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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
BUYING A FARM.
Advice to the Land-Iiungry In the o

Advice to the Land-liungry In the Older
States of the Union.
TO one laud-hungry l would say:
Go slow. Buy within your means, and
have some little money to spare. A
man owning land can always get
credit, because his land can not get
away. To the one having few thou
sands of dollars and not much farm
experience. and yet anxious to own
land and go to raising big corn and
cabbage, would say: Put your money
in some good savings bank and hire
out to some thorough-going, hard
working farmer for year or two, and
more practical, common-sense knowl-
edge will be gained than by reading
what others have done for years, and
after serving such an apprenticeship
and still anxious to farm, you will
know what kind of "a farm you want.
One of the best kinds Of farms to own
is grass farm. Grass land, the world
over, stands the highest in value. In
Holland such farm sells for $1,000
per acre and over. in England from
5000 to $500 per acre, and in our own
country such land is eagerly sought
after, and when once gotten is held
tightly. Grass holds fertility; it
grows the season through. Even in
winter its roots reach out and gather
in the ammonia contained in the snow
and rain. Grow all the grass you can,
and keep as much land covered as pos
sible, is the secret OF retail ling fer
tility on the farm.
Men with large means ca. purchase
what suits their fancy. and can buy
what stock and implements they de-
sire. even if prices are high. 1t is a
pleasure for them to do so, and even
il they should spend foolishly large
sums, it is not wholly lost, as many
deserving laboring men are helped and
the neighborhood is better for their
presence and enterprise.
At present land is low. but it will
not continue so. The vast emigration
to the West has taken up most Of the
land suitable for agricultural purposes,
and the tide will set in toward us be-
fore the year is out. Those that car
buy for themselves few acres of land
and pay for it will not be sorry they
| did so, and those owning large tracts
| that they can not work at profit, anC
that hang like a milestone about theil
necks, should devise means to attract
worthy men to buy and settle in theil
midst, and thus help to make part o
their land more valuable than the
whole was formerly. Maryland ha'
one Of the most healthful climates ant
soil suited to grow almost any crop
and thousand of acres that can b'
bought extremely low. We have man!
good, prosperous farmers, and W.
want MANY more of the same kind. =
Baltimore American.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
THE TAME-CAT GIRL.
A Sensible Talk About English and Amer
lean Young Women.

lean Young Women.
The reproach aimed by Americans
at the English girl, viz, that she is OF
the .'tame cat' order, and that her
husband will trust her with his bills
or the darning of his socks but not
with his ideas. is as great a miscon-
ception, in many respects. as the En-
glish estimate of American women,
but from the American point Of view
it has some foundation in fact. We
need only look at the life of the or
binary Englishman to discover the
foundation upon which this exagger-
ated inference is based. He always
retains tenderness for his club,
where he can ventilate among his fell
low w-men his ideas political, moral and
social, to which, it is quite true, he
does not, as a rule. treat his wife. If
he has male friend he can pass hours
upon hours in his company without
being bored. which, unfortunately.
does not always happen in the case
OF his wife. and the very fact that
women are the first to declare
that no wife wants her husband
always with her is a proof. more
or less, of certain incompatability of
temperament and thought. Probably
it Is on these and kindred grounds that
the American forms her opinion OF the
average English girl, and until she
gains more experience OF English
habits, imagines herself strictly COR
rect. On the other hand, for fair
and impartial opinion of the American
girl, one must apply rather to an En-
glish man than to an English woman,
for he is more on level with her in
Thought and more in touch with her in
idea. 1t no secret that the unpreju-
diced, educated Englishman is gen.
eral favorite with American women.
Ii he has a particle of diseernment he
very soor discovers that American
freedom is by no means a synonym for
license, and when he has fully assimi-
lated that idea he finds his relations
with the nice American girl most
charming and cordial and fascinating.
But in the matter of propriety of be-
havior he discovers that she is mex
orable, and that, so far from being
permitted more license of speech or
action, he in reality enjoys less.-Na-
tional Review.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
SOME CURIOUS RELICS.
Fabulous Prices Paid For Genuine or I'm.
itation CuriOs.

In Calvin's day there was enough
wood of the true cross" to load
ship, and there is scarcely an object
connected with sacred history which
is not multiplied in very embarrass-
ing manner.
The saints are as freely duplicated,
and even Implicated. 81. Sebastian's
body is in four places and his head in
two others. st. Philip must have had
three feet il all the relies associated
with his name are to be accepted as
authentic, while two different monas-
teries exhibited the skull Of st. John
the Baptist--one when he was "a young
man, the other after he was advanced
| in wears and wisdom. In these days
we are less reverential over memorials
Of the great, though the care with
which Burns and Shakespeare's houses
are preserved is proof that the hero
worshiping element is not eliminated
from the spirit of the nineteenth CEN
tury. The chairs in which the litera-
ii sat fetched, we are afraid, rather
disappointing prices at Mr.. Godwin's 3
sale. Yet Antwerp preserves with
pious care the seat in which Rubens
sat when he painted the immortal
descent from the Cross" and Kan
merherre Schemekel paid 5S,0CC
forins to become the possessCl
of the ivory armchair which
Gustavus Vasa presented to the
city of Lubbock. This was expen
sive enthusiasm compared with tha
evinced when the prayer book o
Charles l., which he had used on tn,
scatfold, changed hands for no 'mor'
than fl00; though, on the other hand
it was small compared with the SCI 90
n francs which were disbursed for tn
;. coat which Charles Mi. wore at tn
,, battle of Pultowa.
, A tooth of Sir Isaac Newton sold fo
, ESQ. to set in a ring; and when tn
: bodies of Heloise and Abelard wer
q removed to the Petits Augustins a
:, Englishman is said to have otfere
a 100. 600 francs for one of Heloise
:, teeth. The hat which Napoleon wor
# at Eylau sold for 1920 francs. Sterne
wig brought 200 guineas at auction
and the pens with which the treaty {
= America were signed sold for t5O
n 1t may. however, be noted that the'
% prices were sold at period when I'll
o 'curio' rage was more virulent thi
y now. A few years ago Thorsvadsen
i hair-brushes went for good deal lie
e than an 'old song" fetches at Lo
I don book sale, though the gre
.e sculptor is almost a demigod amor
,e his countrymen. Bucher's swo
lie scarcely brought the price of old iro
IT. and it is painful to remember that t
lie white kid neither garments of Geor
lie ~. were disposed of as LOB lot
is London Standard.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAl.

Tho wife of Senator Reagan, Of
Texas, is his private secretary, and as
such draws salary Of six dollars
day.
Jose DiaZero Is the name OF Mex
lean living in Santa Barbara County.
California, who is one hundred and
twenty-nine years old.
"A mother OF preachers"-t is
what writer calls an elect lady in
Ohio who was the mother Of five living
Methodist preachers. all effective.
P s. Gilmore. the band master.
gives this terse autobiography: IL first
saw the light in the bogs Of Conne-
mara. but was born in Boston in the
nineteenth year OF my age"
After all, the queens OF art are
/ greater than the monarchs by birth.
Patti refused to sing for Queen Vic
toria last year and Bernhardt would
not play for the Sultan Of Turkey few
days ago.
The Emperor of China, a boy Of
seventeen, has a serious hesitation in
his speech and speaks with consider
able difficulty. He is quiet in DISPOSE
tion, but very obstinate when once he
has formed an opinion.
Mrs. Rebecca Robertson. of New
York, IA member of the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, has given 100000 for
the establishment of summer resort.
ut some place near the city, for the
a benefit of poor mothers and their chill
d"en.
= Miss Mosse McGann. of Canada.
:. a teacher Of articulation in the Missis-
y y sippi Institute for Deaf and Dumb.
> who died at jackson recently, was
. known in every institution for the deaf
- and dumb in the United States and
- :. Canada as a successful teacher.
- Miss Helen Blanchard, of Phila-
a delphia, is the possessor of a very
- large fortune which she derives from
=. her invention of the "over and over
"A attachment for sewing machines. She
!. borrowed ut exorbitant interest the
n money necessary tOpay for her patent
:. Office fees, and now enjoys an income
~ that is exceeded by that Of but few
= women in that city of rich spinsters.
br Mr.. Window is the oldest membe
,r Of the new Cabinet being nearly sixty
nd three years Of age. MIR. Miller is tn
hs youngest, not having reached his forty
in. eighth year. Mr.. Blaine and MIR
-, Rusk are about the same age--fifty
he nine. Mr.. Proctor is fifty eight and Mr.
.e Tracy sixty. Next to Mr.. Miller tn
bs youngest man in the Cabinet is MI
no Wanamaker, who is not quite fifty
N, two.
,sp f. C. Carrigan, OF Boston. VIII
n, died the other day, was noted anon
ma Dartmouth men not only for his prom
ns inence in all educational matters, b,
'oo for his activity as an alumnus OF til
ef, college. He had an interesting CO
inn lege career. He worked his wa
nth through taking six years to comple'
wa his course He was manager of tt
,u, boating club when Dartmouth VIC
ia, SO ond place at Saratoga. He receiv.
ss.. a scholarship OF two hundred and tft
ra] dollars from the college, and last ye;
,ra) paid the money back. He was one
in Il committee representing the alum
in the management OF the college, al
it was through his efforts that Il
degree OF LII. ID. was given to Gener
B. I. Butler.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
OUTWARD MOURNING.
The custom of Wearing Grape for Iona
Periods Failing Into Disuse.


Periods Failing Into Disuse.
We go through great deal of false
sentiment and false poiteness in the
matter Of our funeral ceremonies and
our mourning attire. In the youthful
days OF our present sexagenarians the
mark of mourning-a piece of black
Grape around the sleeve of colored
coat-was reserved for the army only. I
Army and navy officers alone might
make this modest manifestation stand
in lieu OF the glossy sables and deep
hat bands of civilians. There was u
howl, as we'll MS sneer. when these
civilians adopted the military custom,
and on the sleeve OF colorcd coat
stitched black band to denote the
death of "a dear friend or near relation.
Howls and sueers notwithstanding, the
custom gained ground, and is now rec.
ognized, adopted and approved Of.
There are many who set their faces
against the excessive mourning Of by
gone attire. No longer do all widows
even think it necessary to clothe them
selves in Grape, and the lifelong obi
! cation Of the widows cap, like the life
T long obligation Of the widows black,
is at an end. Those who like to cling
5 to the ancient methods have their will
Y and do their pleasure, but those wht
D do not--those who carry death in thei
8 hearts and do not care to show it to tn,
< word-or those who really are no
y deeply af1licted-may dispense will
5 mourning altogether. If they have th
}, mind. Simple black answers all tn
IS purpose, and the term for this is great
c ly curtailed. We no longer feel tina
we owe it to the memory Of the dea
1t dead to make ourselves suncomfort Able
e and to spend money on mere show-o
Dt mere signs and symbols-to crafty tt
watching world. Deep in our hear
Mt we bear the sacred image-we kee
he alive the holy flame. We have love
Il that noble man, that pure-souled woma
lie the father, the husband, the glorio,
IS brother, the mother who bore us, al
IL the sister who was our Grad
I'd playmate. We have loved for u
at our life; we snail love to Il
he hour of death. But need we ths
N. clothe ourselves in Grape and woole
ee and mark ourselves "Bereaved" as
a placard pinned to our breastp +
ry better and more suitablc-aye, a.
ty sometimes far more sincere, too-t
he undemonstrative acceptance Of the
in evitable-the quiet cherishing OF secl
'ly sorrow-the close cOncealment of t
by sacred love. The sorrow lies thel
nd and we do not wish to show it to
to world as a beggar unfolds his sol
nd We do not wish to be questioned 4
las condoled with. Who can comfort ,
No one! What good does it do us
lat the world to Haunt our grief in era
eat and weepers in the face OF the curio
ola the unsympathetic, the criticalP l
to much or '.too little''-"too soon
but Off or ''too long kept on''-''the fash
urt too smart for mourning" or 1.-THE del
ere ridiculous for the occasion" DO
ny, want to run the gauntlet OF all I
/ in dead friends criticisms? Far bet
nis the slightest indication that is POI
ne; ble-so slight as to escape gene
tpt notice than this which attracts gene
less ention2-Duchess of Rutland,
rly. London Queen.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
ARMY-WORM REMEDIES.
Now to stop the Increase OF This De-
structive Agricultural Pest.


The army worm, according to Mr..
Lawrence Bruner of the Nebraska Ex-
pertinent Station, has appeared in that
State in threatening numbers; and as
a means of checking its increase he
makes the following suggestions in a
recent Station Bulletin:
Chief among the remedies adopted
for keeping in check the increase OF
this pest is the burning of old grass,
stubble and other like receptacles for
the eggs and alternating larvae. Per-
haps this accounts for the absence OF
the pest from our frontier settlements
in this and other Western States for
the past twenty years and more, the
customary fall and early spring prairie
fires having destroyed such eggs and
larvae as would Otherwise have entered
upon the spring and summer cam.
paigns. This is IA preventive before the
pest has .materialized." The burn.
ing should be postponed until spring
has well advanced, to be of most
benefit. During late years the increase
OF area cultivated, and the prevention
of starting fires on the prairies, espe-
cially in the cattle districts OF the
Northwest, has perhaps been the d..
rect cause for the presence OF this In.
sect in injurious numbers.
Ditching, rolling, plowing, ETC., are
remedies that can be used advantage.
ously now. Ditching and fencing can
be resorted to in preventing the worms
from passing from one field TO another
Fence boards set on edge and saturated
with kerosene will effectually check an
advancing column, after which they
can be destroyed by crushing. Ditch
ing, with the opposite side OF the ditch
from the advancing host dug under"
will corral the worms for the time
being, when they can be destroyed by
crushing, or by covering them with
hay or straw and setting fire to it.
Poisoning with London purple and
Paris green has also been resorted to
with good results; but as long as other
and less dangerous methods do no,
fail, it is advisable not to resort to
these. Grass or grain that has been
sprayed with these poisons should
never be fed to stock, as there is dan.
ger of poisoning animals SO fed
Orange Judd Farmer.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
A firm who recently sent on

"A firm who recently sent out ''re-
minders" of unpaid bills to certain OF
its customers received in response to
one of them. to whom plenty of time
had been granted. this touching ap-
peal: you have been very good to
ME, Please continue to be good, and
will pay you SOON" So persuasive an
application for an extension OF time
had its effect, and the members OF the
firm voted, in executive session. to be
"pood, little while longer.-Se
Abaus Messenger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18

The old lady went to the theater
for the first time. The play was
Julius Caesar" ..Waal," she said
afterwards, 1--we hearn tell that the
theayter were bad. but ! think it's
wuss than bad. Its nothin' but crime
to kill all Them fellers just to amuse
the aujience. and it oughter be put
stop to."-Harper's Bazaar.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
An Elegant Sufficiency.

Mrs. Slimdiet-Have some more OF
the mackerel, Mr.. Boarder?
Mr. Boarder-No, thank you; but
I'll take bucket of water, IL you
please. N Y. Weekly.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18

-"Mr William G. Smith and Miss
Mary White were very successfully
married at the home of the brides
parents last night was the rather
unusual way in which a young reporter
began an account of wedding, which
was at least one instance OF marriage
not being Q failure.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Young man--'.Will you give as
sent to my marriage to your daughter,
sir?' Old man (irmly)-"No, sir.
not a cent"
-.Gentlemen of the jury. have you
agreed? What is your verdict?h I'VE
find the prisoner not guilty, if he will
leave town.
descriptions often tell amiss
The ster shows wordy sport
For palest men are sometimes flush.
The tallest man is often short.
Merchant Traveller.
This is what might be called
waterbury," said the champion skater
when he fell through the ice in his ef-
forts to mike time e--Jewelers' Weekly.
Teacher Now. Johnny Smart,
make X Johnny but it's rain
ing, ma'am" Teacher-''Well,w what
of that?n Johnny-''We can only
make X when the sun shines,
ma'am.n brakes Magazine.
Tommy Traddles came into the
house crying, and in a very mussed
up condition. Now, Tommy" said
his mother, "haven't told you time
and again not to play with that wicked
little Mccarthy boy9" IL hain't been
playin with him. sobbed Tommy;
.he's 5 been playin' with me. ."-Harper's
Bazaar.
Il do not write for money" said a
poetess, proudly, to the editor; II
write for love" "Oh, do you?" he
replied. heartlessly. well, don't
write for it any more. any how, not
to this office Come down after it
yourself, and if we've got any to spare
you can take it along with you. Ira
le-lu, Birdie" ."-Washington Critic.
-"What did Noah live on when the
food subsidized and his provisions in
the Ark were exhausted" asked q
West End Sunday school teacher OF
her class last Sunday. Il know. "
soueaked little girl. after all the
others had given it up. "Well, whatP'
inquired the teacher. ''Dry land"
said the kid, wisely. and the answer
passed Washington Post.
Police Judge Ito officer)-"What
is the charge against this prisonerP'
Officer-..Smashing window in jew
elers store. Judge-''What did he
eet?, Officer-..A watch, sir. 7"
Judge-"Then it is a watch case "
Officer (surprised) )-"Yes. sir. He
was pretty well filed. your honor.
when l captured him." Judge
well, as a filled case is not worth 90
much as solid goods. we'll give him
about Ela lanA|avelers' Weekly.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18
-"Your story, Mr.. Winterkill,' said

Your story, Mr.. Winterkill,' y said
the magazine editor to the rising young
author, "suits me very well. | OBJ
serye in it some trivial faults, how
over. For instance. you describe the
heroine's canary as drinking water by
tapping it up eagerly with her tongue.
Isn't that peculiar way for canary
IN drink water?" .'Your criticism sur
,rises ma" said Mr.. Winterkill in a
pained voice. "Still, If you think your
readers would prefer it, let the canary
drink its water with teaspoon. -
Chicago News.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18

There is considerable difference
between key on seaboard and . Z
on the keyboard
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18

A busy doctor in Scranton, Pa
sent in certificate OF death to the
health officer. and mad dvertently placed
his name in the space for cause OF
DEATH This is what might be called
accidental exactness
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-05-18

THE ARIZONA KICKER.
"ne Of the Rare Privileges Enjoyed oy
Western Editors.

'"ae VI INC mare fTiVle&eS EIJoycu ~ |
Western Editors. |
We take the following extracts from
he last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
EXPLANATORY. Last week we an
nounced that we were on the trail Of
j. b. Davis. the Apache avenue grocer,
and that this weeks issue would con-
tain an expose calculated to startle the
community. We had over a column
of it in type when Mr.. Davis called at
the Kicker Office and subscribed for
the paper and gave us a column ad. for
year. Mr.. Davis is not only gem
ial, whole-souled gentleman. worthy
of a place in our best society. but an
enterprising. go-ahead citizen who is
credit to the whole State. When
you want the best goods at the lowest
prices call on him."
"REFoRMING SLowLY.-When we
struck this town the chief OF police lay
drunk on the sidewalk in front of the
post Office, and the six patrolmen We're
playing pool or poker. Any one of
the crowd could be bought for half a
dollar. We have been pegging away
for reform with each issue of the
Kicker. and we are pleased to note an
Improvement. The chief hasn't been
drunk for the last fortnight, and yes
terday we counted four patrolmen on
their beats at one time All reforms
move slowly. but patience and per
severance will accomplish much. w,
shall keep at it, and we predict tina
the day will yet come when we shal
have police force which will not fea
drunken Indian nor sell out to ,
gambler for less than two dollars
SELL"
MOT THIS YEAR = CONSIDERABLE
anxiety has been expressed by ou
. many friends and well-wishers owe
the fact that the Kicker did not get th
city printing again this year. Il
answer to all inquiries we reply tina
we did not want it. The total incom
last year was ninety-six cents. Will
we lent over $l5 to the mayor an
aldermen and never expect to get
cent back. We can't stand that kind {
racket more than one year.
$ "SoME OTHER EvE.-We have r.
/, ceived several communications fro
Q leading citizens asking the Kicker
q go for Judge of Probate Smith, WI
j. has been too befuddled with bad whisk
8 Tor the last month to attend to bus
II ness. There is no doubt that til
, Judge ought to be raked fore and at
l. but we can't do it just now. We a
,, his creditor for about $40, and if v
IS opened on him he'd tell us to whist
a for our loan AS soon as we get o
D money back we promise to make II
y fur fly, not only in the case of Il
g Judge himself, but f ON the coat of h
brother Bill, who is also stepped
'e liquor and rendering himself a publ
n nuisance. Have patience, gentlemen
re Detroit Free Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
TELL TALE HORSES' TEETH.

A foal of $ months has six grinders in each jaw, three in each side, and also six nippers, or front teeth, with cavity in each.
 At age of 1 year, cavities in front teeth begin to decrease, and he has four grinders upon each side, one of permanent, and re- mainder of milk set.
 At age of 2 years he loses the first milk grinders above and below, and front teeth have their cavities filled up alike to teeth of horses of 8 years of age.
 At the age of 3 years or 21a, he casts his two front uppers, and in short time after the two next.
 At age of f years, grinders are six upon each side; and at about 415, his nippers are all permanent ones, by the replacing of re- maining two corner teeth; tushes then ap- pear, and he is no longer a colt.
 At 5 horse has his tushes, and there is a black colored cavity in center of ail his lower nippers
 At 6, this black cavity is obliterated in tho two front lower nipners
 Att, cavities of next two are filled up, and tushes blunted; and at 8 cavities of two corner teeth filled up. Horse may now be said to be aged Cavities in nippers of upper jaw are not obliterated till horse is about 10 years old, after which time tushes become round and nippers project and change their surface