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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

Every winter sees a new idea in shoe
making to avoid wet and cold feet. The
cork sole has outlived three or four in
ventions aud seems very popular. but
the fashionable idea is now to have oil
skin lining between the uppers and tho
ordinary lining. This effectually keeps
out the cold and wet, and by doing away
with all ventilation and retaining the
perspiration a considerable amount of
warmth is acquired. The plan is prob
ably open to certain sanitary objections.
and residents in suburban districts far
removed from granitoid or even plank
walks. are willing to take a few chances
in order to get down town with dry feet.
In Canada they have a simpler and
much CHI aper way of securing the same
result by using a very thick sock made
OF wood pulp and millboard. which re-
qulres an immense amount of water to
soak through. 1t is doubtful whether
anything but good rubbers will pass
muster from a medical standpoint. but
so long as some people have prejudice
against wearing them. every winter will
probably see some new invention to take
their place.-lnterview With a Shoe
Dealer
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

You can order three meals and bath
with twenty five words aud still have a re.
manning surplus Of verhiage % devote TO
other and more luxurious ends
a tasty after dinner speech mny be made
out Of total capital OF 800 nouns. pro
nouns. verbs. ndjcctiscs. conjunctions aud
participlc-. Our minor poets nud 10000
words a rich su0lciency Tor the manufac
turc Of ballads and triolcts Tor the trade.
and most ~ the terms are only needed in
the hunting down 81 elusive rhymes
II View Of ali these things Il is somewhat
remarkable 10 reflect that the latest die
ucnary OF the English language shows
that our total verbal wealth sums up over
eit.oo0 words Johnson's dictionary de
hnos between to.0o0and 5000 wonl~. Chi
cago News
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

People who arc skoptical about the
extent to which women avail themselves
OF leap year privileges ought to refer 70
the city registrar. He thinks he has at
least one genuine case.
A wealthy Boston woman. moving in
the Hubs best society and living on
Commonwealth avenue. was married
last week to well known New York
man. A few days before the ceremony
she went TO the registrars Office and
asked for a marriage license. She said
she wanted il for friend Of hers who
was sick, and who had asked her TO do
the errand for him. The license was
given 70 her. blank. of course. and she
WAS SHOWN how to iii IL ont. Under the
registrars eye aud direction she wrote
the names Of the groom and his father.
hia occupation, etc, then the name Of
the bride-elect, with the various neccs.
sary bits Of Information about her
Then 'he registrar asked her TO sign her
own name, NJ representing the purchaser
OF the license. with her ADDRESS.
The lady hemmed and hawed. asked
questions and tried to evale the point.
When she found the name must be sign
ed. she made the best OF il. took the pen
braveiy and wrote. She fled without
any explanation. Boston Herald
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13
An .msarrs..lnr nlnmen,.

A daughter OF a nervous Kensington
Sother had a party the other night
and lemonade The thirsty young couples
Son emptied the pitcher. The mother.
discovering tho emptiness. flew up stairs
IN fright at the prospect Of having a
dozen cases OF stomach ache on her
hands aud was back in iiify with pare
goric. which she insisted In prescribing
to tho young ladies TO the modification
OF the young ladies who were talking
ON aesthetic subjects with their beaux -
Philadelphia Record.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

Thousands Of men with nothing In their
pockets. and thousands without even a
pocket. are rich. A man born with a good.
sound constitution. a good stomach. a good
heart and good limbs. pretty good head
piece. l. rich. Good bones are better than
gold. tough muscles than silver. and nerves
that Hash fire and carry energy 10 every
function arr better than houses and land
bdueation may do much 20 cheek evil ten
denotes or 70 develop good ones. but Il II q
<feat tang 70 Inherit the right proportion
81 faculties 10 start with The man l. rich
who has a good dispoeitlon. Tho B. natural
" kind, patient. cheerful. hopeful and who
has flavor 81 wiz aud fun in biz compost
uor. Merchants Review
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

The wise man always carries an um.
brcllA, IL a well known old saw" said an
umbrella manufacturer. "nnd IL IN not
such bad one, either. but the wise man
who carries an umbrella IL still lacking Ia
wisdom II he doesn't place "a. when IL X
wet, handle downward to dry Show me
an umbrella that has holes worn In the
silk about the ring at the top, while the
body ~ the material ~ still intact through.
out. and will show you an owner OF an
umbrella who doesn't deserve TO own one.
not n Il Is good one; and show me an um.
brclla that bus holes Ia IL along the ribs
before natural use Of II should make them
come there, and ! will show you an owner
who carries his umbrella more for sake OF
appearance than Tor utility.
"A wet umbrella placed handle down
drips the moisture from Il az the edges of
the frame, and the material with which II
Is covered dries evenly and leaves no spot
stiil soaked with water N II Is stood han.
die upward the water runs down to one
spot az the top. where the strong cloth lin.
ing about the ring holds good deal OF it.
and IN a comparatively short time rots the
material and II breaks easily.
''lhe man who carries his umbrella
swathcd In its ease when IL Is not called
into use by rain. 10 give Il aud him a more
stylish appearance on parade win soon
find IL wearing out from top TO bottom.
This is because Of the constant friction be-
tween the case and the silk, and no matter
Of how good quality Il may be, the holes
will appear Ia IL long before they should.
and the dealer who sold the umbrella will
OF course be blamed Tor selling inferior or
damaged goods. There are many people
40 Ignorant Of the proper treatment OF an
umbrella that they will actually roll IL up
when wet and leave IL to rot and mold
until the next time they want IL for use
New York sun.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

There is a great revival going on in
our midst. Wednesday night the grocery
man got up in meeting and said; "Breth-
rem, I'm the man who furnished the
orphan asylum with meat at twelve
cents pound when it wasn't worth six
cents"
when he sat down another fellow
Jumped up and said Brethren. want
10 make clean breast Of it. I'm the
man who stole the meat that he furnished
10 the orphan aylum. Pray for usl'--
Atlanta Constitution
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

A rotncthins hoyers IN the air.
Ard poises DER the baked in
And rides upon the winged clort.
Yet hath no form the eye can
But 10 the deeper. Inward sl0bt
IL Is Il presence sweet and frr.
That fills the universe With inv
And wakes the earth with I,n,,,,
A something In the forest word
II scarcely may be named r'.,
Yet fcttered captives hear it, cs,i
And In their longing heart rc,n,.
A subtitle whisper IN the brceze' ''''
So soft. II seems a spirit'e bres,A
Yet leahess boughs grow tremnIcns
With ecstasy ut what II saith
A something rises with the morn
And fingers with the suns lass
Brings rapture to the silent nIgh,
And luster to the shining dav.
With yearning. half Of bliss and -
II swells my heart. and. wonde,t IAN
ask. What can II bcf a bird
Sings at my window. III /. sn,,u,,,
-Zitclla Cooke In Youths Cor,,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13
A Maine MN. mlsfnrtnne.

a wealthy Maine man who recently
got married made over all his property
70 MS wife as mark of affection for
ucr' soon afterward she was suddenly
taken ILL., and, before she could make a
VIII she died. 1t is now said that all
ner property will go to her brother. and
chance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

The young girls at South Seaville sew.
eral weeks ago formed wood saving
club. their object being 10 raise money
for the church Of which they We're mem.
oeFs. They accepted jobs of saving
wood for any one In Seaville who chose
70 hire them. They have sawed up over
twenty-five cords.-Cor PHILADELPHIA
Times.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

William Tulliver and Minnie Stack
mouse We're recently married on horse
p ys, IN the rain at night at Paoi. Ind.
! ne minister stood on the doorstep. The
couple SAID they were rainsoaked and
nao TOO far to 60 to lose time
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13
Discovery Of a turquoise Mine.

y turquoise mine has been discovered
s sss the town of Ibrahim-Olga. about
plssen miles from Samarcand. This is
saia to be the third turquoise mine found
IN central Asia.-New York Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

,' 0ne u the largest cameha plants ever
e e Is now growing in nursery near
= ~ .iingnam, England. II quite fills a
49, saeenhouse. Some 1000 buds have
, I'm from the tree, and it still
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-01-13

A citizen Of Mobcrly. No, has a curiou.
collection. He has a slipper IS years Old
a Bible and trunk each 100 years old ara
razor hone 800 years cid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

OF the Agaricini family there is one
subdivision that contains many toad
stools that are deadly poisonous. and
il is we'll to be made acquainted with
these in the very beginning. This sub
division is known as the am;lni1a. II
is the most beautiful. the most inSid-
iouS and the most deadly of all toad
stools. and should be Stunned With
horror. The amanit:,c always have Il
volva or sheath around the stem III or
in the surface of the ground; when This
or remnants of it are found upon any
toHd>tool it should be discarded I'M
less the finder is sure Of the ability to
discriminate between the edible and
non-rtlhlr Amanitac.
II is well to say just here that there
ar" not great many men in The
United States with this ability. lis ;h,,
science of mycolugy is not as yrnrr; L.;
pursued with us as with some of the
older peoples of Europe
The great danger from anlnnitac is
due to the fact that to IN uniformed
or unobSrrvant person they rrScmhl"
the common mushroom. \ very lltll,.
knowledge would enable any int lii
gent person not handicapped with an
undue amount of cockSurr concrit to
discriminate between the amanita and
the common mushroom. The common
mushroom is purple Sporrd. with pink
iSh gillS i'll early youth. which increase
in depth of color as the spores ripcu
to Il heavy purplish black All of the
amantac are white Sporcd and have
white gillS And. furthermore. the
habitatS of these two agaricS are quite
different.
The common mushroom always
grows i'll the open: on the other hand
the amanita always grows in the depth
or on the edge of timber lands Capt
Mcllvainc tells me that he has never
found the amanita in open fields or
meadows. Any one ambitious to test
the merits of toadStoo'S would do well
to note the characteristics of the anl,n-
ita at once. Other toadStonlS Somn
times contain minor poiSonS: the amnu-
ita contains IL dangerous poison: it be-
longs to Il family that killS-IIarp rs
Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
STREETS WITH ODD NAMES.


Old English Nomenclature Offensive &c
Modern Ears.
The corporation of Colchester have
been busying themselves in cffacina
some ancient place and street names
described as "disagrccablc." ana in
some instances offensive, and replacing
them with names more acceptable t.
the refined ears of these times. Thus
SNAKE lane" has, we learn. beer,
cuphrmized into 'Scrpentinr walk "
while "Catstield road" has become Isl
Adams road" Grub street. Gal
lows lane" Pigs row." and the lili"
have, however, not yet been subjected
to a similar process of publication.
On turning to the list of streets in
Hatton's curious "Nicw of London"
01OS,, we find many such names rs
"Bandyleg walk Barefoot alley"
"Cutthroat lane" Colchester. it seems.
is afflicted with Il "Cutthroat lane !,
"Deadman's place" 'Dunghill lane. "
Dark entry" Foul lane" and III =
lane" together with three Dirty
lancS"-two of them in the then fash
ionable localities of Longacrr ami
Leicester ticlds-and no fewer than
eight Frying Pan alleys" in various
parts of the city and suburbs. The
disappearance of most of these has
doubtless been due TO some such feel
ing as that which has awakened tn.
incipient reforming zeal of the cot
chester Town Council.-London Daily
News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
WHOPpER OF A WHALE.
Nearly n thousand Years, with Extremei
Tall Physical Dimensions.

Nearly n Thousand Years, with Extremely
Tall Physical Dimensions.
The largest whale which ever en-
tered this harbor and one of the lar
gcSt ever seen on this coast washed
ashore at Tokelund, says the South
Bend (Wash) Herald. The news was
Immediately brought back by one of
the morning steamers, and the after
noon passenger boats were crowded
to their greatest capacity by the
thronys who were anxious to see the
monster.
The fish came in on the high tide.
and lay just a little below Charles
Fishers lighthouses. 1t was alive and
kicking and did not finally surrender
its lease on existence until after thir-
ty hours fight for life County Attol>
ncy NJ. ID. Egbcrt had taken along Il
tape line and carefully measured tho
monster. The line showed an extreme
length of Ia feet and = inches, with
Il waist measure of 161 feet and Il
inches. County Surveyor l.. c. Wick
rcy figured on the weight of the ami
mile" and pronounced this member OF
the bnlaenoidca family to weigh forty
seven and a half tons. and the blubbcr
and whalcbone to be worth. mt current
prices, OIL, NJ. iJ'b, Dollt. "l,ph' HIM
ing il neat total of S1O,9IJ.
Attorney l.. +. CHM attempted To
compute the age of the subject under
consideration. and concluded. from the
transverse lines on the balrcn. that
this fish had existed for 9SG years.
lacking but fourteen years of having
lived the longest term of whale life.
The pcctoral fins are ~ feet long and
feet broad: the mouth is ~ feet long:
the blow holes Is inches long. and the
hHlf-hundrHd bathcrS in the water ut
the time it came ashore say the noise
Of Spouting was dcafcning and the
spray elected assembled at least fifty
feet in the air The thraShing of the
tail on the water in the struggle to- re-
gain the channel was heard at Me
GowanS cannrry. at the mouth of
North River. four miles away. County
School Superintendent l.. w. FanSh"r
furnished some historical facts in r.
gard to the whale. Alfred the Great
had been dead but six years when his
whalcShip first began to navigate the
waters of the earth This old boy WAS
12O years old when William the Con
uucrcr was born. and may have been
playing off English shores when he WAS
crowned king He was on earth at
the time of making the great charter
at Runnymcdr. he WAS midhlr-Hg"d
when the pilgrims landed ut plymouth
Rock. and probably looked upon the
wars of Napoleon. the American r"vn-
luton and civil war with many Il sad
sigh and shake of the head for the
ruthless slaughter of humanity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Italian Women.

The Italian woman has not yet taken
her true working place in society. She
Is generally handsome, rarely corrupt
in the StrictcSt sense of the word.
though by no means Il moraliSt. AT
home she rules; outside she rXrrtS no
influence whatever. The political wu-
man is as yet unborn. A few literary
women exist, but among them are only
one or two who rise above the aver
age. The Italian woman is nearly nj.
ways II good mother: even when Il bad
wife she follows impulses rather than
reason in her actions. and this to Il
greater degree than her sisters in any
other European country.
During the national uprising she wnS
hopeful. but she remained humble and
never became ambitious. Madam Rat
aZzi. who tried to mcddlc in politics,
had to dcSiSt. Outside the domestic
circle the Italian woman does not
work. except in the lower classes, and
then she uses rather her physical than
her intellectual strength. The business
woman. like in France. is not met with
except in Piedmont and Milan. The
state has not been able to find woman
other official employment that than of
SchoolmistrcSs in small communcS and
of telegraph clerk on Il limited scale.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

A legend connected with the Church
of Saint Sophia contains a moral flay-
mcnt of truth, and may well he held
In perpetual remembrance:
When the basilica was finished the
Emperor JuStinian gave orders that an
inscription in letters of gold should he
placed about the dome:
"Justinian dedlcates this church To
the glory of God"
But on the day of the opening the
Emperor looked up at the dome and
saw with amaZcmcnt that Che inScrip-
ton ran:
'Euphrasia dclicatcs this church to
the glory of God"
What is the meaning of this mock
cry he asked. pointing upward and
turning to the patriarch sitting beside
the throne, he said Did not COM
mand you to have my name engraved
on the domc?'
'Who is EuphraSia 2" called the pa
triarch. who knows a woman bear
Ing such name! If any one can an.
swer let him speak"
From the priests to the lowest of the
assembled thousands the question rin
round the church:
who is Euphrasia?"
No one answered. AT length. while
the Emperor stood mute and amrZ d..
miserable fellow who cleaned the
marble floor stepped forth and said
Imperial Caesar, to whom | am I'M
worthy to raise my eyes. | know Il wo-
man with such Il name. but she is al
most bcdriddcn. She lives in Il LITTLE
house near to one of the walls of the
church,
Bring her hithcr." commanded t.r
Emperor. And straightway pages and
chHmbcrlanS rushed out. and soon r.
appeared carrying an aged woman,
who tremblcd in every limb
us your name Euphrasia = asked
the Emperor.
Yes, mighty Emperor. it is"
What do you know of that inScr'p-
TOM and he pointed aloft to the large
letters upon the vault.
Nothing, my lord, nothing"
But you see your name on the
church. 1t stands there instead of
mine What have you done towards
the building Of the church,"
Great King. nothing My lord mocks
his poor servant"
Not at ALL" replied the Emperor
They tell me you live near the church
Think. Have you done nothing spok-
en- nothing. thought nothing to give
You this claim"
"Majcsty." she said. there's one lit
tie act, but it is so small that | am
ashamed to trouble my lord with it's
mention"
Speak command YOU said jus.
tlnian. Fear not. Tell me ALL"
Then she told how, as she lay on her
bed in her little house. she heard with
sorrow the travail of the oxen and the
mules carrying the marble and the
brick and the beams up the steep hill,
and her heart was sore within her.
and how, when she grew better. the
thought came to her. "N'ho knows if |
cannot do something to ease their
pain. tho poor dumb beasts. so patient
i'll their woes: At least | will try."
She took her bed and bore it into
the road. and scattered the straw from
ii on the steep ascent. 1t was but lit
tie. but, 10! as she worked the straw
seemed to grow and multiply and cover
the whole road: and from that time
tn" oxen passed pleasantly with their
loads. and she heard no more distress.
The tears were in JuStinianS eyes. and
he said in Il gentle voice:
Let the name of EuphraSia stand:
she is more worthy than |. for of her
little she gave all she had"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
a Cigarette Fiend,

George Il. Mills, a young man, has
just been committed to an insane asy-
ium at st. Louis as a cigarette maniac.
He repeatedly threatened to kill his
father. mother and sister and had
made two attempts to commit suicide.
His mother says of his Incarceration
My poor dcmented son begged pite,
ously not to be taken TO the asylum,
but / felt that it was a duty | owed
him and ourselves, and now he is in
good hands, where thank God, he can
not get cigarettes to make him crazier."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
- X
Christmas Presents and Prices
- x X
<8BE BOhIDHY SEHSOp<
LIND our store filed with the most handsome Christn
] Novelties. We have Presents suitable for all
useful, ornamental, desirable. Come and see them

In the market for staple goods also still keep the lead
qualities well prices. The latter lowest in the
county Compare them with others. For instance
lwooC hfor ward
4Dnci wide for 5ensay yard
&'inch wide 10th for 0,centsa yard
for 23centsa yarl
efo5c ertsa yard
lan for 2Irrsa ward
fol
for t9entsali
Every Shawl rent. aeunt
for 5aar.
Great reductions in Childens
frj9ce
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Not Anected by Hard Times.

The gay and festive train robbcr is
still plying his trade in the Southwest.
He has felt little of the hardships OF
the panic and the repeal Of the silver
bill does not affect him.-Baltimor
World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Mistaken.

An Irish officer, who had served in
Malta, was one day at Il public dinner.
ENpalialing on the luxurious living at
Malta, he spoke particularly of the en-
cellrnt quality of the anchovicS. He
had never seen any like them any
where else. He told of grove of them
which he had seen growing in the
Governors garden upon the cSplanadr.
\ gentleman present disputed the
statement that anchOvics grew on
trees. The lriShman reatfirmcd it most
emphatically. The wine was flowing
and the lie passed. A challenge was
given and accepted. On the following
day the parties met. attended by their
seconds. At the first fire the Irish
mans shot took effect in his opponent $
thigh. the ball hitting the bone and
causing such shock that the latter
fell upon his back In such pain that
he kicked his heels vigorously.
~ faith, Major" said our hero's soc
ond. you have hit your man, but |
think not dangerously. for see what
lively capers he is cutting"
'Napers. Capers." exclaimed the
lriShman, with Il start. "Oh. by the
powers, what have | done? Back luck
to me forever for such dreadful mis-,
take
'Why-what do you mean, Maior"'
asked his second.
The lrishman waved him off, and
rushing to the side of his antagonist.
who had been raised to n sitting pos
turr, he graspcd his hand, gushing
forth:
MY dear friend, l hope you're not
killed; and if I've harmed you serious
ly Ill ask your pardon forever: for |
made murderin' mistake. 1t WAS
capcrs that l saw growing upon thar
tree at Malta, and not anchovieS ~
1llw
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

1t is believed that lightning is visible
at Il distance of $50 miles, but il is
still in controversy how far away
thunder can be heard. A French ms
tronomcr has made observations on
the subject, and he declares it impoS-
Siblc for thunder to be heard at Il
greater distance than ten miles An
English meteorological has counted up
to 100 seconds between the flash and
the thunder, which would give dis
lance of twenty-seven miles.-Answers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
U, HULK NldlIu dlIu PdCIIlC
RAILW AY.
ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT,

Chicago to Denver, Colorado Springs or
Pueblo. 1t is known as the Rocky Mount
ain Limited" and leaves Chicago daily at
10.45 a. m, arriving at Denver in the after
noon of the next day, earlier than any of its
competitors. 1t is
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
CUMBERLAND, Mp, Aug. Is, 1888.
| hereby certify that during the time was
deputy collector internal revenue for District
of Maryland James Clark, in the manutac-
ture of his Braddock Pure Rye Whskey, ac-
cording to the record from government books,
used only rye and barley malt,
WEBSTER BRUCE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

Everybody would be perfect if
everybody else thought so.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27

We love the homely flower that fills
the air with fragrance.