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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
LOTTO IN ITALY.
Game Which DevOurs the Earnings Of
the Poor with Regularity.

A Game which DevOurs the Earnings Of
the Poor with Regularity.
The Italians are natural gamblers.
The national game of lotto, now under
the patronage and control OF the Gov
ernment, is patronized to an incredi-
BILE extent The chances OF winning are
less than few and far between; but
rich and poor, priest and peasant. pat
ronize it with persistent regularity.
The poor actually go without food and
pawn the very beds they lie on in order
to buy their weekly tickets. The game
itself is of simple form. Numbers from
to 80 inclusive are placed in large
revolving wheel, and at noon on Satur-
day, in the presence of the municipal
officers and Government representa-
tives, five numbers are drawn forth bv
five different children gathered at
random from the waiting crowd.
These numbers are then publicly pro-
claimed as the winning numbers for
the week and telegraphed far and near.
Previous to the Saturday drawing
that is to say from Sunday morning
till Friday night-tickets are sold.
The purchaser chooses his own num-
bers, and he may buy two or three or
four or five, just rs he pleases. 1t is
needless to say that to choose five win
ming numbers is akin to a miracle.
Two numbers not unfrequently come
out, and occasionally lucky investor
hits on three; but these are rare ex-
ceptions, and, as at Monaco and other
public tables, the percentage is SO
heavily in favor OF the bank. that the
people lose their money with delicious
regularity. To prevent cheating and
possible collusion, the Offices are
closed for the sale OF tickets on Friday
night and remain unopened till the day
after the drawing takes place. The
prizes vary in value in proportion to
the amount paid for the ticket, and are
tempting enough to keep the poor still
poorer, while the Government Golfers
grow full and overflow. = Chambers
Journal
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
An Anecdote Of Greeley.

Horace Greeley was always sensitive
to error in his proofs, and sometimes
broke loose in his wrath. An inverted
comma stung him like a mosquito. A
mistake in table OF election returns
set him into such fury as the red flag
OF the picador kindles in the Catalon-
ian bull. Henderson, he once said
to the compiler of those sterile
statistics, who had made an error Of
two votes in the returns from the
Molly-muck-a-chuck district in the
Interchangeable region Of North
eastern Maine, II discharge you;
don't want to see your face around here
any more" But Henderson was at his
post as usual the next morning. 'How
is this, Henderson," said George Rip
ley, as he came into the Office at his
customary hour. II thought Mr..
Greeley discharged you yesterday"
"Yes, he did, said Henderson, "but
didn't put any confidence in what he
said" One day Mr. Greeley wrote
that If man were to shoot haphazard
out OF window he would be morally
responsible for any harm he might do.
In print the "haphazard" became
"half a yard a rhetorical conversion
that SO depressed Mr. Greeley's spirits
that he had no strength to discharge
anybody, not even Henderson, which
was his constant resource in great
emotional crises. Francisco
ArgOndut.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
TO CURE DlPHTHERIA.
Turpentine Said to he Almost a Specific tt
the Disease.

Turpentine Said to BE Almost a Specific to
the Disease.
We have on several occasions re-
ferred to the use of turpentine in
diphtheria Recommended originally
in Germany and claimed to b. almost
a specific. it was there, also, that the
employment of the drug was subject
ed to the most severe criticism. Some
recent publications have again drawn
attention to the alleged value of this
substance, and most remarkable among
these is an article which appeared in
the Therapcutische Monatshette. The
author asserts that he has employed
turpentine in diphtheria for the last
four years. In that time he lost only
five cases out OF sixty that came under
treatment. Two of the fatal cases
concerned infants, who appeared mori-
bund when first taken, and died few
hours later. The other fatal cases
were also unusually severe from the
start, two dying in thirty-six hours.
and one surviving five days. This is
certainly noteworthy record, as
diphtheria statistics go. The oil OF
turpentine was administered in dram
doses three times day. Sweet spirits
OF inter was used as corrective, in
the proportion of one part of the
spirits to fifteen of turpentine.
Symptoms of intoxication were never
observed by the author. In addition
to the turpentine, a 2 per cent solu-
tion of sodium salycilate was given
every two hours in tablespoon doses.
A gargle of chlorate of potash solution
was likewise employed whenever possi-
BILE. Under this plan of treatment
rapid amelioration of local signs and
constitutional symptoms was observed.
Usually improvement began at once,
and it was rarely necessary to push the
drug beyond five or eight doses. II
should be remarked in this connection,
however, that a very generous and
stimulating fluid diet (strong broth,
port wine, milky formed a feature oi
DR.. Roese's plan of treatment. Those
who are inclined to be skeptical in re.
gard to the utility of medicines in the
severer forms of diphtheria (and the
profession contains many such) will
scarcely accept the authors figures
without challenge. On the other
hand for the very reason that violent
diphtheria ordinarily justines sc
gloomy prognosis, We are ever ready
to employ any means which may
possibly reduce its frightful mortality.
There is no reason, therefore, why the
turpentine treatment of this disease
should not be given fair trial.
Medical Record.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
PROMPT DECISION.
The Power of the Ability to Mako Use OF
PrOpitious Moments.

The Power of the Ability to Mako Use OF
PrOptious Moments.
1t has been we'll said that purpose
is the edge and point of characteristic
superscription on the letter of talent;
that character without it is blunt or
torpid, and that genius without it is
bullion-splendid but uncirculating.
Even errors-if they imply nothing
criminal or Of evil intent-may be
translated into something splendid,
something magnificent, by virtue OF de.
cision. When Mr. Disraeli, in his first
great effort in the House of Commons,
met not only with unsympatheticl listen
ers. but with contempt SO complete that
he was compelled to sit down with his
Grafton unfinished, he drew his hat over
his eyes, aad, with resolute shake OF
the head, said to himself rather than to
the House OF Commons: 1.-The day
will come when you will hear mt" "
And in spite OF rebuffs, many and Sc
we're, he persisted in getting on his legs
on every available opportunity, at
tackled those who had supported, as
we'll as those who had opposed him,
and thus, by grand decision and mag
nifcent audacity, he translated his
failure into a training for success-a
success which, not improbably, future
historians will find to be somewhat
qualified by the faith which Mr.. Dis
raeli carried to an extreme. based on
the conviction that this decision and
magnificent audacity could atone for
great errors in craftsmanship. He GER
tainly never showed that "habitual in
decision which has been called the
chief evidence of weakness; evincing
either a want of capacity to apprehend
what is best, or want of energy TO
pursue it"
''Strike the iron while 1t is hot, :"
says the old proverb. There is pro-
pitious moment. when outer circum-
stances, like the heated iron. are soft
and plant; decision. directed by In
sight, is as a hammer in the skilled
hand to mold them TO its pattern.-
Kayto FortuNe.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
BEST TIMES TO Plow.
Rules Applicable to Various Portions o,
the United States.

the United States.
No general rule can be given on this
matter that will be applicable to all
parts OF the country and to all kinds
OF land. 1t is generally agreed that
the proper time to break prairie sod is
in the early part of the summer. The
roots of wild grass can be cut the
easiest at that time and the sod rots
more quickly than II turned in the fall
or spring. Most farmers OF long ex-
perlence advocate fall breaking for
land that was seeded to timothy and
clover and has produced a crop OF hay
for several years. They hold that
many of the grass roots are dead and
that their decay will be fastened if
the sod is inverted and the green grass
be mixed with them. By turning such
a sod in the fall it will become warm
before planting time in the spring. II
the soil is largely composed of clay the
alternate freezing and thawing will
greatly benefit it. 1t is best to plow
such lands before heavy frosts occur
that will kill the grass. If the land is
to be planted to corn it will be neces-
sary to pulveriz6 the surface with a
harrow, but the SOIL which is few
inches below will be in a loose condi-
tion on account of the roots and foliage
OF grass which it contains.
II the sod is tender, however, being
composed chiefly of the roots Of clover
and timothy. it will be best to defer
plOwing till a few days before planting
corn. A sod OF this kind rots very
rapidly and the clover and grass. which
will be several inches high, will be OF
great value in producing u crop of
corn. The plowing must be so well
done as to cover every stick and leaf
and thus insure their decay. It's bet
ter to plow hill-sides in the spring. as
washing during the winter is prevent
ed. In the East, where the farms are
generally small, the blowing can all be
done at the time that experience shows
to be the best for insuring the largest
crop. In the West, however, most
farmers find that they must employ
most Of their time in plowing from the
close of the harvest till the season Of
planting. stopping only while the frost
renders work impossible. If they do
but little plowing in the fall they will
have but IL few acres to plant and SOW.
as the springs are generally unfavora-
BILE for working the soil. - Chicago
Times.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
HINTS ON VENTILATION.
Several Methods of Securing Good Air Il
Sleeping Rooms.

Several Methods of Securing Good Air In
Sleeping Rooms.
In ventilating-say bed-room-by
means of the window, what you prin-
cipally want is an upward blowing
current. Well, there are several
methods of securing this without
danger of a draught:
l. Holes may be bored in the lower
part of the upper sash of the window,
admitting the outside air.
2. Right across the foot of the lower
sash, but attached to the immovable
frame OF the window, may be hung or
tackled piece of strong Willesden
paper-prettily painted with flowers
and birds If you please. The window
may then be raised to the extent of the
breadth Of the paper, and the air
rushes upward between the two
sashes.
3. The same effect is got from simply
having a board six inches wide and the
exact size of the sash's breadth. Use
this to hold the window up.
A. This same board may have two
bent or elbow tubes in it, opening
upwards and into the room, so
that the air coming through
does not blow directly in. The
inside openings may be protected by
valves, and thus the amount of incom-
ing current can be regulated. We thus
get circulating movement of the air,
as. the window being raised. there is
an opening between the sashes.
5. In the summer u frame half as
big as the lower sash may be made of
perforated zinc or wire gauze and
placed in SO as to keep the window up.
There is no draught; and if kept in
position all night, then, as a rule, the
inmate will enjoy refreshing sleep.
6. In addition to these plans. the
door of every bed room should possess
at the top thereof ventilating panel,
the simplest of all being that formed
of wire gauze.
In conclusion, let Inc again beg Of
you to value fresh air as you value life
and health itself; and, while taking
care not to sleep in an appreciable
draft, to abjure curtains all round the
bed, A curtained bed is only stable
for nightmares and hotel for a
hundred wandering ills and ailments.
The Family Doctor, in Casselrs Fam
ily Magazine.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
JAPANESE COURTESY.
How Acquaintances Greet Each Other
When Meeting In the Street.


When Meeting In the Street.
When couple Of Japanese acquaint-
ances encounter each other in the
street, no matter whether high or low,
male or female, old or young, they
stand with their feet somewhat apart
and bow repeatedly while rubbing their
bended knees with their hands. draw
ing in their breath as they rise and
closing their lips with sudden gasp
as they flop down again. The CONVEX
sation opens with "A sigh and dry
cough: "Schibaraku me nj kakari-
masen," /. e., 1T is long time since
hung upon your eyes q have not seen
you this long while)." Reply: Deep
sigh with a short cough. i. O., "Yes,
alas! alas! have long been deprived
OF the pleasure OF gazing on your
features" O.: "How is it with your
respected husband and the charm
ing babyp" r.: Sigh and cough as
before. i. e.. BEST thanks for your kind
inquiry; they are both quite well.
"Since last had the pleasure of hang
ing on your eyes, you have grown
much older and also rather stouter."
r.: Sigh and cough, i. e., "Many thanks
for the compliment, but l am afraid
you flatter me-" And so on, ad libi-
tum, until they part again after series
of bows. If the salutation takes place
in the house, where the cleanliness of
the mats affords fuller play to the in
stincts of politeness, they kneel down,
place their elbows and hands, palms
on the floor, and touch
the mat with their forehead. They
remain in this attitude, gently mur-
muring complimentary phrases, inter-
rupted with sighs, until enc of them,
feeling the blood rise to his brain,
lifts his head to peep
whether his vis-a-vis has changed his
position; if this is the case they both
slowly work their way upwards; but if
the other still keeps his head on the
ground, the first one quickly ducks
down again. so as not to be outdone in
politeness by his partner.-Iokio Let-
ter
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
ROBBING THE TREASURY.


htgh on . small SALARY.
Whom worn out or mutilated notes
are redeemed they are taken to the re-
demption department Of the Treasury
and counted, cut in two lengthwise,
each half counted in separate rooms,
and each lot then separately reduced to
pulp, some of which reappears in COM
merce In the form Of toy animals and
other figures which are sold at tho
souvenir stands OF the Capitol and at
the various shops in the city. One Of
the accountants has held the position
since 1855, and has been all that time
one OF the most skillful and trusted en-
ployes. She is OF mature age, and 10
fat and we'll kept, like a woman OF
wealth amid leisure. Her methods were
simple. and yet required the GOODNESS
and skill Of an accomplished prestidig-
itateur. Her accomplishments were
worthy Of Hermann in that respect.
Surrounded by her associates in similar
work. she would deftly tear notes in
pieces, paste them together so as to form
one more complete note than the pack
"SO vi anu tIlSu dD-
stract n complete note of large denOmin-
alton. The packages would foot up cor
rectly and seem to be untampered with.
How long this has been going on, wheth-
or she is the only light-ingered lady in
the business, and how much has been
stolen no one can tell, for each day all
that has been counted is reduced to
pulp. The deficit discovered in the
one lot, when an expose of this
woman's performance was accidentally
made, amounted to within few dol
lars OF $1,000, and the amount pur-
loined may. therefore. foot up to a
large sum. All the time she has been
engaged in this work, at least for sew
eral years. it has been a subject Of
comment in the neighborhood where
she lived, and still lives, that she put
on remarkable airs for woman that
received only $75 dollars month.
She purchased IA fine house years ago.
and furnished it in the most elegant
style, and not long after purchased an.
other.
Recently she has been engaged in
erecting an expensive country mansion
In ono of the suburban villages. For
several years she has kept a fine team
of horses and an elegant carriage. In
which, however. she would not ride Il
the treasury. She would not patron
ize the street cars, though, but eacf
morning and evening had a livery mar
come with a coupe and carry her t
and from her place of honest toll, BY
which she became capitalist. Wash
ington Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
EvAPORATlNG FRUIT.


the Best Methods.
5. w. Lowell, of New York, an ex-
pert in evaporating fruit, gives some
excellent suggestions. He says our
grated varieties of apples will yield
six to eight pounds of evaporated fruit
to bushel Of green apples weighing
fifty pounds. A pairing machine is
essential. and he prefers one that
pares, cores and slices at the same
time. There are several good ones
Two girls with machine will prepare
thirty bushels in ten hours Machines
must be kept in perfect order. Bleach
ing with sulphur should be discour-
aged, he says. but bleaching of some
kind will be practiced for some time
yet. Apples and peaches must be put
into the bleacher rs soon as pared.
To keep the color of fruit until it can
be bleached, run it from the parer
into a vat of brackish water-not too
salty, as the dried fruit would then
gather moisture and damage it.
'Spread the fruit for drying on trays
made OF No. 5 galvanized wire cloth.
Care must be taken not to leave the
fruit in the evaporator so long as to
turn it brown. take out the fruit
rather early and spread it about ten
inches deep on a curing floor, where
it lies for ten days or two weeks, and
is shoveled over once or twice before
packing. In this way one can take
fruit from the dryer while it is still
quite damp, saving fuel and increas-
ing the working capacity of the ma
chine. We also get more market
able quality of fruit, for the color will
be better.
"Evaporated apples in ring slices
are packed for Eastern markets IN
boxes holding fifty pounds. Two pieces
of paper placed in the boxes next the
cover, and laid so that they will fold
back each way from the center, tapping
down on the side of the box, and then
the ring slices are laid in rows on the
paper, with one half tapping so as to
make nice facing; then the box is
filled from the bottom, and if the fruit
is thoroughly dried press is necessary
monty used Ripe peaches must be
prepared by hand; spread on trays
with the fiat sides ceXt the wire. and
bleached like apples. They are packed
in twenty-five pound boxes. do not
fully dry berries, but finish in the cur.
ing room, shoveling them over few
times. Four pounds of black raspber.
ries will make pound of dried fruit.
A bushel of peaches will make eight
to ten pounds"
Mr.. Lowell says the waste can be
made into vinegar worth 50 a barrel
He does not speak encouragingly o1
''cook-stove evaporators" for market
purposes, but thinks a well-organizet
establishment, properly managed, il
profitable. Western New York mark
cts, at the writing, were Offering
cents for prime apples, equal to 8 cents
in New York City.-St. Paul Globe.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26
FIGURES IN WOOD.
How Hold Indians. Dudes and Other Popu.
lar Cigar signs Are Made.

The wooden Indian is one of the most
frequent sights to be secn in the city.
He can be seen in all quarters the
river front or in the swell neighbor-
hood of Madison and Fifth avenues.
Very little is known by the average be-
ing as to how these Indians are manu-
factured. Some people think that they
are made by Italians, while others inn
agine that they are turned out of any
ordinary saw-mill,
The manufacture of these figures in
New York is confined to three estab-
lishments. one Of which is located on
Canal street, just off the Bowery, and
when reporter called at that shop he
| found the proprietor busily engaged in
putting the finishing touches to an
| "Injun."
Business is just as brisk rs ever"
said he. lin fact. we never have a
dull season. There is always u steady
demand for our goods. II any thing,
trade is on the increase on account
OF the increase in the number OF
cigar stores. The decline of wages
forces good many cigar makers to
leave their trade and go into business
for themselves. That, you see, makes
it better for us.
"Yes, there are new figures all the
time, but the Indian was the first set
tier, and he is likely to stay. The latest
thing out is a baseball player. He i:
in great demand just now, but will moi
last very long, for there is something
new coming up all the time. The
figures bring from s25 to $50 each, ac
cording to size. The dude that used
to be such familiar sight is now passe
''ln making figure we first take the
log of wood (Which is of soft variety
and is usually worth about twenty-fiv,
or thirty cents foot-and cut it int,
shape with broad-ax. That Is calle,
roughing.' Then the face is carve'
out with delicate instruments, then tn
body work is finished with chisel
After that the figure is mounted on it
pedestral, and is ready for painting
which, however, is never done unit
after the figure has been sold
1.-The figures are not sold accordin,
to their size, buttheir price is govcrne,
entirely by the amount OF work upol
them. The nearer IA figure is to nudit,
the more work there is on it."
Metal figures cost about five times a
much as those that are made of wood
but are not any more durable, II on
of them tumbles over it breaks, and tn
repairs cost almost as much as tn
: whole thing originally cost.
There are only five journcymcn er
gagged in this work in New York Cit,
They work eight and nine hours da
and receive 50. 80 and $4.00 for it.
The best workman gets the highes
pay and works the shortest hours. Th
three New York firms control the bus
: ness in this city, Brooklyn and the Me-
!, Jersey suburbs. They also send
large number of figures West.-N J
| World,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26

THE Poodle Dog" restaurant, the
San Francisco Delmonico, was yclept
by the Frenchman who started it "Se
poulet dor" (The Golden Hen), which
was too much of a jawbreaker for the
natives: hence the present name.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26

A wonderful real estate dealer
does business at Gladstone, Mich. He
won't sell lot unless the buyer signs
u forfeiture contract not to allow
whisky selling on the premises.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-26

In Boston the neck of a chicken is
called Napoleon, beause it is the bony
part.-Aibdny Union