundland dog to look out for his chill
dren, as his residence was near pond
of water Every few days the faithful
animal would come bounding towards
the house, dragging dripping child
by his teeth, that he had saved from a
watery grave Then the dog would
be petted by the family, and feasted
and made much OF. Yet it didn't seem
to make him proud. He looked as
calm and Indifferent as II saving a
child from drowning was one OF the
most ordinary events OF his life
scarcely worth speaking of-nothing
at all, in fact, to what he had done in
the old country, where he had often
rescued two or three whole families
before breakfast.
But this thing OF bringing home
irenched children got to be rather too
frequent not to excite suspicion, and a
watch was set on the devoted friend OF
man and children. 1t was discovered
that he had a habit OF pushing a child
INTO the water, when favorable OPP
portunity offered, and then plungins
in with ostentatious zeal to rescue it.
The Newfoundland dog was promptly
discharged, without a recommendation.
The st. Bernard dog is hotel run
| ner for hostelrie way up among the
Alps. He finds travellers who are
| houndering around in the snow toe
bewildered to remember what hotel
their cooks ticket directs them to put
| Up at, and runs them into the St.
Bernard, conducted ON the European
TerGs Syiings.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
MRS. CLEvElAND'S RING.
The Engagement Circiet Which Was Pro
xented to Her by the President.

The Engagement Circiet which Was Pro.
sented to Her by the President.
Mrs. Cleveland's engagement ring is
not, AS is generally supposed. the beau
tiful diamond which she wears just
above her wedding-ring. but is large.
fashioned seal ring, which now
adorns the Presidents finger. There
is quite little history attached to this
ring and the way it came to be be-
slowed upon Mrs. Cleveland.
A few days before the departure OF
Mrs. Folsom and asr daughter for
Europe, it will be remembered that the
President went on to New York for the
purpose Of seeing and bidding them
goodbye. 1t was upon this occasion
that the President first definitely asked
Mrs. Cleveland to become his wife
and fixed the date OF their marriage
Immediately upon her return to this
country. Taking from his finger the
seal ring which he had worn for years,
and which had been originally a gift
from Mr. Folsom, the President placed
it upon her finger, intending, almost
Immediately thereafter. to forward her
the handsomest diamond that could be-
found This plan Mrs. Cleveland her.
self ultimately changed, as she decided,
1t would be less likely to attract atten-
ton if, during her stay abroad, she
wore the old seal ring which had be-
longed to her dead father.
On the day OF her marriage, as is
well known. Mrs. Cleveland received
Il magnificent ring and necklace OF soli-
taires from the President diamond
pins for the hair and breast from Sec
rotary Whitney and Mrs. Whitney, in
addition to numerous other small gifts
OF a similar nature from others. But,
curiously enough, the first diamond
ring which Mrs. Cleveland possessed
was tiny little star OF diamonds,
which she wore upon the little finger
of the right hand on the occasion OF
: her marriage. This ring was tho gift
' of friend in New York, who had
: known Mrs. Cleveland from early
. childhood, and who, hearing her men,
u ton the fact that she had never owned
= diamond, sent the little glittering
: star from Titfany's the day before h.
: departure for Washington when she
y came on to be married, This friend
y was among the number OF those who
: came on in the same train, and was
s. present at the ceremony Washington
=" Letter.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
HOW BERLIN GROWS.
its Libraries, Museums, Palaces and II
Great University.

its Libraries, Museums, Palaces anu Its
Great University.
Under the heading OF ''New Berlin
many interesting particulars OF the pro-
gress of the Prussian capital since 1871
have been gathered together by Prof.
Paloezy. There are now. 1t seems.
twenty-five public libraries in Berlin.
with more than one hundred thousand
volumes. Vienna's twenty-nine public
squares are compared with fifty-eight
possessed by Berlin. Though Vienna
has its Prater and Paris its Bois de
Boulogne, Berlin surpasses both in its
Gruenwald with its immense extent. its
hills and wales. its woods and lakes,
villas and hunting lodges. The north
ern limit now lies close to the houses OF
Charlottenburg, the largest suburb.
Berlin expends yearly more than 1O,-
OOO, 900 marks on the poor. and medi-
cants on the streets are unknown.
The citizens take pride in serving their
city without reward. More than
twelve thousand OF them are now thus
working for the town, while the num-
Der Of paid officers is comparatively
insignificant. More than half Of the
thirty-one magistrates who carry on
the direction Of affairs in the Red
House have no salary, though their
office is no sinecure. This unselfish
devotion to the general well-being is
the sure guarantee for the further de-
velopment of the city. 1t is only four
years ago that the Prussian Landtag
voted 1900, 900 marks for the increase
of the royal museums of Berlin. Sew
eral millions of marks have been re-
Gently voted for deepening the bed OF
the Spree and for the improvements OF
the Upper Spree canal. which will
greatly facilitate the trade of the city.
The city railway costs enormous sums.
The Ministerial palaces. though simple
in style, have luxurious and commodi-
Gus interiors. Four monumental post
offices and the magnificent Polytechnic
at the west end Of the Thiergarden are
the boast Of the city. The new palace
of the Reichstag in the Konigsplats is
rising from its foundations, and in less
than three years it will probably be the
greatest ornament of the city. strik'
ing illustration of the progress OF Berlir
is the almost unexampled increase o
the students in the University, who
numbered in 1887 no less than 1888
At this moment the University OF Berlin
the most frequented in the world
hat OF Vienna comes next The mum
Der OF professors is about three hun
dred. The pupils in the new Poly
technic number more than 1900, ant
all other schools are in a fourishinl
J condition.-Londou NeaCS.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cabbage and saw-grass palmetto IL
the material that a Florida gentleman
is dcsirous of turning into fiber.
--Cedarwood pulp is now made into
paper for undertaking carpets. wrap
ping up wool, ETC.. and preservative
against moths. The wood used is the
heretofore wasted chips OF the pencil
mandatory.
Among the products which science
has put to valuable service is the net
tie. a we,l which is now even being
cultivated in some parts Of Europe, its
fiber proving useful for q variety of
textile fabrics. In Dresden thread
is produced from it so fine that a length
OF sixty miles weighs only p pounds.
Sheep are now being successfully
sheared by machinery in Australia.
The wool mower can be run by either
steam or horse power. There is now
very little poetry left in farm opera
tions-n there ever was any poetry in
the hard work that prematurely wore
out the old-time husbandman.
building blocks made OF corncobs
form the object Of new Italian pat
ent. The cobs are pressed by machin-
cry into forms similar to bricks and
held together by wire. They are
made water-tight by soaking with tar.
These molds are very hard and
strong. Their weight is less than one
third OF that of hollow brick, and
they can never get damp.
Some physicians have warmly in
dorsed the suggestion that ''massage." }"
us an employment is peculiarly suited
to the capabilities OF the blind. in whom
the tactile sense is so strongly de-
vcloped. Indeed. in Japan massage
has. for a long period OF time, been
practiced by blind men, who go about
the streets with hageolet, drawing
attention to themselves and their occu-
patton. 1t is thought that superin-
tendents Of blind-asylums will find this
apostolic avenue to employment for
their pupils.
1T has beon estimated that an aver.
age OF five feet OF water falls annually
over the whole earth. Supposing that
CcbhOo pluSO esV OH ~ 'SA t"es
height Of 5000 feet, remarks Genera
Strackey, the force OF evaporation t.
supply such rainfall must equal the
lifting Of 322,00o,000 pounds OF water
5000 feet in every minute. or about
30O. O.Oo0. 900, 000-horse power constant.
exerted. OF this great energy yer!
small part is transferred to the tteri
that run back through rivers to thu
sea, and still smaller fraction is util
lied by man; the remainder is dissi
pated in space.
Some curious maritime discoverie
show that the ocean teens with life a
depth OF more . tnan one thousan
: fathoms. At north latitude fifty de
grees thirty-two seconds. west longi
tude twelve degrees two seconds, ther
were brought from twelve hundred an
twenty fathoms a perfectly black fish
with white eyes. specimens OF tina
strange genus OF echinolerms, cal
veria, and few silicious sponges an
rare, beautiful cassideria, tyrhena, an
some'large and exquisitely colored Sc
anemones, and also q quantity OF cal
maria and pteropoda. which were cal
tured in surface nets.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12

hrl IGtOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Be Of good cheer about death. and
know this of II truih-that no evil can
happen to good man, either in lie or
after death. Socrates.
In France there are 22.3l3 national
schools for girls and 1924 for boys.
The first named are conducted by te-
male teachers and the last by males.
There is no talent 80 pernicious rs
eloquence to those who have it not un-
der command; women, who are so
literally gifted by nature in this partic-
ular. ought to study the rules OF female
oratory. Addison.
AT one OF tho colored schools in the
South, the girls learn housekeeping by
being placed four at a time for Il month
in a cottage. where they live and have
complete control. under the Oversi hit
OF II matron. They keep strict account
OF their expenditures, practice econo-
my, sweep. cook, wash and iron.
| Cornell University has made an ad-
dition to its chronological department
in the shape Of large two-story frame
1
breeding and studying insects. Every
known variety will be secured, and sp.- :
cial attention will he given to the study
OF insects destructive to vegetables and
plants.
THE religious consciousness, says
the Christian World. '.is u supreme fact
of human nature. Chritianty is the SIT
prcme form in which the religious con
} sciousness has been interpreted ;.nt
bodied forth Therefore II a man is tC
obey the grand Shakspearian cannon o
being true to himself, he will continue
Christian.
II do wish that knew what to be
lieve," said an aged woman whose min,
was all at sea on the subject of religion
Read the Bible and believe what
says, and then you will find out what I
believe" replied the friend to whom tn
remark was addressed. Every on
needs Il religious faith, and this is jus
: what the Bible gives to those VIII
properly use it.-N. y independent
-Spurgeon thinks that workin
y Christians are seldom tempted. ii
. says that the man that has something
do has less temptation to doubt tina
. :, the man who has nothing else to do bl
to doubt. Heresies IN the Christia
Church come never from the city mi
} sonary, never from the intense evang
= list, but always from the gentleman I
ease, who takes no actual part in OF
y holy war. -....
: God requires Of us the same qua
ties that men demand in those to who
: they commit great and important il
=" terests. They ask diligence, faithful
!, ; ness. loyalty and the highest exerci
- of ones powers to produce the best r
suits. God tests us all, and oftene
perhaps when we are least conscious
10 it. How can we expect Him to besto
: the higher places on us when we ha
. not met the demands of the lower?
kanddra.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
SOME CURIOUS BIBLES.
Peculiar Sohriquets Applied to varluui
Editions of tho Scriptures.

Editions of tho Scriptures.
We have the Breeches Bible, which
10 indebted for It's strange sobriquet to
the translation adam and Eve made
themselves breeches," etc For this
edition. which first appeared 1860 in
quarto form, we are indebted to the |
English reformers exiled at Geneva;
during thu reign OF Elizabeth it served |
as the regular family Bible, its popu-
tarity being mainly due to the Calvin
istic comments which appeared freely
on the margin. Then We have an edi-
ton, printed in 17l7 at the Clarendon
Press. known rs the Vinegar Bible, be-
cause tho parable OF the Vineyard in
the title to the twentieth chapter of st.
Luke is printed parable of the Vine
gar" Matthew's Bible. printed in
London in 1851, was nicknamed the
Bug Bible, from the fifth verse OF the
ninety-irst Psalm being translated. $50
that thou shalt not nede to be afraid for
any Bugges by nighte." The original
idea of the -terror-is still to be
traced in bugbear, bugaboo. The
| Wicked Bible was printed in London in
1851, and was so called from the fact
that the negation was omitted in ccr-
tain of the commandments, the result
being that the edition was suppressed
and the printer fined 1890 by Arch
bishop Laud, the money being, it is
said, devoted to the purchase Of n sup
ply of Greek type for the use of the
University of Oxford. The Wing or
Placemakcrs Bible obtained its name
from an error occurring in st. Mat
thew, V. 9. where .Blessed are the
Placemakcrs" is substituted for peace.
, makers" Tho Treacle Bible has the
passage in Jeremiah, "ls there no balm
in Gilcad?" rendered, .ls there II,
trcaclc in Gileadp' and the Douty, OR
CO version has been described as th,
Rosin Bible, because the same passage
. . has the word rosin instead Of trcacle
y Many years ago there existed in th'
Stowe library, the Book of Gospels, ol
which the English Kings, down to Ed
: ward the Sixth, took the coronation
oath, with huge brazen crucifix
U which the monarchs kissed on its cover
u The binding was of ponderous oa
u boards an inch or so in thickness, sst
n tened by hug, leather thongs. 1h
$ Printers Bible makes David pathctica
> ly complain that printers in place {
u princes have "persecutcd him witho,
II a cause. Muray's Magazine.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
An Ambiguous Compliment.

She was an amateur singer, and be-
ing called on to sing where there was
no accompaniment, at once scared into
the high notes, ending with a demi-
semi-quaver that shook the windows
and startled the professor.
"And do you often sing without an
Instrument" he asked. surprised.
II always dc" she answered, prompt
ly.
Wonderful. wonderfully he exclaim.
ed. with enthusiasm, ''but believer il Is
quite common for young ladies to sing
now without any music. Detroit Fre'
Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t Is wise child that knows what
kind of man its own father is when
away from home.-N. o. Picayune.
Many men give too literal inter-
probation to Scripture maxims. They
shun the appearance of evil more than
they do the evil itself. Boston Budget.
The old bachelor cynic says that
there are some leading ladies on the
stage whose chief claim to that title lie
in the fact that they lead their hus-
bands a pretty dance.-N Y. Tribune.
The latest remedy for snake bites
is a wash OF carbolic acid solution.
There are not SO many cases now as
when it was fashionable to administer
spirit frumenti by the quart.
~ hope you appreciate the fact,
sir, that in marrying my daughter you
marry large-hearted. generous girl"
Il do, sir with emotion); and hope
she inherits those qualities from her
father. life.
--"Parson--'I am astonished. sir, to
hear n man with three married
daughters say that marriage is a
failure" Citizen-'Well, sir, when
you have three families beside your
own to support you will learn that
marriage is positive bankruptcy. y
LoweH Citizen.
1t is all right to say that there are
as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught; but il the fishermen are to be
believed. there are better fish in the
sea than ever were caught. Somehow
the finest fish always manage to drop
off before they can be anded.-Puck.
--.Geptlemen and fellow-citizens,' y
exclaimed an impassioned orator:
"what II all the European countries
should put tax on our raw materials,
what would he the consequence" "All
of our dudes would have to stay at
home," shouted a voice from the rear
of the house. - Georgia Cracker.
Fannie-..So you are married,
Hattie. and have wealth and possibili-
ties?' Hattie-.Yes, my husband is
very rich.n Fannie-'And you enjoy
it all very muchP' Hattie-"Very
much, indeed.n Fannie-'And youl
husband?n Hattie-"O. we'll, yot
know in this world we have to take the
bitter with the sweet. Washington
Critic.
There are two classes of American
tourists in Europe who reflect no credi
on this country. The members OF th'
arst class try to give the impression
that they belong to the aristocracy
and those who compose the secon'
class act as though the aristocracy be
longed to them. Their equivalents i
English society are known reslectivel
IS snobs and cads
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
A Successful Starter.

Mr.. Bump has been calling for nearly
two hours. They are talking music.
languidly.
The young lady (suddenly brighten
ing up)-O, like French opera; It has
such q 60 to it! like any thing that
has go!
He goes.-Life.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
AsTo His Expectations.

ITO put this business on cash basis,
Mr.. Peduncle." said the father of the
young lady. .'in case you should marry
Irene you must have something to live
On. What are your expectations"
why, as to that, sir" replied the
somewhat embarrassed young man, 81
shouldn't expect much, of course, at
the start, though its kind OF you to ask.
May l inquire the amount of life-insur-
nnce you carry?'-C Chicago Tribune.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-12
LULLABY.

Close your eye-lids. baby. darling.
Like soft ouds o er skies Of blue!
All unseen the holy angels
Keep their watch, dear, over you.
To his couch In golden splendor
Sinks. at last, the summer sun;
While the twilight, soft and tender,
Tells the day Is donei
LULLABY. sleep and rest,
Graded on this faithful breast!
Safe from lifes storms, fierce and wild,
Sleep and rest. my little child
Slumber!
Lullaby
Like bird, that, tired Of roaming.
Seeks at eve its downy nest,
So my birding. in the cleaning,
Sweetly sleeps upon my breasti
ON 70 dream land baby's going
Slumbcr's silken sails unfurled-
While night winds are softly blowing
De the silent world!
Lullaby Sleep and rest,
Graded on this faithful breasti
Safe from life's storms, fierce and wild.
Sleep and rest, my little child!
Slumber.
Lullaby
-Eta Bsat, IN Detroit Free Pres.