The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-25

like a person utterly hopeless and the prey
Of despair. She is less than 60 years OLD
now and will outliys many a man who
isn't dead yet.
Mrs. Spencer has had IL husbands
Some of them she disposed of by death,
and others she parted with at the end of
lawsuit; still others fled from her. She
has seven kinds Of children. Four Of her
marriages were unblessed by any Of these
pledges OF affection.
'Shc naturally had to begin welded life
early to make such noble record. Her
name was originally Emma a. r. Lyon.
She was born in Franklinville, Cattaragus
county,, y. Y, and came west with her
family in 1850. Two years later when
she was living down Maxinkuckee way,
In Marshall county, she was married to
Nelson Drake, carpenter. She was only
l6 years old then. Drake died in short
time, and she next became the wife Of a
man named Roberts. He was a sort Of
trifling no account critter, I judge. He
never cut much Of figure. Mrs. Spencer
herself remembers in o general way that
she had Roberts for a husband along in
the fifties somewhere, but either she can t
or doesn't want to recall anything definite
about him. At all events he dropped out
Of sight--died or maybe lit out-and she
became the wife in due time Of Dr.
Maryette. She studied medicine and be-
came q physician herself They had a
good practice in indianapolis, where they
settled and got along comfortably until
Maryette died.
The widow was comforted In her sor
row by person of the name Of Ballard, a
friend of the departed. and whom she mar
ried at the end OF brief period Of mourn
ing. They lived at Kokomo. Ballard was
q useless attachment to any family, anc
the best thing he ever did for his wife was
TO leave, ana kokomo knew him no more
DIR Naniden succeeded Ballard, and
they lived happily until one day Vaniden
inadvertently stood in front Of moving
train. They hardly saved enough OF him
to hold legal inquest or to offer in evil
dcnce in "a damage suit. The bcreaved
soon married one Strawbacker This
was in 1876. Straw hacker wasn't a SIX
spot. He made no particular impression
on any one Whether he died or was di-
vorced can't say.
William Moore was her next selection.
They lived at Peru, from which place they
removed to Plymouth, where Mrs Moore
got a divorce. You sec she had been mar
ried so often by this time that she knew
what kind Of treatment she was entitled
to- Moore began to get gay and figured
he'd run things himself She gave him
the springboard, as the young men say,
too quick. In 1888 she was married to
Thomas Farlan. One year was enough,
and she got divorce in 1854. A farmer
named John Cunningham was the next
candidate. He was a miser, and this spirit
cd woman did not endure hirn six months
with her next husband, William
Spencer, she led an ideal life, but it was
too sweet to last. Spencer was taken away
in 1889 and left quite n fortune. In 1889
Mrs. Spencer became the wife Of Judge
Zcbidec ID. Boulton Of Bourbon A legal
separation and decree followed this mar.
riage, which was her last venture IN that
behalf. She took Spencers name again.
NOW" concluded Mr.. Coffin, ringing
for Ice water, show me the marital sta
tistics that beat these have offered"
Loss Of Teeth Anect. Length Of Life.
The loss of the masticating teeth be-
fore the thirtieth year means shorten
ing Of the life of the individual Of from
two to five years. To know the extent
TO which many Of these teeth are lost.
even before the fifteenth year. one has
only to turn to the reports of the ex
animation Of the teeth of children in the
Bchools and orphan homes of London