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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

do you know you can really furnish a
room with few barrelss" said an ener
getic lady. who had lived on the frontier
for many years. "When lived in a shan
ty in -, at the time my husband was
opening the new railroad, made nearly
every bit Of my furniture myself. Some
day | may tell you more about my various
contrivances The barrel and its uses is a
sufficiently prolific theme. Why. there
are no end OF things it can be used for,
she continued, waxing enthusiastic. Cut
in two and properly fastened, they serve as
washtubs or bathtubs; turn them over and
upholster them, and you nave beautiful
French pun divans for your parlor and
every one knows the comfortable barrel
armchairs that they make. Take out the
slaves and string them ON ropes and you
make for yourself delightful hammock
Bore holes at each end of three OF four and
pass a rope through. knotting it to keep
the slaves about foot apart, and you have
perfectly good lot OF bookshelves, which
you can either varnish or paint New
York Tribune
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

ii. c. Brown. OF Denver, has now one Of
the finest hotels west OF the Mississippi
river at cost OF 81 10000 He has paid
S250,oO0 for the furniture and sc. 900 for the
silver service. Yet when he landed in Col.
orado In 1852 he was without "A dollar. and
as the little mining camp was beginning To
he built up he made his living b, follow
ing his trade as "A carpenter He then took
nl acres of land at "A spot near what is now
.noWn rs Capital hill at 81. 25 an acre. That
lot i to-day worth 500, 900, and Brown is
about the richest man in the state.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27
HoAR FROST.

When the boar frost dresses each bough and
twig
In down Of the elder and virgin hair.
Each willow and weed has powdered wig.
The wild grapevine makes the elm brig
With ropes OF the polar bear;
Away TO the meeting his rusty rig
The parson drives. and his beard is big
With frost In the icy air.
When miles OF beeches and thorns and baws
Are white with the crmine OF ghostly buds.
And roots OF the oaks are crystal claws,
Each black burnt stump Is "A phantom's Jaws
In the alabaster woods.
The farmer over the hucksaw draws
A bacon rind, and coughs and saws
BY woodpile's logs OF suds.
When boughs unioosen a million pearls,
And dust OF a crumbled diamond falls,
Where you see the brown that's the wary
squir'ls.
The schoolgirls romp. Ia their caps and curls.
With cheeks as red as their shawls:
The barn boy blows IN bis fstor whlrls
Red mittens and pounds with his fork. or
hurs
Tho hay he. whistling, hauls.
On the hill Is an orchard OF cotton fleece,
Whose fence II OF wool and whose rails are
yarn.
And the springhouse there Is a fairy piece.
And the henhouse. too. where the farmers
nieco
In her apron shells the corn.
She laughs. and her teeth are rs white a.
these.
And feeds the chickens and feeds the geese,
And nirts with the boy at the barn.
Madison Cawein In indianapolis journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

Consul DENLY, of Picking. China. re-
ports that in 1889 from one port. Ichang.
there were exported $4,000 pounds of
tigers bones. For use as fertilizers
the only use intelligent people seem to
have for dead tigers-thcso bones might
be worth $3.50. yet they were entered ut
value Of 5000. They ARE to be used
as a medicine. From them will be made
''tonic," which the Chinese invalid be-
lieves viii impart to him some of the
tigers strength and fierceness. For the
same medicinal" reasons 1900 pounds
of "old deers' horn were valued at
81, ZOO.
Many of us who are filled with disgust
at the folly of such absurd beliefs are
now keeping up old customs and habits
that are almost as absurd and expensive.
in the light of modern progress. as this
tiger bone tonic.-Rural New Yorker
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27
Argentine a Good Market.

a settler in Diamante, Entire Rios, Ar
gentine Republic. writes that over eighty
reaping machines and forty-five thrash
ing machines were received in that lo-
cality last year. while the cost of the
Irvine used for binding wheat amounted
to 100000, and estimates that this year
SloO,OOO worth of Irvine will be used.
de says that the settlers this year will
need 100000 bags. Within the last two
months Diamante has purchased $751;
900 worth of agricultural machinery.
The yield of wheat during the past sea-
son has averaged almost ton an acre,
and Is of superior quality. -Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

When the Sea Robbers Fishing elub If
New York city makes its first excursion
down the bay next spring, the members
will carry large number Of glass and
earthenware receptacles filed with wines
and settler and beer and other things 10
drink. They will also carry a Jar contain
ing the ashes Of Philip Jaeger, which will
be opened of the point known as the Mon
ument" ON the fishing banks, where the
ashes will be scattered to the four winds Of
heaven and swallowed up by the sea. Phil
ip Jaeger not only furnished the ashes. bnt
in his will he provided for the purchase of
the drinks and viands to be used by his com
rades ON the occasion of his final disposaI
which he desired to be one of JOY and feast,
ing for his friends. Jaeger died short
time ago. He was saloon keeper and one
OF the leading members of the club.
-Four years ago a Staten Island saloo,
keeper got up a similar excursion for the
friends he left behind, save that his ashes
were thrown from the Statue Of Liberty
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27
ApRlFT IN A BARREL.


ana adventure
Mrs. Mary Bretano, who was picked up
at sea by the bark Crispo and landed at
New London recently, tells remarkable
story Of adventure. On Sept y she sailen
from San Juan island in the Italian DARK
Corauinez. bound for New York, OF wnich
her husband was captain. They encoun,
tered head winds and stormy weasher, ana
by repeated accidents all OF the crew were
either killed or washed overheard, ana zap
tain Bretano and his wife were left alone
on a disabled ship.
The captain discovered that the vessel
was leaking, and dashed TO the pump stan
chions he and his wife worked the pumps
hoping to keep the craft adoat until she
should be driven ashore Iwenty-iour
hours without rest the man and woman
toiled at the pumps; then Mrs. Brentanos
strength gave out, and her husband con
tinued alone The water gained on tine
pumps, and when a sea came over the stern
and swept the length OF the bark, tearing
up the matches, the water poured into the
hold like cataract The captain. seeing
now that work at the pumps was useless,
turned his attention to devise some means
Of saving his WIFE 1t was question oil
few hours when the vessel would go down,
and she was likely to be overwhelmed any
moment by the waves that were growing
heavier.
With the assistance of his wife the cap
tain managed to get an empty molasses
hogshead out of the hold, and lashing it to
a spar he cut "A square hole in the side OF 1t
large enough to admit the body Of his wife.
Around the barrel he fastened several
lengths of strong rope, securely lashing
them there, so that the barrel was finally
inclosed in a sort of network Of rope To
the ends of these ropes that hung from the
side of the cask opposite the hole, he at
tached several pieces of pig iron that to-
gether weighed a good many hundred
pounds. Into the barrel he put provisions
and water and wearing apparel, and after
all his wife got in.
With his wife provided for, Captain
Bretano began work on another hOgshead
that he intended TO prepare in the same
manner for his own occupancy. He had
roped the cask and was getting the iron
ready for it when a mighty sea threw the
vessel on her beam ends, and another wave
swept the deck clean.
That was the last that Mrs. Bretano saw
of her husband. The cask in which she
stood was ballasted by the weight that
hung underneath it, and its extreme buoy
ancy kept it ahoat The fate Of her hus-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

band Overcame the woman, and she says
that she tainted. She must have laid long
time unconscious, for when she again real
lied her surroundings it was night The
waves were running mountain high, but
the cask rode them like duck She suf-
fered good deal from cold, and she was
continually wet from the spray that flew
through the opening at the top of the cask.
She had good supply Of provisions in the
shape of canned meats and water in bottles
At the END of two days the wind and the
waves subsidized, and the woman could stand
up and take a survey of the sea. She had
no idea Of her whereabouts, but she hoped
that she was in the path of some craft that
would pick her up. Her strange vessel
stood the wear and tear Of the waves splen-
didly, but she was in constant fear that the
weights would become loose, in which case
she knew that the cask would roll over and
fill.
As nearly as she can calculate, she was
ahoat five days. On the fourth day she
drank the last drop of water that she had
and ate the last morsel of food, a good deal
of which had been spoiled by the salt spray
beating into the opened cans OF meat and
soaking the biscuits that she couldn't pro-
tect She suffered intensely from the cold
and as her body grew weak from hunger
and thirst she felt the exposure more keen
ly. On the morning Of the fifth day she be-
came so weak that she couldn't stand. and
hoping for quick termination of her suf
ferings she lay helpless in the tossing cask.
1t was on this day that the cask was picked
up by the Crispo and the woman discovered
She was terribly exhausted, but she was
given good care by the captain of the Crispo
and under the effect of nourishing food She
soon regained her strength, and but for the
grief that she felt at the fate of her husband
she showed no signs Of her terrible expert
Qncp
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

Some genius in Syria, named Mousa
Rhouri, has discovered the secret by
which the silkworm makes silk. He
can make the silk by machinery without
the aid Of the silkworm. In this way
the cost Of making silk can be reduced
one-half. A mandatory is TO be started
in Georgia soon by Syrian colony. To
manufacture silk in this way large
tract Of land has been secured ON which
TO plant mulberries, and the emigrants
expect soon to make their fortunes
Meehan's Monthly.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

The Austrian war minister has issued
an order TO encourage religious feeling
in the army. He finds that Austrian
soldiers do not attend divine service nc
cording TO the regulations. lnasmuch
as the encouragement of religious feel-
ing is regarded as of great service to tho
military. the army must henceforth go
20 church at least once n month. Like
wise, young officers in command at
church must conduct themselves in a
more reverential spirit than has been
observed lately Berlin Letter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

There is an extensive cave in Clifford
township. Six rooms have been visited.
In one of these there is a rift several feet
wide, extending downward to an I'M
known depth. A stone dropped therein
cannot be heard to strike a bottom.
Some interesting meteorological speci-
mems can be found in the cave. 1t will
be explored as thoroughly as possible
some time this spring.-Cor. st. Paul
Pioneer-Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

The geographical center of the suicidal
mania Is SaNony, which yields an enormous
crop-4oO cases to every 100000 inhabit-
ants. Among all the civilized states Ger.
many rolls up the greatest number. an av-
erage Of 22O to every 100000 souls. The
other countries range in the following snc.
cession; France, Austria, Belgium, Eng.
land. Italy and Russia.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

The floating fire engine, propelled by
steam, which has been lately built for
the service of the prefecture of the port.
made a short trial trip in the Marmora
recently. Il steams twelve 70 thirteen
miles an hour Liyant Herald
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

The father OF negro boy convict who
was killed by jumping from the fourth Ter
Of the Baltimore Jail at the time of the 70
cent fire has sued the city for SO 900 dam
ages, claiming that the officers of the iaiI
negiigently permitted the boy TO remain
locked in his cell such an unnecessary length
of time that he became crazed by the smoke
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

. During the time Of George IL in England
the Fleet weddings went on merrily There
was great feasting ON the occasion OF a
wedding duly conducted In the parish
church. On the day OF the wedding the
bridegroom himself waited on the bride
and guests. Walter Besant in Harper'S
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

Inc figures of the last census are not
yer completed, but it is estimated that
aoous l''oOO,OOO persons derive their ly-
ing from agriculture-that is, about %
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

L. K. Watson, of Arcadia, Ca, has
oeen made happy by the return of his
mich cow that disappeared over two
years ago, during which time he never
heard of her.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

Salt curdles milk; hence, in preparing
milk porridge. gravies, etc. the salt should
not be added until the dish is almost fin
ished. Exchange.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-27

The best way to manage a wife is TO
marry woman who doesn't need manag
ing, but who can manage herself and you.
too, TO the comfort and happiness Of BOTH
New York World.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18
IMMIGRATION.

Eastern papers of all political sh AIDES
are urging legislation to restrict immigra-
tion. A Philadelphia paper says that
Congress does not dare to take hold of
the subject of immigration and pass upon
1t intelligently. Nobody" continues that
journal. was afraid of China. The China
men don't vote and don't bother about
politics, SO it was easy to prevent them
from landing" There is curious misap-
prehension of apparent conditions in these
comments. China is the nation of all
others that there is reason to be afraid of.
Under the laws which in a measure regu-
late European immigration Chinese would
come here in such. numbers as would
crowd the humblest class of Europeans
out The empire can spare enough active.
healthful and willing laborers to do the
work that Europeans come here to do.
1t does not much matter to them If they do
not vote so long as competition between
them and whites is free. The cause for
the Discrimination Of Congress to take
hold of the immigration problem does
not lie in the votes of naturalized citizens.
It lies in the desire of powerful corpora
tions to keep a supply of cheap labor
on hand. The same power which induced
Congress to delay the Nicaragua canal bill
till the next session is responsible for the
unwillingness of Congress to take up the
subject of immi grafton.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18
SENATOR WHITES. PROMOTION.

= Under ordinary ciTcum stance5 d citizen
of California would be pleased TO see a
Senator:from this State placed on so i'm
during his first two years in the Senate.
Such unusual promotion would indicate
that California has sent man to the Sen
ate who would be a bic TO 90 something for
the State, But there are peculiar eiYcum-
stances attending. the promotion of Mr..
White. The administration is in need of
votes in the Senate, and Mr. White is in a
position TO furnish one. He has inst voted
for an ad mnistration measure to which his
constituents are almost unanimously OPP
posed If the language of Senator Hill
has any meaning ME-. White is relied upon
by the administration to pass the free
trade bills the Senate has received from
the House. The report of Mr.. HIPS speech
is not telegra Pied in full, but the reference
TO .'the legislation which the filling of the
vacancy ton tie Finance Committed was
designed to expedite" clearly means that
the promotion of Mr.. White was consid-
cred as sure means Of securing his vote
on those bills on the administration side,
Mr.. White might be exonerated from GEN.
elected on that kind of platform, but his
vote for the Chinese treaty was deliberate
betrayal OF the trust the people have
reposed in him, Whether he has traded
himself away, as Senator Hill intimates,
or experienced a change Of heart, is best
known to himself -. ~ q:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18
NOW AS EVER.

The following appreciative words are
from the San Francisco Voice Of Labor:
II the laboring element of this city have any
appreciation it should support The CALL. Ii
has shown Itself the friend OF labor always. In
addition thereto 1t is a clean. able, reliable
newspaper that can be safely admitted TO the
family circle.
THE CALL is glad to say that the labor
ing element of this city have appreciation
ami do support THE CALL. This journal
was started as the friend OF labor and has
always been true to it's mission. And per-
haps here has never been a time since th e
first issues of The CALL when the neces-
sity of maintaining a widely circulated
daily journal in which the interests Of
labor are -steadfaslly advocated has been
more apparent than now. The syndcates
and corporations are doing their best to
force wages down to the European pauper
labor standard.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18
LET TIMES BE EASY.

The Santa Clara EUening NelcS SAYS:
There is no reason why times should not be
reasonably good in Santa Clara County this fall
and winter. In fact, there should be a notice
able revival in trade almost immediately. The
apricot harvest. the largest mat has ever been
gathered in this county, IS now practically fin
ished, Prunes, peaches, grapes and an
Infinite variety OF other fruit are coming along
rapidly, and each Will go to swell the grand ag-
gregate. And after the fruit is all harvested,
and the laborers have got their money and
placed il IN circulation, the tide will only have
just begun TO flow. The fruit will yet remain
10 be sold and the proceeds which will amount
TO several millions OF dollars, will place this
county on The crest of the tide of prosperity.
The battle over hard times is half over
when people are convinced that the worst
is over. Apprehension of prolonged dull
times drives money out of circulation.
Men who have money think it prudent to
keep ii where they can get hold of it al a
moments notice. They are afraid to make
investments lest there may be further de-
probation Of property. and afraid to spend
money in a liberal way lest they wind up
in the poorhouse. If people will make a
kind of mental combine ana resolve that
times are easy, times would be easy. 1t is
not all in ones imagination, but a good
deal in ones practice.
The extract we print from the Santa
Clara NetUS might with little m notifications
be applied to several other counties. 1t is
not every county whose fresh fruit crop
will amount TO millions of dollars, but
Santa Clara is large, rich and popuous
county, and ii takes a good deal of money
to 60 round. There is some reason to fear
also that the Santa Clara fruit-grOwer does
not think he is doing well unless ne is do
ing very well. He is accustomed to large
returns from his orchards, and expects al
ways to have them. One hundred dollars
net az acre yearly is the lowest compromise
he will make with fate. A tweDty-acre
orchard that does not yield an Income
above $1,000 year is in danger Of changing
owners. Other counties not quite so far
advanced in the frnit-growing industry as
Santa Clara are coming along nicely. In
few years they will demand as much
from fate as Santa Clara does now Now
| that we have got IN the way Of drying and
canning our fruit the world is our market.
Meantime with the stream of dollars
coming into the State let us agree that if
times are not as flush as they were things
might be worse. Let US agree also that
when times really become good we will
saw so,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18

reason which their situation calls for; thor
ougnly good education, maintenance and
healthful recreation, and, II necessary, the pest
OF medical service. When tney are older ana
their needs, social and otherwise. are greater,
the earlier allowance can be judicially ln-
creased.
10 use the homey expression of an old
Californian this will strike people OF
sense as wisdom in chunks" 1t Is pre-
cisely this mania for profuse expendl-
ture and Ostentation which is the chief
danger in the path of our best people, and
no worse service can be rendered TO the
heirs to wealth than to accustom them TO
squander money on luxury. 1t Is the
habit OF wasting money which prevents SO
many of our milionaire's sons from being
OF any use in their day and generation.
Money is an admirable thing as an instlu-
ment of usefulness, but if the owner
neg1ects the usefulness to concentrate his
thoughts on the instrument or on the i'm
proper uses to which it can be put ne had
better be without it.. he will cumber the
heart.
Here and there members OF our gilded
youth are observed to turn their riches to
good account. In this very Astor family,
the head. John Jacob AstOr, is spending
millions in meritorious endeavor TO ap-
ply electrical force to ocean navigation,
while another member is publishing at
vast loss one of the best monthly perindi-
Gals England ever had, a magazine which
is almost equal to our American maya
zines. One of the Vanderbts, Cornelius, is
probably without rival as practical rail-
road man. and his brother Georges collect
Ing library which will presently contain
more rare and valuable books than any
other collection in this country. But how
few of the new generation of millionaires
are following the example,! And yet what
opportunities they havei In almost every
branch of science the progress OF inquiry
is checked by the necessities of the in
quirer. Tyndall and Huxley would have
been compelled more than once to stop
their priceless work If friends had lot sub
scribed small fund 10 keep the wolf from
the door. In many branches OF letters the
brightest minds are driven to abandon
their best work in order TO earn bread for
their families. How much good for sci
ence, letters and civilization these young
mlllionaires could do if they said to strug-
Cling genius, $50 on with your work
Find the connecting link! Work out the
problem of the asteroids! Write your poem
or your history. if ittakes week to write
page! And l will stand between you
and the grocer and the bakerv'
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-18
TO MAKE YOU SMILE,

Enfant Terrible-Mrs. Myles was .pralsing
you Today, mamma, to Mrs. Renwick. was
on the other side OF the garden wall and heard
'em.
Mamma-What did she say?
Enfant Terrible-She said there were worse
old gossips than you in the town after all.
Mr.. Meeks (anxiously)-Do you think my
motber-in.law will pull through, doctor?
Physician (encouragingly)-We can hope for
the BEST sir.
Mr.. Meeks (hopefully)-Sos she's really going
TO die, is she?
Master-John. 1 notice that my cigars are
rapidly disappearing: Is IL possible that 10 the
short time you have been In my service
John with dignity)-Slr, you insult me- Be-
sides, have three boxes stu left from my last
master.
Plaintiff TO his counseD-If had known
that IL was such dificelt matter to get
divorce I'd sooner have remained single.
There is much tenderness in this world-but
very little OF II is found In a boarding house
beefsTeak.
Irate captain Ito vOlupteers)-You idIotsl It's
waste of time for an officer to command you
an ass would be good enough Cunning
away: Lieutenant Campbell, take command
please" ALL from Truth.