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Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS.


Ono Of the Precious Products Of Dutts aaS |
AmsAsr Counties.
Diamonds have long bcen known TO
exist in California, though none OF
large size have been found. The
principal fields are along the north
fork of the Feather river, in Butte
County. and in the Volcano gravel
region on n tributssy of Dry creek, in
Amsdor County. At Cherokee. near
the north fork Of the Feather. sixty or
seventy diamonds have been taken
out. They are found in the gold dig
gings in coarse gravel. In the Volcano
fields nearly as many have been found.
The formation ut Volcano is similar to
that at Cherokee. There is, however,
at Volcano n bed of collaborating ce-
ment or conglomerate, SO hard that it
Is worked in a s.amp mill, micro
scopic examination OF the tailings
from which shows pulverized dia.
mOnds in considerable quantities.
This cement gravel contains enough
goll to pay we'll for the crushing. and
the owners do not believe they would
be justified by the number or value Of
diamonds 1t contains to attempt the
difficult task of breaking it up in such
. way as to try to save them. Micro
scopical PARTICLES OF diamonds have
also been found in some instances in
the tailings from other mills in Cali
fornia.
Last winter diamond expert from
the fields OF South Africa. Mr.. AT
kins, examined tho diamond bearing
placers at Cherokee and Volcano. and
came to the conclusion that the stones
from there had at some period beer
brought from distance. and that
these gravel fields were not their or
iginal bed. Tho same view, it may
be added, is held regarding the
gold deposits for which the mines ar,
worked. Cherokee and Volcano are
in the western foothills OF the Sierrs
Nevada. the latter place being abou
one hundred miles southeast OF tn,
former. The present topography o
The country is not looked to as giving
any clew to the source from which tn,
recious deposits have come, rs it il
'vident that the entire region ha'
been completely changed by earth
quakes and volcanoes. and the hill
'"e now in many cases composed 0
lava which has overflowed and covere,
the ancient rivers, mountains ant
valleys. The best gold gravel mine
on the eastern slope Of the Sacrament
valley are in the beds OF ancient rivers
These beds have been traced for lon,
distances, in many cases passing unde
mountain spurs or being cut of b,
valleys. In other instances violen
upheavals have so disarranged then
that the prospectors. following up
well-de6ned and paying river-bed, sud
denly lose it. finding it broken of lik
d pipestem, and frequently thorough
prospecting has failed to find the con
tinuntion of the bed, or it has beel
found miles away. showing that tn
earth had been cracked at right angle
with ,he stream, and tho two sides 0
the 7revice had slid in opposite direc
ticns for miles.
Mr.. Atkins did not think California
promising field for the diamond pros
pectors, and left for the Puget Scum
region. since which time nothing ha
been heard from him.-JeWclers' r,
tieU,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
MANURES FOR FRUITS.
Question of More Than Ordinary Interes
To Hortlculturists.

To IIorticulturists.
In the valley OF the Mississippi where
apple orchards have suffered from alter
nations OF heat and drought in summer
and drought and cold in winter one
half, If lot two-thirds. of the trees OF
mature asso alive and bearing five years
ago, are now dead Farmers and fruit
growers are coming to recognize the
fact that something must be done to
save the poor remainder, and they be-
gin to realize the necessity of manures,
though not necessary on nine-tenths OF
the wheat and corn soils of the West.
If apple or other sour fruit-trees are
growing on such land all that is neces-
sary to keep them in vigorous health
and fruitfulness is to secure to them a
monopoly Of the soil and the rainfall
and to keep all weeds and grasses in
complete subjection; but it will take n
long time to beat this fact into the
heads of the average man who has lost
portion OF his orchard and has re-
solved to save the remainder by liberal
manuring. Some kinds Of manure, how
ever. and some modes Of applying them
may be absolutely hurtful to apple
trees. II sheep are kept in an orchard
and the land Is not overstoclsed, the re-
suit is beneficial, for they eat the fallen
fruit and Distribute droppings over the
whole area. But if sheep manure be
distributed in quantity under the trees,
it has tendency to draw the woolly
bark louise; and horse manure has the
same effect. Cow manure attracts the
white grub, and fresh and unfermented
manure of any kind produces the white
rot OF the roots. Liquid manure, COM
pounded by soaking apple pomace with
pigeon dung. guano and the like, and
made quite weak, is an excellent fertili-
zer, which may bo used by amateurs on
small scale. If to apple pomace fif-
teen to twenty per cent of fine rock
phosphate be added, it is the best of all
fertilizers for the apple and pear
Along shore where seaweeds abounds.
no better and more profitable uses of il
can be made than to apply 1t literally
to apple orchards. And last, but not
least, no more successful use can be
made OF tobacco stems than to mulch
fruit trees with them; they repel in.
sects, absorb moisture and in that way
make an excellent mulch, and as they
rot slowly they give up potash salts and
other forms OF plant food essential to
the health and fruitfulness OF all sour
fruits.-B. u. johnson, in N. Y. 7rt5-
unc.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
UNSELFiSH PEOPLE.
How to Spoil Children and to Make Them
Useful Citizens.

Useful Citizens.
The way to spoil child is to give it
all it wants and require nothing in re-
turn. The way to make child grow
up TO be sensible and unselfish, is to
give it little and require of it much.
For it is not what others do for us that
benefits us, but what we do for our
selves and others.
We know parents whose only study
Is to CRAFTY their children. and this
they think is generosity. 1t is not
generosity; it is selfishness. TO crafty
child Is a keen delight, but to make
it do its duty Is often troublesome. To
let it of lesson costs only word; to
give it a toy is an affair OF few cents;
to say to it some fond and fattering
words is no trouble at all. But the
moment you begin to enforce duty,
or compel the faithful performance Of a
task, you encounter difficulties; you
have to take trouble, and practice some
OF the cardinal virtues; you have to be
patient, firm and wise. One of the
differences between good parent and
q bad parent is this: A good parent
treats his child in way that will be
most beneficial to 1t when it is grown
up; bad parent thinks only of the
child's enjoyment of to-day.
Selfishness is an exceedingly un-
popular vice. But when we consider
how many fond and foolish parents
spend years in doing nothing but trying
to please their children, and never
develop the children's sense OF duty,
never call their attention to the rights
OF others, never accustom them to give
way to others, or perform services for
others, we ought not to wonder that so
many persons are wholly devoted to
the qualification OF self. The limb that
is not used becomes weak and soft, and
will at length dwindle and wither, but
the mighty right arm of the blacksmith
still thickens and hardens, the longer
he wields the sledge-hammer. And it
is just SO with. all the faculties OF body
and mind.
Who are the generous and public
spirited? Who are good and obliging
neighborsP Who bestir themselves
for the improv ement Of their village or
town? Go back to the early homes Of
these people, and you will find they
were brought up to Tighten their par
ents' load. not make il heavier. They
learned self-denial and good sense by
being obliged TO perform at least rs
much work as they caused. The
boys were hoeing corn, bringing in
wood and hunting the cows; the girls
were helping their mothers. In this
way they acquired certain invaluable
something, which prevented them from
being very selfish or very foolish. This
something We know not how to name,
but 1t is often the difference between a
person Of sense and fool.-N. Y
Ledger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
KEEPING VEGETABLES.
How to Keep Garden Roots Quite Frssl
the Year Around.

the Year ArOunus
An exchange says: .'Apples. potatoes,
cabbage, and some times beets. turnips
and parsnips may be kept until spring"
This length OF time will doubtless apply
to ordinary modes Of storage in cellars,
but with suitable packing we find no
difficulty in keeping garden roots quite
fresh the year round. There is little
difficulty in retaining potatoes in near
ly as good condition as those freshly
dug, provided the temperature is kept
80 low that they will not sprout or
grow, tie skin being nearly impervious
to moisture SO that they will not wilt.
Beets. turnips, and especially parsnips.
become withered and dry in a compare
lively short time, and it is essential to
imbed them in a suitable packing sub
stance to prevent the escape of moisture.
Saw-dust, slightly damp (but not wet),
answers an excellent purpose. provided
it is placed in boxes sufficiently small
in size to prevent heating. All the
interstices between the roots must be
compactly filed. They should then
be kept in cool cellar Saw-dust
being an excellent non-conductor of
heat, few degrees OF frost in the cellar
for a few hours, during an excessively
cold snap will not be likely to reach
them. We have kept garden beets in
this way through the twelve months,
and taken them out in November ap-
parontly as fresh as the day they were
dug, although with some loss Of flavor.
Parsnips, which wither rapidly when
exposed to the air, may be kept fresh in
this way during winter, but tn Sc need
ed for spring use should be left in the
ground where they grew, and taken out
in spring for ready use. or else packed
away by the mode already described,
for longer keeping. They may be al
lowed to remain in the ground few
weeks longer. if the roots are not III.
lowed to become exhausted by the
growing leaves. which is prevented by
cutting off the starting foliage rapidly
with light hoe ground sharp on the
| grindstone.
Cabbage. intended for early use ir
winter, or for few months, may be
kept by a mode somewhat similar, us
ing slightly damp moss instead of saw
dust, or the latter viii, answer nearly
a as we'll. Procure good sized or long
boxes, cover the bottom with two o.
three inches of the moss. place a STRAIT
um of the cabbage heads regularly ant
compactly on this layer, after adding
another layer of moss proceed as before
till the box is filed. A quite low TEN
perature for the boxes is desirable ant
some frost occasionally will do no harm
When moss is used for packing roots
it answers good purpose If rubbed o.
ground rather fine or pulverized. ]
may be necessary during winter to ex
anime the degree of moisture, and /
quito dry or likely to become so, to ap
ply more with watering pot, but no
to drench them. 1t is essential {,
maintain low temperature, to proven
any danger from rotting. County!
| Gentleman
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
A PRETTY ROMANCE.
0ow Modest Young Man Was shown
the Error of His Way.

AUW ShVnSot AO0Mx 01ou vvoo CmOWo
the Error of His Way.
The young gentleman had just boen
admitted to the bar. had opened an
office in this city. and was waiting.
Micawber like, for something to turn
up. He was engaged to q young lady
whose beauty and true worth were not
10 be equaled, in his estimation, either
in this country or in Europe. She had
once been wealthy, and at that time
had moved in that social circle known
to fame as "McAllister's Four Hun
drcd." Her reduced circumstances,
however. had brought her to the circle
In which she met and won the love Of
the struggling young barrister. His
sense OF honor was OF the finest-per-
haps too fine--and he congratulated
himself that she was no longer an
aeiress, for had she been she would
not have become his fiancee. And he
he was sure that his finer feelings
would never permit him to ''marry
money" For this reason he was
anxious to make start In his chosen
profession which would enable him to
hasten the happy day. His first client
enabled him to do this, but had not this
initial case been a long time in coming
there never would have been occasion
TO chronicle this romance.
To cut long story short the young
lady. through the death OF distant
and almost unknown relative. fell heir
toa property larger than that originally
possessed. The young man, true to
his sense OF honor. gave her her free
dom in q short note, although the act
cost him great pang. This brought
from the young lady q longer note ask
ing him to reconsider his action and
requesting an interview. He thanked
her by post for her kindness, and told
her that rs an equal in wealth he
would have been honored by u union
with her, hut that she was now in a
position to make a much more desira-
BILE alliance. The days that followed
this generous remuneration OF wealth
and happiness were sad ones for the
young lawyer, made doubly SO by the
fact that they were spent in solitude in
his Office. uninterrupted by clients.
About a week after breaking off his
engagement the young man was
startled by the appearance in his Office
Of the girl he had given up. She
smiled beamingly on him and said:
'If you will not marry me let us at
any rate be friends. / need the advice
of counsel in suit which am about
to bring, and for the sake OF old times
l hope You will do your best for me-
by all MEANS" replied the aston
ished disciple of Blackstone. ''lf you
will give me the facts of the case will
attend to it at once"
Il wish to bring suit for damages
for breach Of promise against -
-. Iwould not do this, only know
he loves me still and will not marry
me because he thinks / can and want
TO do better"
1t is needless to say the case was
compromised and never brought into
court.-N. Y. Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
COURTING IN AUSTRALIA.
Ihe Energetic Process by Which the
Busfman Secures q wife.

Tee Energetic Process by Which the
Bus!isnan Secures q wife.
:''Our Blacks" said Mrs. }. II. Reid,
ANA i've of New South Wales, "are diff
ferent in type from the African. Their
hair stands up, wiry and bushy, like
that Of your Circassian women in your
dime museums. In the bush they wear
no clothes, but when they come In town
the authorities compel them to be clad.
The women object most strenuonsly to
clothing. fyou give a woman gown
she will seldom put but one arm in
sleeve, letting the garment hang from
her shoulders and displaying one side
of her bosom. The blacks find an
abundance Of food, and there is thus no
Incentive for them to accept civiliza-
tion and learn to work. The country
swarms with kangaroos. walvarbies
Gan animal similar to tho kangaroo).
rabbits and birds. Then the blacks
make large part of their diet OF
snakes and worms. Worms they eat
raw just us they dig them from the
earth. They eat snakes Of all kinds.
1.-The blacks arc not prolific. "
couple seldom have three children.
Tho women, OF course, are brutally
abused by the males and kept in
the most degraded state Of servitude.
When black wants q wife he falls
upon some young woman. chokes her
so she can not cry out. and runs with
her into the bush. There he must stay
with her for three or four months. He
can not return to his own tribe until the
expiration Of this period. When he
does take her back, il she utters no
complaint OF hunger against him--that
is. II she docs not show that he has ut
terly failed to supply her with sufficient
worms, kangaroo meat, and snakes-he
can keep her. But for year he must
stay out OF the way Of her tribe, for If
they catch him they will kill him and
take the young woman back. The sign
OF the married state adopted by the wo-
men is the pulling out Of one front
tooth. When the male becomes ben
edict he indicates the joyful fact by
eutting of tho little finger OF his right
hand at the first joint. They live in
low, skin-covered huts, and think are
In every respect beneath the North
American Indian in intelligence. v Chi
cago Herald.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
The One Thing Needful.

Eyes" said the young lady de-
murely to Billy Bliven. Papa has
given me every educational advantage.
l can sing in italian, you know, quite
readily"
"Yes," said Billy, 81 know"
"Then can converse in French and
Spanish and compose verses in Latin. :"
"Yes." said Billy, "but tell me one
thing more"
"What is thatp"
''Can you bake bread in EAglish?"-
Merchant Traveller.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05
She Had Seen Mrs. Blank.

"Havo you exchanged calls with Mrs.
Rlankp" she asked Of a lady friend on
the car.
II called on her once" was the re-
ply.
"Only once?"
That's all. l left my purse contain
ing twenty dollars, by accident, and
when she kindly sent it home next day
it was short fifteen dollars. She came
out with a new bonnet the next week.
Detroit Free Press
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05

"A weed recently discovered is called
the laughing plant. When eaten in the
green state. taken as q uncture or
smoked as tobacco IL Is said to produce
almost hysterical laughter in some
cases, and always results In cheerful
IDEAS. -
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05

BY loves delightful influence the
attack OF ill-humor is resisted, the vio-
lence OF our passions abated, the bitter
cup OF affliction sweetened, all the in.
1uries of the world alleviated. and the
sweetest flowers strewed plentifully
along the most thorny paths Of life
ZiWD2svynaaa.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05

MA" said a little student Of natur-
al history, "do frogs go to Ireland b
the winter time. when every thing y
froze upp" mo, my dear; Whist maleee
you ask such . question:" ''Becauss
teacher says they always hibernate h
winter. /" was the reply Of the observing
young hopeful.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05

There is considerable OF the rising
generation among the Indians 1t is
estimated that there are AZ many as 40,-
600 children Of school ags among the
various tribes.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-01-05

The genius Of Ameriea b stepping
high about these days. The AvesaGo
number Of patents issusd weelE1y -
over three hundred
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-05-04
THE DEADLY OVERCOAT.
A Justification of the Sensible Man Wh
Don't Wear One.

A Justification of the Sensible Man Who
Don't Wear One.
We protest against the indiscrimi-
nate use of the thick and heavy over
coat. We would rather see mel in
fairly robust condition, especially if
young, clad warmly next the skin and
wearing either light top coat or hone
at all. There can be no doubt that the
habitual use of great coats is Indirectly
accountable for the chills which they
are intended to prevent. Were the
overcoat worn continuously it might
attain it's object Its intermittent use,
even when ample underclothing IS
worn, affords no solid guarantee safety,
but rather the reverse.
The man of sedentary habits has es-
pecial need to remember this. He
emerges daily from a warm breakfast
room clothed in his ordinary winter
garments, with probably wooden under
wear, and over all the heavy ulster or
top coat. After a walk he finds that
the sense of warmth he began with is
more than maintained. He arrives at
his Office or place of business, and off
goes the overcoat, though the air Of
the newly-opened room is as cold as
that without, and draughty in addi-
tion. During the day perhaps he
travels to and from adjacent business
houses wearing only his house cloth
ing. The overcoat is laid aside till
closing time reminds him of the jour-
ney home. The frequent result is that
somehow, between the hours of his de-
parture and return, he is chilled. No
doubt, he would run as great a risk If,
lightly clad, he were to face the rigor
of winter day. In this case, how
ever, exercise and habit might do
much to develop the power of endur-
ance, and there would, at all events,
be less danger of sudden cold acting
upon freely-persPiring surface.
Woolen underclothing represents a
state of healthy comfort intermediate
betw cen these extremes, and more ro-
sistant to chill than either. Lancet.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-05-04
NOT A HAPPY THOUGHT.
The Trials and Tribulations of a Society
Young Man.

The Trials and TribulatiOns of a Society
Young Man.
While the society girl is subject of
so much sympathy and comment in the
newspapers, it might not be amiss to
cast a kindly glance toward the young
society man. Unquestionably the sea-
son tells heavily upon debutantes, but
after they have been out for year or
two they thrive upon fashionable life
in way that is wonderful to see. The
leaders who set the pace in the lively
circles of New York society are with
out exception magnificent specimens of
robust and beautiful womanhood. They
have bright eyes and clear skins; they
are quick of movement and apparently
happy. Although the years roll by,
many of the old leaders continue to
keep in the van, and the incessant
round of balls and parties has no other
effect upon them than to emphasize
their charms.
Meanwhile how about the society
man? Any one who casts a glance at
the vacuous, round-shouldered and
narrow-chested youths who block the
doorways at evening entertainments,
and drag themselves wearily through
their social PAGES by day, will see what
wear and tear society exercises upon
the system of the masculine portion of
the Four Hundred. The main trouble
with a society man is that he does not
get enough sleep. His sister goes to a
ball in a comfortable brougham, very
often after having taken a cosy and
healthful nap after dinner, and dances
until about two or three o'clock in the
morning with vivacity. The next
morning she sleeps saugly in her bed
until eleven or twelve o'clock. The
whole house is hushe1 that the beauty
of the family may indulge in her re-
pose, and after eight or nine hours of
healthful slumber she lounges around
in an easy wrap over breakfast, and
then goes to walk, ride or drive, pre-
cisely as an athlete would who is train
ing and building up his strength.
Her brother goes to the ball, dances
until three o'clock, lights a big cigar,
smokes it on his way home, tumbles
into bed at quarter to four, is reused
at eight, dresses hastily, and runs
down town after hurriedly swallowing
a mouthful of breakfast. All day long
he works with heavy head, and at
short intervals he builds up his failing
strength by visits to the nearest cafe.
At the end of five years, or even at the
end of two, the difference between
brother and sister is wonderfully dis
tinct. Any body can observe the con-
trast who cares to look at society peo-
pie. Take any of the horseshoe curves
at the Metropolitan Opera House, for
instance, and observe the pallid,
wearied and languid men who sit be-
hind the radiant beauties that adorn
the boxes. 1t is a picture of full sig
nificance.-Once a Week.