Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-09
OF GENERAL INTEREST.


Over 100000 was invested
in roller skating rlnks during the
craze, and most Of it proved total
loss.
A Romeo OF Othello's hue in
Smithficld. Va, proposed to his girl
at Portsmouth by telephone. She
said yes"
A little waif in New York under
the care Of the Society for the Preven-
ton of Cruelty to Children. lately fell
heir to 81, 100000.
A Texan. who is blind, deaf, Grip
pied and savage. offered $1,000 to any
woman who would marry him, and he
received nine applicants in two weeks.
The fragrant and savory nutmeg
is placed on the list Of active poisons
by the Hospital. OF London. because Il
boy OF eight years. after eating two
whole nutmegs. fell into u comatose
state and died within twelve hours
DIR. Hostetter, who died in New
York lately, was u peculiar looking
man. He was abnormally short, with
large head and long white beard.
He was brilliant financier, and owed
his prosperity not to chance but his
good judgment.
Not long ago mercantile firm in
Boston. wishing to ascertain the finan-
cil standing of customer in New
Hampshire, addressed a letter to tho
town clerk asking for rating. 1t so
happened the country merchant and
the town clerk were the same person.
and the reply returned was interesting
reading and must have surprised the
party who made the inquiry.
| "A new scheme for harbor defense
is soon to be tried. Perforated iron
pipes will be sunk in the water, and
through them petroleum will be
forced. In this way fierce stream ol
blazing oil could be sent down On the
enemy's fleet to drive it away. Iron
vessels could not pass through this
lake of fire, because it could be made
to extend many miles along the river.
Indians reckon time by the return
OF snow or the springing up of flow.
ers. and the flight Of birds announces
the progress of the seasons. The mo
tion of the sun marks the hour of the
day. and these distinctions of time are
not noted in numbers, but in language
and illustrations of highly poetica
character. There is no word in tn,
Red Indian language for the wore
year"
"A Chicago man was lately arrested
for swindling young boys by what il
known as the cowboy trick" HI
advertised for young men who wished
to become cowboys and got numbe
Of answers from youthful would-be i'm
itators of Buffalo Bill AS an evidenc
of good faith he extracted two dollar
apiece from the boys. At last the
saw through the scheme and abou
fifty of the victims chased him t
police headquarters, where he wa
held for trial.
"A resident OF New Haven, Conn.
awakened one morning recently, afte
having worn a new set of teeth tn
night before, with his tongue swolle
to three times it's natural size. Thi
swelling disappeared, and was fo
lowed by swellings in different part
of his body. He had suffered intensely
and one night suddenly became blin
for a while. The teeth plate wa
made of red rubber. and medical me
attributed his suffering to mercur
used in the making of the plate.
The pronunciation match promise
to be one OF the coming diversions in sc
ciety. 1t is even more exciting tha
. the spelling match and rather NOR
, destructive to the lines of combatant
A match held in a city of learning wa
taken part in by professors, students
teachers and journalists, none of whol
were able to pronounce more tina
three words correctly. The majorit
, went down with decided rapidity.
seemed that the simplest words wer
the most difficult to pronounce. an
, such words as gaseous, "obsolete,
, 'luxury," "luxurious" and "allopathy
found ready victims.
"A romantic case OF disappointmer
in love is reported from Whitesbort
, Tex. A young man from Tennessee,
who went there year ago, corr,
, sponded with young lady whom h
left behind and became engaged to hel
Not long since he paid her a visit, an
, also visited his father. who was wiz
, over with several children. Th
|, young man returned to Whitesbort
, having arranged to marry the girl du
, ing the coming spring. A few day
, later he received two letters. one frol
, his father and one from the youn
woman. telling him they had bee
| married the day the letters were wri
a ten.