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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
FIRING AWAY MONEY.
What 1t Costs to Fire the Guns of an Or
binary Man Of War,

What 1t Costs to Fire the Guns of an Or
binary Man-of-War.
War is an expensive undertaking,
and even playing at it costs u great
deal of money. After paying out two
or three million dollars for ship.
that is only beginning. To keep an
ordinary man-of-war '.in commission"
that is, to furnish the necessary sup
plies. and pay the officers and men
costs about IA thousand dollars day.
The armament Of man-of-war is
very costly-much more so than most
people imagine. A fifteen-inch krupp
gun weighs eighty tons. and costs
1925. 900; the carriage weighs forty
tons, and costs $40, 900. Every time one
of these monsters is fired, it costs
$4,000.
The great dynamite gun on board the
new gunboat Vesuvius is fifty-fve feet
long. has "A bore of fifteen inches, and
the profectiles are eleven feet long and
weigh nine hundred pounds each
The cost of the gun and carriage is
$40, 900, and every time it is fired $500
goes up in smoke.
1t is true that all guns are not mon
sters, but all gun-fring is very costly.
The Fortificatiens Committee of Con-
gress has made an appropriation to
test eight. ten and twelve inch guns,
from which some idea may be gained
of how money is fired away during a
naval or army contest.
Two hundred and fifty rounds for
one ten-inch gun costs. for powder,
$4,000; projectiles, $1,000 total
of $2s.o00 The same number of
rounds from Il twelve-inch gun costs
$39, 800. Each shot weighs half ton.
which costs $500 if made of steel, and
$75 If made of cast iron. The eight
inch guns fire shot weighing three
hundred pounds, and every discharge
costs about $loO.
In old-time warfare, when a sixty
FOUNDER was monster and a thirty
two-pounder considered large, guns
were worked very rapidly; but nova
days, with increase of length and
weight. comes slowness of execution.
But even supposing the krupp gun
mentioned above to be fired six times
an hour during a six-hours' engage
ment, that would represent 81, zoo
fired away. And that is only one gun.
So you see war is expensive, even as a
pastime. -Golden Days.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

BY seeing AS much AS you can Of the world, but
ere you set out either AS tourist, commercial
traveller or emigrant-whether you go by rail,
steamship or steamboat provide yourself with
Hostetter's Stomach bitters, which the travelling
public recognizes as the finest medical safeguard
and preventive of sea sickness with which any
one journeying by land or water can be provid-
ed. 1t furnishes to the western pioneer adequate
protection against malaria, rheumatism and
those disorders OF the bowels which miasma
tainted water beget. Its sedatiye effect upon the
stomach pertnrbed by the rocking Of ship Is
truly magical, and 1t is a capital appetizer and
neve inyigOrator. Excellent Is 1t for bilious
ness and kidney inaction, and 1t cOunteracts. in
u remarkable degree. the effects of fatigne, ply
steal or mental. After wetting and ex posure In
Indictment weather, 1t should be used as q pre-
ventiye.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

Editor MR. Funnyman, your
humorous department is not half SO
bright and fresh as it used to be. Are
you in poor health?' Mr.. Funnyman
Mo, sir, my health is all right, but
I'm afraid III have to give up the
humorous work" whats the
matter?' well, sir. l got married
some months ago, and now when
print IA joke about wives my wife
thinks it means her, and If | mention
a mother-in-law her mother comes
around and raises the roof; and, be-
sides, one of my wife's brothers is a
plumber, another is an iee-man, and
the other is coal-dealer, and she has
"a half brother who is a book-agent,
and they're all big men with ugly
tempers. If you don't mind, I'd like
to retire from the humorous depart
ment and take position as obituary
editor a-Philadelphia Record.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

In domestic life there are faithful
and intelligent women who discrimi-
nate between the beneticent purposes Of
the home and its mere trivialities, and
who devote their lives to the former,
and only their odd moments to the
latter; there are others SO wrapped up
in snowy furnishings. luxuriant sur
roundings and general appearances
that they lose sight Of the truth that
the home exists for the welfare and
happiness Of the inmates.
Week.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
He Disappointed His Friends.

There We're dozen men on the car
who saw Mr.. Blank waiting on the
crossing ahead, and one of them re-
Marked:
Now you see il he don't lead right
off by saying what an open winter this
is.
Blank stepped aboard, entered and
greeted half a dozen people. and.
while all were holding their breaths,
he said:
Gentlemen. what cool summer
we had last year, Free Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

Probably no disease inficts so much contin-
uous pain as Rheumatism. Over no single com
plant has Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy, of ROndout, N. ", won more cures than
Rheumatism. By its use the agonized patient
years of pain.
Mr.. Frank Strait a well-known merchant OF
New Hamburg, N. Y, says II suffered tortures
from Sciatic Rheumatism. My case was very
bad one, and none OF the means taken gave me
relief | use DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, n. Y, am entirely rid OF
every symptom of my trouble. Only three bot
ties brought about this wonderful result. 1t has
built me up and been of great benefit to me iu
other ways. | heartily recommend 1t to Other
sufferers.
DIR. KENNEDY's FAvoRIfE REMEDY, made al
Rondout, N. Y. 81; 8 for IS.
Send for book, how to cure Kidney, Liver and
Blood disorders
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
THE GUESSING PIG.
How 1t Furnished Constant Source Of
Revenue to Its Owner.


A few weeks ago two men arrived in
Western town, leading pig. 1t
was. perhaps, big enough and heavy
enough to be ca lied ahog; but they
termed it "a pig, and, as they turned II
over to the care OF the landlord at
whose inn they proposed to rest for
the night, one of them said:
BE awful careful OF that pig! He's
daisy-a new breed just from Scot
land. We've sold him to farmer out
here for fifty dollars, and we don't
want any thing to happen to him"
The landlord locked up the pig, and
then began to think. and cogitate and
suspect. When the strangers had gone
to bed he called in some OF the boys,
and said:
Il have twigged the racket Them
two fellows are sharpers, and that's a
guessing pig. Tomorrow they will
give you II chance to guess at his
weight, at ten cents a guess, and
you'll be cleaned out-only you won't
As the fellows sleep. we will weigh
their pig. and beat their game"
Nobody slept until the pig was
taken over to the scales and weighed.
He pulled down one hundred and
seventy pounds to hair, and the
villagers went home and hunted up
their nickels, and dreamed OF pigs and
scales and sharpers throughout the re-
mainder OF the night The next morn.
| ;,r 1ol nd t,.
fore starting on his journey, one OF the
owners remarked to- the assembl
crowd:
Gentlemen, l am going to weigh
this pig directly. May be some O
you would like to guess on his weight
I'll take all guesses at ten cents each
and whoever hits it gets fifty cents.
This little speech provoked large
and selected stock of winks and smiles
but no one walked up until the pig
man said that any one person coult
guess rs many times as he cared to
provided a dime accompanied eacl
guess. Then rush set in. Three o.
four merchants put up fifty guesse'
each; justice OF the peace took thirty
, u lawyer said that about twenty woult
do for him. Before there was any
pause In the guessing about nin'
hundred had been registered and pait
for. Every soul OF them guessed u
one hundred and seventy pounds. L
was curious what unanimity there wa
/ in the guessing; but the pig-men di'
not seem to notice it. When all ha
= been given a chance, the pig was le
I to the scales, and, 10, his weight wa
| exactly one hundred and seventy-fou
pounds
| 'You see, gentlemen" explained tn
| spokesman, "while this animal weigh
only one hundred and seventy pound
a along about eleven o'clock at nigh,
, we feed him about five pounds of cor
. meal In the morning before weighing
. You forge take this matter int
! consideration"
Then somebody kicked the landlord
and he kicked the justice, and tn
y justice kicked merchant. and whe
+ the pig-men looked back from distan
4 hill the whole town was out kickin
t itself and throwing empty wallets int
y the river. N. Y. Ledger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
MILITARY HEROES.
1he Ennobling influence OF Facing Phys
lcaAl

The Ennobltng Influence of Facing Phys
ical Dangers.
We take it that Colonel Newcome or
Major Dobbin is made by war, not pa
rade, and that it is the discipline Of
danger faced aH surmouhtcd which
has given him, as she same discipline
gives to Arctic voyagers, his special
nobility of mind. The average officer
who lives at home is not so much the
superior OF his kinsman in civil life.
while the officer below average, the
idle or dissolute or indifferent young
subaltern, is good deal inferior in all
respects to, his cousins who have pre-
ferred the civil profession. Yet the
subaltern has had all the training,
which the barrister or engineer or
doctor has lacked What the officer
efficiency than moral character. and
even in efficiency the civilian, If he has
been trained to meet emergencies-as
for example, engineers are traineG-is
often at least his equal. Or take the
soldiers One would say that the habit
control and the strong sense of TIE me-
cessity of comradeship must necessarily
improve the character; still, there is a
certain want OF concrete evidence.
The case for non-commissioned officers
can, we believe, be made out al
most past dispute, by quoting the ag-
gregate of testimony given by all en-
ployers of labor. They are nearly
unanimous in saying that for minor
officers of trust, no one approaches a
retired sergeant; and that fact counts
directly, and heavily, in favor of Lord
Wolseley's argument But then, dc
they say this as readily about the COM
mon soldiers. the men who never com.
manded, though they have been thor.
oughly trained? Even If they do. there
is another proposition to be proved
and or this there must certainly be
some exaggeration. If Lord Wolseley
is exactly right, the average French
man or German or Italian ought to be
the moral superior of the average
Englishman, whether workman or mid
die class; and we suppose Lord Wolse
ley would allow that this is not the case
Our people as whole, test them in any
way you like, or by any kind Of in
dubitable evidence, are rs goot
as any, and in some qualities. kind
Illness being one. rank decidedly
first Certainly. If respect for Law
and order be virtue, as Lord Wolseley
justly and wisely maintains. the un
drilled Englishman surpasses in tina
virtue the drilled continental. The
most furious mobs on earth are those
in which nine men out of ten are dis
charged soldiers. raging at a hatet
Minister, an unpopular law, or, as JUS
after Sedan and Tonquin, a nntiona
disaster. When the crowd break,
loose on the continent, the las
virtue to be expected of is that self
control which military discipline should
on the hypothesis, have begotten. w,
suspect, as we read the civil history O
the continent day by day, that militar.
training, if it does develop capacit,
OF obedience, develops also the barbar
ian feeling that all resistance is mutiny
and that a mutineer must by the neces
sity of his situation risk anarchy, ant
rely on force. -London Spectator.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

only rev months ago these rompng
- ~,e'' '''oAo
Favore Prescription" ngoaing and as
from gihood womanhood
good carefully
sklf physician and adapted delicate
veSaoe Its
1t mparts strength the
debliaed
prescription Is the
cordial
twill
oeen on the
Copyright 1888 by WORLDS ASSOCIATION propetou
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

-He-"And SO your mother does not
object to our engagement" She
"Mother has not formally given her
consent. but ! think she will. She is
merely waiting until assured that you
are a man of high character. and. of
course. you are. my love- He-"Yes,
my record is without a stain, but we
must hurry matters along as fast as
possible and get safely married before
the local campaign opens. I've been
nominated for an Office"
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

-Employer-''You say that your
habits are all correctP" Applicant
Eyes. sir" Employer (after mo-
ments pause)-'.Do you drink" APP
plicant Overwhelmingly = Thanks.
Don't care il l do. Huntington Free
Press.
Contributor to comic paper Gin
great alarm)-"Alvira there goes a
page OF my manuscript in the fire.
Jerk it out, quick" Wife (sadly but
sfrmly)-"Cyrus, you must take care
Of your own chestnuts. Chicago
TribHza
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
The manner Of giving shows the character of
the gver more than the gift itself.

White Elephant Of Siam, Lion Of Eng.
land, Dragon of China, Cross of Switxer,
land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt.
Circle of Japan, Harp Of Erin.
To get these buy . box Of the genuine
DIR. G. MCLANEs CELEBRATED Liver
PILLS, price - cents, and mail US the out.
side wrapper with your address, plainly
written. and cents in stamps. We will
then mail you the above list with an ele'
CANT package Of Geographic and chro
matte cards.
FLEMING Bros, PIrTsBuR0, PA.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
FIGHTING A RATEL.
A Boys Encounter with n Long Nose
Savage African Animal.

Boys Encounter with n Long -Nosed,
Savage African Animal
The ratel is described by Mr.. Boyle
as ''little long-nosed, savage Great
ure" of South Africa Its way OF fight
ing Is certainly novel, but it can scarce.
~ be called amusing. Mr.. b tells
story of this animal as it was told to
him by a native of the country.
1t was the first time had shotgun.
My father was with me, but in re-
turning home he stayed to chat with n
friend. | saw the ratel creeping round
an ant-hill. He cantered Off not very
fast and | fired at an easy range. The
brute turned heels over head, just as
they do for hours at time when they
are playing.
If you have seen ratels in cage,
you must have been amused by their
performance. But it was no fun this
time. He came back. ! had no sec
ond barrel and no knife. 1t was awk-
ward. The creature paused once, as If
in pain, but never took his eyes off me.
did not think Of running. but dubbed
my gun and stood, prepare to meet a
spring.
1t was the oldest chance that no one
had ever told me how the ratel fights.
Almost every boy in the veldt knows
it. but didn't. TO wait thus expect
ing leap breast-high, is to give him
exactly the chance he wants Hest
tating not second, the ratel glided
swiftly in and seized nay feet l hacked
him with the butt end, kicked at
him, shouted my loudest, but he gnaw-
ed with the pertinacity OF bulldog
At every blow his teeth closed like
wise. | seized his long tail. wrenched
and twisted it, but the ratel will not quit
hold if he is cut to pieces. Not a mo-
ment, | suppose the struggle lasted.
The muscles OF my instep were cut
through, and tumbled backward not
full length. but against the ant-hill
That saved my life, probably.
The brute let go. as ii does when its
victim drops, to spring upon his throat,
and to rip his stomach with his hind
claws. But l lifted myself upon my
elbows, and lay across the summit OF
the mound. That might only have
prolonged the struggle, but my father
ran up at the moment l was many
months in bed, and many more on
crutches. Companion.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
On dairy farms where butter

On dairy farms where butter lie
made at home, no second grade OF
quality can be pardoned. The competi.
ton is now SO keen that only tor
prices remunerate the dairy farmers,
therefore the family should have the
best butter made in the land.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your readers
that / have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands
Of hopeless cases have been permanently cured
dy FREE to any of your readers who have con-
sumption II they will send me their express
and postoflice address. Respectfully,
7. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c., ISL Pearl st., New York.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
What It Describes.

A Now allegorical poem called "Alone In
the Desert" is often quoted at the summer
resorts this season. 1t describes the adven
lures Of huckleberry in q hotel pie-New
York Star
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
Baseball Literature.

Old Gentleman ito boy in book stand)-I
want copy Of Jack, the Giant Killer"
Boy-Yes, sir; s'pose yer goin' up to the
game this afternoon.-New York World
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

Among those who testify to the merits
of ALLcoCK's Porous PLAsrERs are Mrs.
Henry Ward Bescher, Hon Saml J. Ran.
dali, Cyrus w. Field. Jr., Hon. James w.
Hustled, Charles d. Fredricks, Henry
King, Manager Seaside Sanitarium, Hon.
+. L. Pitts, Gen. F. B. Spinola. George
tors Of Charity, Providence Hospital,
Washington, d c.
Beware of Limitations. and do not be
deceived by Interpretations. Ask for
ALLCOCK's. and let no explanation Or soil.
tation induce yon to accept q substitute.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

"A magistrate of bennington, VT.
which two rival agents were trying to
induce him to buy, stepped out Of his
Office and over to the Jail to interview a
afe-breaker who had been committed
by the Judge himself, and obtained the
. Onion of an expert before giving his
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

HOmrse aA.-All suffering from Irritation
Of the Throat and HOdrseness will be agreeably
surprised at the immediate relief afforded by the
use of "Br0pns Bronchial Troches.' Sold only
in boxes
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

More failures are to be attributed to efforts
misdirected than to the want Of exerti0n.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

The country Is flooded with poor limitations Of
seal OF North Carolina Plug Cut Smoking
Tobacco"
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

Consequently Could Not Give Assent
Stryke-Will you do me favor, old mani
6myke trapidlyl-I have MT got cent
Town TopicA ---
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

It cannot be denied that amusement IL On(
Of the most powerful influences Of life.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
STE 90 IN So5O 90 4 MONTH -. can m.ac


preferred who can furnish horse and give their
whole time to the usiness. Spare moments may be
proftably employed also A few vacancies in towns
and cities b. L. JOII NSON & CO., 1909 Main St.
Richmond, Va. ". B.-Ladies eppiOycd also. Nsrsr
mind abput seafino stamp for reply. Come quick.
Yours FIR biz, u. =. j. &c %.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

There Is no charitableneos In being uncharit-
able toward the uncharitable
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
Con.u mp,,on surely Cured.

The secret OF life IL not to do what one likes,
but to try to like what one has to do.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

There 10 no fit search after truth which doei
not first Of all, begin to live the truth which l,
knows.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

REwARD-If you have an Old Sore that needs
he aling, and that other remedies have failed to
heal; or a breaking out or itching of the scalp
or body; or Boil, Burn, Cut, or any ailment for
which Salye Is suitable, buy a 25-cent box OF
Mexican AaIve. which Is Warranted to
Cure when everything else fails. If not kept BY
your druggist send 25 cents in stamps to j. G.
DEMENT,, Agt., Astoria, Or, and receive a box
by mail.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

We have great respect for the penetration Of
the man who discovers good qualities in US,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that
fiatters. and drink drop by drop truth that Ii
bitter,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

TnY 0sR,1xA for breakfast.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

- - 70 o. day. Samples worth ~. 3
HAn FREE. Lines not under horses feet.
Write Brewster SAFETY Rein
Holder C.. Holly. Mich.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
SIeepless NIGHTS

For q long time was 50 nervous and worn
out that could not work. tried many medi-
cineS out none gave me relief until l used
Paines Celery Compound, which at once
strengthened and lnvfgorated my nerves."
HARLEY SHERMAN, Burlington, vt.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
Paine'8
Celery COMPOUND

quickly quiets and strengthens the nerves, when
or weakened by overwork excuses,
disease, or shock. 1t cures nervousness head
ache, dyspepsia, sleeplessness meancholia, and
other disorders Of the nervous system.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11

0AM0M0 DYES Oytsfsa' and only ,e'fabis
O'eS 6ssears Of poor tnsGoli0xs
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-11
ones up the
Shattered Nerves

For two years was sufferer from nervous
deDlilty. and thank God and the discoverer OF
the valuable remedy. that Paine's Celery Com
pound cured me. Let any one write TO me for
advice" GEORGE w. BOUTON Stamford Conn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-08
THE TEACHERS EXCURSION.
Many Will Make Pleasant and Profitable
Trip to Nashville, Tenn.

Many Will Make Pleasant and Profitable
Trip to Nashville, Tenn.
One of the finest excursions which will
leave the city this summer will start on
Thursday for the meeting of the Teachers
National Educational Association to be
held at Nashville, Tenn, from July 16 to
July 90 A large number of the teachers
of Jersey City are going, and many of
them have arranged parties of i've or six
friends, and large number will un-
doubtedly take the delightful trip.
The handsome steamer Guyandotte, of
the Old Dominion Steamship line, will
carry the excursionists as far as Norfolk.
Old Point Comfort will be visited and
Fortress Monroe The eXcursionists will
be given an opportunity of seing the
many objects of interest at Richmond,
and on Sunday will go to the Natural
Bridge of Virginia A short stay will be
made at White Sulphur Springs, after
which the trip to Nashville will be made
through the most beautiful portions of
Virginia and West Virginia, and the time
so arranged that none of the fine scenery
will be missed The Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky will not be forgotten and its
great mysteries will be explored and en-
joyed.
The party will arrive at Nashville early
on the morning of July 16 and will be
ready for the opening of the convention in
the evening. The rates for the trip have
been made extremely low and great care
is being taken to have it comfortable and
pleasant. A large number of the teach
ers will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity.
At the convention there will be dis
cussed questions of great Importance to
all who are interested in schools and
teaching. The session promises to be one
of the most instructive the association has
yet held.
Those who intend going are antieipat-
ing the trip with much pleasure. They
will be absent about two weeks, Some Of
those who will go are Superintendent A.
B. Poland, Principals Hoyt and Kelley,
r.. Birmingham of No. H. Miss Carrie G..
Shepard of No. II, Miss Jennie V. Horsley
OF No. 13 and Miss Alice p M. Ashurst.