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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-02-17
Dinner reform In London.

There is very little doubt that the
coming season will see one reform, and
an Important one, introduced. The
question of dinner has for some time
been q vexed one, for the lateness of the
hour and the length of the menu have
seriously interfered With the round OF
receptions which leader of society feels
it her duty to attend. For several seasons
the dinner has grown longer and the
hour later; but now there is to be a
change. II is true that the fashionable
hour for dinner will still remain 500 or
even o'clock. but the bill of fare" will
be reduced to four or. at the most. five
courses.
No doubt we shall find that elderly
gourmands Of both sexes. and their name
is legion. will raise many an objection to
the new departure; but, on the other
hand. the boon viii be unreasonable to
many. Gourmets will certainly appre-
ciate II. for it is part Of the new unwrit-
ten law that everything provided shall
be perfect Of its kind. Each dish shall
be complete in its appointment Of sauces,
vegetables and wines, and the choicest
dainties Of the season shall comprise the
menu.
Girls will no longer dread the weary
hours Of a dinner party, for the maidenly
appetite IS usually satisfied with very
few dishes. and the interminable list
strikes terror into the heart of many a
debutante. and causes her to dread an in
vitation to accompany her parents to the
most approved entertainment Of the age.
And to hostcsses. especially those with
limited incomes, fashions latest fancy
will be an undeniable relief
A few perfectly cooked dishes are not
difficult to manage. and the reduction of
courses will also reduce the wine list. a
very important feature in the expenses
of dinner party. The right number of
guests has also been under the considera-
ton of the tickle goddess. and it is ex-
pected that for some time 10 come dinner
parties will be rather select than large.
and that the guests will not be less than
eight nor more than sixteen. London
Cor Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Your friend IL very charming" re-
marked one woman 20 another rs third
lcft the two. 81 was going TO say the most
charming ! ever met. hut nowadays one
meets 80 many agreeable women IL Is fair
~ impossible TO institute lines OF compnri-
son. How women have changed Ia the last
few years in this rcspect--grown No much
more delightful. mean"
"lhry have developed. y" replied the other.
who X uotcd among her friends for her de
votion to her sex. 1T was always there.
but not always brought out"
Certainly not for each other" answered
the first speaker Il remember a dozen
years ugo, when IL was high and rare praise
10 my Of one Of our sex she is ~ agreeable
20 women as she Is TO men, All the little
fascination OF manner aud scintillations OF
wit aud wisdom used 20 be saved for the
mixed companies and a women's gather.
INK was a tame and splritlcss affair. Ii is
80 no LONGER, however. and IL Is when am
going 70 a woman's club or luncheon or tea
that like TO he In my freshest aud best
moods. Her Point Of View In New York
Times
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There has not been a year for some
time when game was as plenty and
when so little game has been killed
and destroyed as during the past win
ter. One reason is that the snow IN
many localities has not been deep and
at the same time il has been hard. hold
ing up the deer and caribou and giving
them a chance to protect themselves by
flight. Another reason is that the
guides and hunters have learned that II
is for their interest to leave the game
alone. especially during the deep SHOWS.
have made it point to see many Of
them in the early part of the winter
and tried to make them understand that
it is for their interest for us to keep "A
good stock of fish and game as they
would get more business during the
guiding season.
The most of the game that has been
killed the past winter has been killed IN
the back settlements. hunters using
dogs to catch deer. There has been a
story of ninety moose killed near our
border line. in township 3. range Is.
believe the most of this yarn is false.
have been within days walk of the
township this winter and did not learn
of any such business In fact there are
not moose enough in that locality. 1t is
near the Canada line. and this same re-
port comes from there every year.-Cor
Portland (Me) Press.
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One evening recently Miss Katherine
V. Curry. of Syracuse beat the rec
ord for fast typrwl1ting making 1872
perfect words in minute Miss Curry
has been operating IA typewriter for five
years Last summer She commenced to
try speed work and the other night
succeeded IN breaking the worlds rec
ord The highest sworn speed hereto
fore has been l72 words per minute At
the hrst trial Miss Curry wrote III
words. but some of them were not quite
perfect. Then she tried To- get $50 words
IN minute The first trial showed l7G
words. with but one imperfect one
among them The second trial showed
the requisite number. but with some I'M.
projections. The third trial however.
she managed To get lsu perfect words on
the paper inside of sixty seconds Then
she attempted tn beat her own record
anu IN the third trial made the unprece-
uented speed Of lS2 perfect words IN
minute. The speed was sworn tu by the
Judges ana timekeepers. Utica IN ~
Observer
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A SMART MULE
N nescuss One OF Its Fellows and Saves
Railroad Train.

Railroad Train.
l heard a good story the other day that
was told by an old locomotive engineer.
or engine driver, as they more properly
call him in Engiand-for the engineer L
the man that surveys and 'lays out the
road-and am going to give it to you
exactly as he told 1t. II you don't want
to belieyc II all | shall not object. but
shall preface the yarn with the re-
mark that there are some mighty
smart" mules in the world. Here is the
story:
Railroad people have a horror Of run
ming over animals. not only because
they don't like to kill them. for humane
reasons. but because collision with one
often results Ia derailing the train.
There is another reason. too. rs the
old engineer said-they don't like 10
''muss up" their engines by strewing
pieces Of animal all over il. One day on
a railroad out in illinois this engineer
scared up mule on the track beside
him. They were about two miles from
"A bridge NJ the time. Knowing the
Fashion all animals have Of running
straight ahead on the track instead Of
putting their common sense on the mat
ter and shecring of to one side. the en-
gineer fairly made the surrounding
country ring with the noise of his
whistle, 80 ~ TO get clear Of the mule
before they got to the bridge. But Mr.
Mule seemed TO think that the whistle
was invented only to keep him on the
track and make him run fnster. and he
kept straight on at redoubled speed.
or course the engine could easily have
oyertaken him and knocked him into
smithereens. but as that might have re-
suited In knocking the train into the
same kind Of fragments, the engineer
slackened speed little and finally
stopped and sent the fireman out to drive
the beast OIL the track. That was done
several times. but each time the fireman
had hardly got into the cab again when
the mule was on the track the same as
before and tearing ahead like mad. In
fact. the thing was becoming very mo
notonous, when. looking up suddenly.
the engineer saw that he was very close
10 the bridge. Then he began 10 get un-
easy for fear the idiot OF mule-as he
NNbhNhA bht diiiilil W bt- WAS gong 10
try to cross the bridge-though how he
would manage to step on the ties sure
footed the puzzled railroader could not
understand.
They were 40 near the bridge by that
time that the engineer dared not 20 an
other rod. so he stopped short-just as
the old mule dashed OF across a field
braying like "A good fellow. And then
the engineer and fireman saw the game
the wise old animal WIS playing Right
In the middle Of the bridge was another
mule. stuck fast with his legs between
the ties The old railroader insists upon
II that the mule had kept on the track
20 make the train go slow. and thus pre-.
vent It from coming into collision with
tho mule on the bridge. not BECAUSE IL
cared so much about the fate Of it's com
paifion hut to save the train from wreck.
decline To express an opinion: ns for
you. you can take yonr choice as to tho
mules motive. - Humane World
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An attempted Jail breaking occurred
at Billings. Mon. recently The PRISON
erS confined IN the county jail ripped mp
tne Moor and dug trench under the
wall ana were about To emerge INTO
uaylight when discovered by Mrs Ed
So'''lhg' a lady visiting Mrs Sheriff
nainsey She immediately seized IA gun,
held 1t on an emerging prisoner and told
uiin sne would perfoate HIM If he
showed his head above the ground
MrS' Ramsey meanwhile proceeded mp
town Tor the sheriff. who was temporal
r'iy absent from the Jail The prisoners
were secured.-Cor. Minneapolis Ti1b-
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Professor Ernst Currius, the famous
Greek scholar and archRologist OF the
University Of Berlin, announced a few
months ago that he had discovered that
the Greek sculptors always made the
eyes of men fuller and rounder than
those OF women. The alleged discovery
was considered important. as it was be-
lieved that it would lead to a proper
classification of many of the unidenti-
fed heads Of Greek statues. The hopes
however. seem to have been premature
despite the fact that Curtius. who has
been called The Modern Greek. ia
thered them.
DR.. Greet. of Berlin. in a recent lee
ture delivered before the Prussian Acad-
envy of Science. declared that -Curtius
conclusions were wrong. as he had found
fiat. narrow eyes-those Of women. ac-
cording TO Curtins-in the heads OF
Greek statues of men. He had also
measured plastic representations Of WON
en- with large full eyes In nature. he
added. there was no difference between
the eyes of men and women. He had
examined recently in Berlin the eyes Of
a hundred members Of each sex and
had found that they were the same IN
shape. size and form. He thus upheld
the theories of linn and Sommerling
that the Greek sculptors who gave a
greater fullness to the eyes of men than
to those of women did not follow the
conditions of nature New York Trib-
ma
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Beekeepers and the Government.

Foreign bees without pedigrees may
be admitted to the United States free of
duty. The secretary of the treasury has
so decided. Until the last tariff hill was
passed bees from abroad came in gratis
as animals imported for breeding pur-
poses. The Mckinley law declared
that this ruling should only apply to an
imals regularly entered in recognized
herd books. Accordingly. bees were
assessed 20 per cent. ad vaorem be-
cause they had no pedigrees The bee
keepers protested and carried their
point.
Some time ago the postoffice department
declared that bees were unavailable"
on the ground that they would be likely
to sting people if they got loose. The
beekeepers secured the recall of this reg
ulation. by proving that the packages
employed could not be broken. Wash.
ington Cor. New Orleans Times Demo.
crat.
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The Zulus have been smelling out" a
witch again-a practice strictly prohibited
by the British government in Zululand-
and II men have been sentenced to death
for participation in the murder of the vic
tim. IL is curious custom, this "smell-
ing out.n When the chief is ailing or
cattle are sick, or any unexplained mis-
fortune overtakes the kraal, the inhabit-
ants are made to seat themselves in a great
circle, and the sorcerers Of the tribe after
the performance OF certain hideous rites,
discover the one who by means of charms
or the practice Of black magic has brought
the evil upon them. Him or her they touch
with wand, and the touch is equivalent
to a sentence OF death. In this case the
murderers 'smelled OUT are alleged TO have
mt their victim to death by means Of slow
pOfSOn
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A freuchwoman who knows what she's
talking about has this to say ON the sub
jcct ~ eyes,
Never rub Your eyes. nor allow your
children 20 do SO from their cradles. Wells
arc had for The sight. especially those spot.
ted or covered with pattern. 80 cschew
wells when you can, or wear the softcst,
ciearcst net WHEN obliged to do 40. Never
rad In bed or when lying on the sofa. Sit
with your hack TO the light when engaged
In reading or working. Pale blues or
greens ARE the most rcstful wall papers for
the eyes. whereas red Is exceedingly fatigu-
ing. DO not rcad. write or work longer
than two hours together without resting
your eyes and closing them fully Eve
minutes BE most careful to live in dry
house on dry soil Attend 10 the digestion.
for did not Milton declare his blindness 70
proceed from the effects of dyspcpsiai II
the eyes be weak hathc them In a basin OF
soft water. In which a pinch Of table salt
aud n dessertspoonful Of brandy has been
added
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In China there is a profession for ladies,
strange because openly and handsomely re-
inunerated In the current coin Of the realm
Il IS carried ON by elderly ladies. who 10
from house TO house OF rich people, an
Eouncing their coming by beating drum
Hnd Offering their services TO amuse the
lady Of the house. This offer accepted. they
sit down and tell her he latest scandal and
the newest stories and ON dts and are re-
warded at the rate OF half a crown an hour
Lesides handsome present should sonio
portion OF the sussip pro, c particularly 40
ceptable.
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lt Is said that two poor Partisan wom-
en-. who earn a livelihood by making
artificial flowers. have hit on a process
for dyeing natural flowers in brilliant
hues. Public attention was called to
the matter by florists who received in
a lot of flowers some Sweet Williams of
right green color. II seems that one
of the women poured some paint into a
bowl in which some natural flowers she
was copying had been put in water. The
next day she was astounded to find that
the flowers had assumed the hue of the
paint Being n woman of inquiring
mind she continued experimenting and
succeeded in producing various culors
never intended by nature. but very avail
able in art
She Immediately commenced dyeing
flowers for the market. and extended her
practice to other sorts Of blossoms. in.
Guiding white llacs and camellias. The
oaly colors employed by her at present
are violet. green and pink. Tho violet
Is obtained by using the violet of Paris
Cye. AID the other two are due to two
chemical compounds with long names.
one of which contains twelve and tho
other twenty syllables.-New Orleans
Picayune.
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A gentleman at Rosebud agency writes
that the reports of dissatisfaction among
the Indians there have been greatly tx.
aggerated. Since his arrival there two
weeks ago he has travelled quite extern
sively through the various Indian camps.
and thinks the Indians never exhibited
"A more peaceful frame of mind than at
present. Never did they take hold of
work more readily or more extensively
and never did they take more interest In
the care of their stock than the past
winter. as can plainly be seen 10y the
condition OF horses and cattle this spring
SO far as dissatisfaction with rations is
concerned. if there is any such. the white
employees hear nothing of it.-Cor. Min
neapolis journal
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Ono Of the best trainers of animals,
wild or domestic, in this country is n
woman. She came to the United States
a few years ago from Ireland She was
ready, self reliant young woman. and
when she looked about it seemed to
her that the lines of work commonly
opened TO women were overcrowded.
She then did what was strange thing
for woman to do. She took up the
profession of training animals. and be-
ing an energetic, persistent woman OBJ
tanned n position connected with the
mcnagerie in Central park. New York.
Some little time later she commenced in
a small way to buy and sell animals.
both domestic and savage. She was sue
cessful. Then she hired farm outside
of New York and arranged buildings
there and started the business of inn
porting furred and feathered curiosi-
ties.
superintendent Conklin. who for many
years had charge of the animals in New
YOrk's -Four Hundred" thought she
would fail, but she did not. And what is
more. she is Mrs. ConlSlin now She still
keeps up her own training school for
animals, and in addition she assists her
husband in caring for his own charges.
| saw her few days ago with her hus-
band in Central park; she did not look
like woman who was of much use when
lions and tigers are about. but | was as
sured that she knew her business, and
that it was under her direction that an
aching tooth was pulled from the jaw of
a rather bad tempered lion a few months
ago.-Foster Coates in Ladies' Home
Journal
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Herr Klinge has been studying the
eruption Of peat boys and the stream 81
dark mud these give out He rejects the
explanation that it is due to excessive,
absorption Of water by the peat. or that
1t is caused by exploding gases. but at
tributes It TO land slips of the ground
under the bog. and remarks that in Ire
land the eruptions are most frequent us
limestone formations with caverns ami
bodies Of underground water. New
York Times.
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A Circus rumbler Ha. a FAN.

A dispatch from Warsaw. Ind. saws.
Charles Netf. a laborer in Lakeside
park. while engaged in trimming tree
fell from its top to the ground. a dis
lance of sixty feet. and was nninlured
Netf is an old circus tumbler and tho
agility learned in the ring saved his life
de fell on his hands and rebounded in
the air ten feet. ahghting on his feet
without a scratch
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A woman with WIN FINDS a Way.


This is a true story. A woman desired
to live no longer with her husband
Her reasons are nnmaterial But she
was dependent on him for support. She
thought over the situation long and
silently. She had neither accomplish
ments nor gifts that could be turned
into money. At length she remembered
dainty sort of cake sine had learned to
make. This it seemed might be turned
TO account. In this hope she left her
husband. and with box of her bread
under her arm came TO this city. After
little time she succeeded in interesting
some capitalists in her dainty. There is
now a stock company formed, and a
large mandatory. of which she is at
the head. is sending out the cakes in tin
boxes to every part of the civilized world.
The point of the story is that when a
woman's mind is made up and having
neither trade nor calling there is some
thing of inspiration in the ingenuity of
her resources. Happily the motives Of
women are not alike unfortunate. An
other woman who had reasons sufficient
TO undertake her own support makes
plum buildings which are now an article
of commerce. A third has violet farm
mp the New Haven road and also cult
Yates mushrooms. New York Evening
sun.
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me Rlrht KIND Of q Gil

Let girl be ever so graceful In the
dance. leg her be ever 80 elegant OF walk
across a drawing room, ever 50 bright in
conversation. she must possess some other
qualities 20 convince the great average run
OF young men that she can be the manager
Of his home, the pilot that steers his ship
ot state. frugulity, womanly instincts o.
love Tor home. an eye 10 the best interests
Of her husband and the careful training OF
her children-thcse are the traits which
make the good wife Of today. and which
young men look Tor 10 the girls they meet
Men may sometimes give the impression
that they 10 NOT care for common sense in
their Srecthoar.s. but there L. nothing
they 80 unlainngly demand OF their wives.
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mere Is description of new cloal;
Just seen In Paris; 1t was made for
1ne frincess de Lucinge. and was of
pearl white satin brocaded with by
drlngea bloom in velvet. woven with
so,u' the design standing out IN bold re-
rel nel. u feil to the feet. and apparently
1seued back and front over the folds cf
r'sFina mauve velvet A Mazarene col
sl'. reaching to the waist. back ami
I'M VI velvet TO match. was embr0i-
ueleu with pearls and bordered all
, s..,,, with a rich pearl fringe The
also
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There has recently been some inquiry
as to whether the Confederate govern.
ment coined any gold The question
was referred to the Hon Charles Z.
Jones. Jr.. of Augusta who telegraphs
as follows The Confederate States. as
now remember. coined and issued no
gold. A few experimental half dollars
in silver We're struck, but they did not
pass into circulation. Charleston News
and Courier.
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RonEnr WILLIAMS pAvEY.

and he had threatened Mr. Stead, who had
wanted to make the matter public. His
total expenditure, he said, had been $l2, 800
and he wanted this member Of parliament
TO pay his share, which was something over
$4,000
The member of parliament, not wishing
to be mixed mp in any mysterious scandal
gave Davey n check for 81 $50 and an O y
for 5000 more. Then, thinking the matter
over, he promptly went to lawyer to see
what lac could do to render the l o u void
After term Of correspondence by the law
yers on both sides, payment Of the o u
was refused, and Dayey brought suit To
the 5000 he tackled on an additional SIS, 600
damages on account Of threatening letter
alleged to have been written him by the M.
p. Finally the action was dismissed.
Truth goes on to say that Davey made a
practice Of obtaining letters from eminent
personages on many pretexts, and that he
afterward made use of them in blackmail-
ing, He isalso charged with sending sham
kilograms to himself, purporting TO come
from various people in high places and
using them for the same purpose. All this
time lac was living luxuriously in a mag
nificent house in Portland place and spend
ing money lavishly. At one time he even
had the assurance to propose Offering him
self ASA parliamentary candidate
After awhile, however. he seems to have
thought it expedient to leave England He
sailed ostensibly Tor Salvador, Central
America, in October, 1892, but it is not
known that he really ever went there The
next beard from him was in he middle of
Novemb r, when he appears to have pub
lished advertisements in the two leading
London newspapers announcing that he
had left Central America and that he was
then on visit to "Ar Vanderbilt, the
millionaire. in New York. Truth prompt
ly secured letters from two Of the Wander
bits denying that either of them was en-
tertaining Mr. Il. W. Davey of London.
1t is known that he was in New York in
December, and that was the last heard of
him until he turned upin Chicago in Janu-
AIRY OF this year
Davey was not slow in establishing him
self in the first circles of Chicago society,
aud he made a great impression there-an
impression that would probably have cost
his admirers "A good deal of money il mis-
identity had not been discovered and re-
vealed by an enterprising reporter. Then
Mr.. Davey decamped.
Mr. Williams, rs the Tombs prisoner is
known, has been living at fashionable
hotel on Fitch avenue in New York and
made good many influential acquaint-
ances. IL Is said that he was engaged to
marry wealthy widow whom he met at
the hotel