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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
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THE NAVAL ACADEMY,


Tho Curriculum at Annapolis Described In
An Interesting Way.
Outside of the technical studies. the
course OF instruction at the Naval Acad-
emy is comprehended in the one word,
''Math." .Math' is the cadets abbre-
Walton for mathematics. the rock upon
which many an aspirant for naval hon
ors is wrecked OF course there is in
struction in other branches-mode
languages, English studies, natural
sciences. cte.-but Il cadet soon real
izes that the great stepping-stone is
mathematics When a graduate looks
back on what he has passed through,
his most vivid recollections are OF this
hydra-headed .'Math;' of the algebra
and geometry that worried him as a
''plebe,' and of the applied mechanics
that too. away half the pleasure, Of his
senior year. What "a struggle it was to
weed out all youthful imagination from
the mind, and to plant there only those
ideas that could be expressed in mathe-
matcal formula. And yet maths"
importance is not overrated. for it
is the groundwork OF many Of the
professional studies. Naval architect
ure, which teaches the cadets how to
design and build a ship; navigation,
which teaches them how to guide this
ship acr SIS the trackless ocean; ord
nance. which teaches them the methods
of constructing and using the great
guns; steam engineering, which teaches
them the many applications of that
great motive power-all require tho
ough knowledge of mathematics.
While the theoretical part OF the edu-
cation may prove irksome to those who
are filled with Il spirit OF adventure
who might have succeeded better in the
days OF the old navy. when there was
wider scope for such temperaments-
these will find the practical instructions
more to their liking. Here they can
satisfy their longing to hang by their
heels on royal-yard, or to put pistol
shot through wooden soldier at twenty
PAGES These drills are based on the
general principle that before a cadet
can become an officer he must be thor
oughly familiar with a | the duties of
those who will be under his command.
The only way to attain this familiarity
is by actually performing these duties
in every detail.
The drill afioat, in which there is
quite large fleet engaged are par
ticularly novel and interesting. Every
Saturday the cadets embark on the
Wyoming" a ship-rigged steamer,
and make cruise in the bay. They
do all the work. Down in the fire.
room some Of them are heaving coal
into the roaring furnaces, others are in
the engine room took ing out for all the
machinery On deck. youthful sailors
are running up and down the rigging.
ready, at the call Of the boatswain's
pipe. to handle the light spars o: heavy
sails.-John II. Gibbons, U. S. N.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20

An old Duchess on one occasion re-
quested DR.. Abernethy to pay profess
sional visit to her house. The doctor
went as requested and was introduced
into the drawing-room, where the
Duchess. with tears in her eyes, showed
him an ugly little monkey, apparently
in great agony, lying on elegant cush-
ions and almost buried in lovely lacea
The doctor felt thoroughly disgusted
at being called upon to act as mon
keys doctor. He felt the monkeys
pulse in silence, examined it with at
tention and soon recognized the nature
of its illness, then. perceiving the lHdy's
grandson in a corner Of the drawing
room rolling about on the carpet, he
advanced toward the child, examined
him also, felt his pulse, and. returning
to the Duchess, said to her In grave
manner: Madam. your two sons are
suffering from indigestion. BY drink
ing tea and living on plain diet they
will soon recover" and. bowling pro-
foundly to the stupeied Duchess. the
doctor retired. avenged Prom Tales
q . Physioian." -------.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
SUBSTITUTE FOR WAX.
An Extensive Deposit Of Ozocerite Re
Gently Found In Utah.

Gently Found In Utah.
A carload of peculiar mineral ar.
rived in this city a few days ago. 1t
was ozocerite. or mineral wax. and it
came from Utah. Until recently this
substance has not been known to exist
in any quantity except in Moldavia and
in Galicia. Austria. Three years ago,
however, deposit of the queer SUBJ
stance was discovered on the line OF
the Denver Il Rio Grande railroad,
about ia miles east of Salt Lake City.
The mine is known to cover at least
$50 acres. and over 1000 tons per year
can now be produced.
Ozocerite resembles crude beeswax in
appearance. and can be used for nearly
all purposes for which wax is en-
ployed. 1t is now largely used in the
manufacture Of waxed paper. 1t en-
enters into the composition of several
brands of shoe polish. Mixed with
paratfine, it produces an excellent
grade of candles. One OF the largest
fields for the new material is the in
sulation OF electric wi.es. 1t is claimed
that ozocerite is preferable to any sub
stance previously employed for this
purpose. As the mineral wax comes
out of the ground in condition to be
used without refining. unless it is re-
quired for somee special purpose, it is
much cheaper than the product OF the
honey bee, and is evidently destined to
be extensively used in the future
N. Y. Mail and Express,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
CELERY IN RHEUMATISM.
The Most Conducive to the Health of Any
Vegetable Known.

Vegetable Known.
New discoveries what claim to
be discoveries the healing virtues
of plants are continually being made.
One of the latest is that celery is q
cure for rheumatism; indeed. it is as
serted that the disease is impossible il
the vegetable be cooked and freely eat.
en-. The fact that it is always put
upon the table raw prevents its ther-
apeutic powers from being known.
The celery should be cut into bits,
boiled in water until soft, and the
water drank by the patient. Put new
milk with little -four or nutmeg into
saucepan with the boiled celery.
serve it warm. with pieces of toast, eat
it with potatoes. and the painful all
ment viii soon yield. Such is the dec
laration of "a physician who has agNin
and again tried the experiment, and
with uniform success. He adds that
cold or damp never produces but simply
develops the disease, OF which acid
blood is the primary and sustaining
cause, and that while the blood is aka.
line there can be neither rheumatism
nor gout
Statistics show that in one year.
1866, 2,640 pc sons died of rheuma.
tism in this country. and every case,
it is claimed, might have been cured
or prevented by the adoption OF the
remedy mentioned. At least two
thirds of the cases named heart disease
e ascribcd TO rheumatism and its
agon'zing ally, govt. Smallpox. SC
much dreaded, is not half so dcstruc-
tive as rheumatism, which, it is main
tair e by many physicians, can be pre-.
ven e ! by obeying natures laws in diet.
But If you have incurred it boiled Gel
cry is unhesitatingly specific. The
proper way to eat celery is to have II
cooked as vegetable after the man
ner above described.
The writer makes constant use OF il
in this way. Try it once, and you
would do without any vegetables, with
the single exception of the potato
rather than celery. Cooked celery is
delicious dish for the table, and the
most conducive to the health Of any
vegetable that can be mentioned
Leeds Mercu Y.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
A WALL Or WATER.
Two Explorers Lose Their Lives In = Wave
Forty Feet High.


Forty Feet High. !
In March last two German officials |
landed on the southwest coast OF the |
big island OF New Britain to explore
the island. They had gone there from
Finchhaveu. in neighboring New
Guinea. with n considerable force OF n,s
tives. No tidings whatever have been
heard OF them since, Search parties
sent out from Finchhaven have sought
them in vain. and there is no longer
any doubt that they fell victims to re-
markab,e phenomenon that occurred
two or three days after they reached
the island.
On the morning OF March Is sound
was heai d at Finchhaven as of distant
thunder A few minutes sea recedcd
from the shore in an unheard-of man
ner, and revealed to view. six feet
above Is surface. n reef at the harbor
entrance that had never been seen
above water before. Then the sea came
back. enormous waves dashing far up
on the land and deluging part of the
little settlement. Awhile after fine ashes
began to sift over the coast, and the
German colonists knew there had been a
volcanic outburst northeast of them.
Two days la'er the little vessel Ot-
tile, sent from Finchhaven, reached
the south coast of New Britain. eighty
miles away. The captain could not AT
first recognize the coast. though he had
seen it often. The aspect Of Vulcan
Island off the west end Of the big island,
had entirely altered. The top of it had
disappeared, and it IS supposed that {
volcanic eruption blew it into the sea
and that this was one OF the causes o
the mighty wave that spread ruin along
the south Of New Britain.
This wave. Judging from it's effects
is believed to have been about fort,
set high. All the villages that line'
the beach had entirely disappeared
For ten or twelve miles along the coas
Il belt Of timber about three-quarter
Of mile wide had been swept away
Where the force of the wave began +
: itbate the bodies of few natives wer
found lodged in the branches Of tree
=, twenty to thirty feet from the ground
Here and there on the ground wer
heaped great fragments of coral roc
and trees, and thousands OF dead fis
: strewed the ground. Many of the ns
tives were killed, and others had thei
:, limbs b. oxen by being swept off thel
: feet and dashed against trees.
!. 1t is a noteworthy fact that the nj
tives who saw the wave approachin
:. thought it was caused by the evil spir
' in the volcano OF Akaie, and attacke
it with showers Of stones and clubs ju,
before it engulfed them. The Germa
!. explorers it is supposed, had not "
;, started inland, and they We're owe
;, whelmed in the common destruction
The great wave which overwhelme
! many thousands of people after Il
= eruption at kra Sataua is said to hay
Travelled several times around the worl'
1t is probab that this enormous wa,
:, at New Britain extended its effects in
;, slight measure to every ocean. N.
SIM
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
ABOUT PIANO LEATHER.
A Valuable Article Made by u Half Dozen
German Tanneries.

German Tanneries.
America is often called in the news
papers by Europeans the Land OF
Patents. 1t justly deserves this cog
nomen, for nowhere on the globe are
so many applications for patents
made to the United States Patent
Office and patents secured for inven-
tions of machineries, or for the pro-
lection OF certain secret processes in
the manufacturing Of goods, as in the
United States. Every one must really
be afraid OF infringing any inventors
patent right in manufacturing goods.
and to become liable to pay royalty
to the inventor. One might think
there is hardly field any more where
some valuable invention could still be
made.
But there is the manufacturing OF
| piano leather. which has no home at
| all in the United States, This kind
of leather that is used for covering
the hammers in pianos and organs is
not made in tho United States. nor in
the British Isles, nor in any othe.'
country, except and exclusively in
Germany; and there are not more
than half dozen tanneries there that
make their special business to manu-
facture this kind of leather. Two
factories that make far superior
kind are located in Central Germany
near Leipzig, in the Elster Valley. il
Thuringia. They are run by tn,
father, Mr.. kretzschmar, at Eiscn
berg. and his son in : law, Mr.
Sch csier, at Gera. Their goods ar,
world-famed. The wants and de
mands of all the piano and organ
factories in any country on earth ar,
supplied by these few piano leather
tanneries in Germany
purpose. But deer is very scarce il
Europe. 1t would hardly suffice t
supply the want and demand for on
year; they had to look for suppl
from somewhere else. The America
deer furnishes now the supply, an
particularly the gray deer living i
the countries bordering the lake re
gions called, also, "paper skins!
} The skins of the red and blue deer ar
unfit for good piano leather. Dee
: skins are bought by the pound an
. paid from twelve to twenty-five cent
TO a pound, when green. For salte
b. or Indian dressed skins the price is
: coui Sc higher.
: A German business house of Detro
9 exports annually deerskins by the ca
g loads to Germany, to its agency ;
/. Gera, Thuringia.
y There is a secret in the manufactu
) ing of piano leather that is strict
i; guarded. The best kind Is smoked {
8 fumed, in IA similar way as in Kel
r tucky and Tennessee the heavy expo
i tobacco is cured by fire and smolS
: When this piano leather Is importe
l. again into this country, its val,
n equals its weight in silver-$12 to 8
b; a pound.
Q Any American who would like th
y secret and manufacture q similar
It equal kind of piano leather in tn
" country would make money and a
Il cumulate fortune within few year
a even if he We're not protected by
1t high tariff, for the demand OF tn
d leather in this country is enormous.
q Detroit Free Press
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
GERMAN FAMILY LIFE.
Ihe Relations Of Misssoss and Maid and
Parents and Children.

Parents and Children.
The life of German servants is very
hard, their wages are small, their food
is not rich, and their masters are very
exacting. With all this. however, they
share in the happiness OF their en-
ployers far more than do those here,
and this alone does more to keep them
Vt home than the prospect of high
wages does to call them away.
The real children come in for a treat
ment almost as severe as that of SOL
dier, but here. of course, the love OF
the parent is vastly more powerful
than the benevolence Of the military
superior.
The parent most keenly realizes that
school-training is the foundation OF
nearly all future progress, and watches.
therefore, carefully over the child's
work. He hears the child recite his
lesson before going of in the morning,
md takes the greatest interest in the
reports from school. The schools OF
Germany being nearly all day schools,
the children and their parents are very
much together and there are therefore
many opportunities for the child to
absorb lessons of u moral and intel
lectual kind in the most natural way.
The school work being to the child Of
great interest, and the parent knowing
from day to day the progress made,
nothing is easier than for them to d is.
cuss the work Of the day in their walks.
In this way the parent can smooth
away many of his boys difficulties, and
make his studies even more attractive.
The family circle Of an evening is in
Germany a picture Of happiness, one
where each is able to contribute some
Music takes, of course, first rank, and
hard. indeed, would it be to find q
family of even very narrow means
where this accomplishment was not
cultivated. Some OF the children play
on an instrument-piano, either, violin
or guitar; all will sing. The family
room is the largest room Of the house,
where the sewing is done in the day.
time, where meals are served. and
where the family congregate for al
hour or two's diversion before bed
time.
i On anniversaries a family celebra
bration is always arranged. Th'
youngest tot recites a few lines; an
other of six performs on the piano; I
third reads an essay relating to th'
festive occasion; the next, perhaps
has a violin obligato; this will be fol
lowed by Il song; II more ambitious
piano piece will succeed, and the even
ing close with some Latin verses, or al
Grafton by the learned one of tn
family. Each one brings his share t.
the family entertainment, and no on
is allowed to admit that he or she Cal
do absolutely nothing to entertain
others
In this manner Germans Of small
means, but with good education, max
their lives happy. give pleasure to thei
children and pave the way for sue
cessful career when they come into in
dividual or intellectual competitio
with men OF other countries.
ney Bigelow, in Chicago America.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
GRIMES AGAINST SUFFRAGE.
DE. GLADDEN. Argues That They should BE
Punishable by Disfranchise sement.

DE. GLADDEN. Argues That They should BE
Punishable by Disfranchsement.
The complete disfranchisement OF
men who have been guilty of the lesser
offenses would not be just or expedient.
Such men ought to have space for
reformation. The first term OF their
disfranchisement might we'll be brief.
Conviction for drunkenness or dis
orderly conduct might exclude from
the polls for one year. More serious
msdemeanors might entail a longer
disfranchisement. And it would be
well to give large discretion to the
authorities who grant pardons, and
who regulate indeterminate sentences,
that they may restore the suffrage
more speedily to those whose conduct
in prison has been exceptionally good.
But we should make sure that every
conviction under the criminal law work
some temporary forfeiture Of political
privilege. We should make it plain to
the dullest mind that good conduct is
the Indispensable condition of the pos
session of the franchise; that those
laws must refrain from violating the
laws.
Some offenses should be followed. as
now. by perpetual disfranchisement.
That all "fclonies' should incur this
penalty is not at all clear; many OF
those committed to our prisons for
crimes of passion may, under proper
care, be reformed and rendered useful
members of the State. That door should
by no means be forever closed against
them, nor should the opening Of it be
left to executive clemency. The felon's
record. in prison. should determine
whether he may. after space. be re-
stored to full political privileges. But
there is one class of crimes for which
the laws of many of our States do not
entail any political disabilities, which
ought to be punished everywhere by
the final forfeiture OF political power.
These are the crimes against the suf-
frage itself bribery, both in the briber
and the bribed. fraudulent voting. the
falsifying Of returns, and the like. No
man convicted of one of these crime.
ought ever to be permitted to vote
again. Some of the States, with d
moral obtuseness on this point which is
positively grotesque, provide that man
caught in attempting crime of this
nature shall lose his vote "in that elec.
tion!" What sense of the sacrednes-
of the suffrage the men must have had
who could frame into Il statute such d
grinnng jibe as that The man who
strikes with poisoned dagger at the
very hear. of the Republic-he shall
not be allowed to vote lin that elec.
tionv' Could the force of anti-climaS
and of priori theory-go farther!
Such an offender deserves to be ban.
ished and forbidden ever again to sci
foot upon our soil under penalty o.
death; certainly the lightest punish
ment that can with justice be meted
out to him is perpetual exclusion from
the franchise. DR.. GLADDEN., in Cent
ury.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20
DRY FORK JOTTlNGS.
Society Doinga In = Progressive and Pres.
perOMa Arkansas Community.

porous Arkansas Community.
The following correspondence from
that most progressive OF communities.
Dry Fork, appeared last week in the
county paper:
Ye correspondent would have writ
ten last week. but there was no news
to communicate. and, in fact. there is
no news this week worthy of note.
only write because it is rainy day
and | have nothing else to do.
Rain.
Every thing is quiet.
Jetf Filpot is dead.
A good many hogs have been killed
during the past year.
Uncle Bob Joyner fell off his horse
day before yesterday and broke one OF
his hips. Ye correspondent did not
learn which one.
Wind.
More rain.
Shindig at Patterson's night before
last.
Uncle Jesse Gait stuck thorn in his
eye Wednesday.
Job Balsh is liar. So is Bill Pruitt.
Sim Mayfeld's gun went Oft acci-
dentally the other day and killed a fine
mule colt.
| More rain.
Saw mills are doing good business.
Lytt Hendricks sawed of his left arm
last Friday.
Revival at Round Pond church. The
Rev. Jack Hoyte, who conducts it, Is d
pretty good fellow. but is II liar.
Old Mat Morgan killed wolf last
Monday.
Tobe McCracken has run away with
Ad Harkrider's horse. Harkrider'l
wife also accompanied him.
Still more rain.
| A good many farmers are breaking
up land.
Till Alexander is a thief. So is Mos
Hightower.
Aunt Betsey Blue died night betOr
last. She will be sadly missed at tn
mourner's bench. She was grea
hand to make apple pies and wa
seventy six years old. She could ais
make fine kettle of soft soap. Peac
to her ashes. shall never forget he
kindness of heart, for she knit me th
best pair of socks ever had.
, Ye correspondent is under many oil
), legations to Bob Hensley for mes
of squirrels. He is man rigl
and the best shot in our neighborhOot
We regret to say that his gun went o
: accidentally day before yesterday an
! killed him.
t Uncle Billy Phelps broke one Of hi
a legs yesterday.
+ We look for change in the weathe
: soon.
Bob Taylor professed religion la
@ he was killed by a saw-log Saturday.
q We see large number OF shoats
. the woods.
a Aunt Betsy Janson poisoned Tr
n Maytield's S dog day before yesterda
Trot got ahod of some Of the pOisC
and is also dead.
Cloudy weather.
Squirrels are scarce.
n Buck Truitt is dead.
Zeb Fancher and Miss Tallie Moo
were married last week. The hapl
pair were congratulated by larl
> number OF friends. Zeb was shot al
killed shortly after the ceremony vi
performed.
hope to send you some news ne
week
Uncle Cad Metford is dead.
=, Aunt Lizzie Lucas will be dead |
: the time this reaches you.
= Bill Henly shot his uncle yesterda
= Bill has been killed.
More rain.
Clouds everywhere.
Look out for falling weather.
Wilson Buck killed Bob Patridi
;s yesterday.
" will send you some news soon.
" Babbitt Malone killed his uncle We
. terday.
y More rain. .-Arkansaw Traveller.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-04-20

1t is well for young married
couples on wedding tours to observe
certain rules, and one good one is fol
the husband to remain seated in a
crowded car while his bride hangs on
to the strap. People will imagine ther
that they have been married long,
long time. Yonkers Statesman.
Wichita eagle., 1889-03-06
pailn&E eagle
THE FRIVOLOUS GIRL.

Fer silken gown It rustIes.
As she goes down the stair;
And IN 81 the place there's meier a face
One-hai, one-half so fair
But on 1sav her yesterday
AND no one knew t was She
When a little sick child looked I'D and sniled
AS she sat on my lady's knee.
Her fan ii firts and fiutters
her eyes grow bright-grow DIM
And al around no man is found
But thinks she thinks OF him.
But OH to her the best OF all,
Though they be great and grand
Are less than the sick whose smiles corns
quick
At the touch Of my lsdy's hand.
Her little shoe Of satin
Peeps underneath her skirt
And foot so small ought never a: all
To move N mlre and dirt.
But oh! she goes among the poor,
And heavy hearts rejoice
As they can tell who know her we'll
To hear my lsdys VOICE
Her glove is soft as feathers
Upon the nesting dove;
Its touch so Light have no right
To think, to dream OF love
But oh! when, clad II simplest garb,
she goes where none may see,
! watch and pray that some happy day
Ny lady may pity Ae.
X G. Bu,saer in Puck.