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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Few Americans are aware OF the
fact that Russia. huge, powerful, des
potlc Russia. now bitterly regrets the
selling OF Alaska to the United States
aud that In the more Intimate. political
circles In the Cars capital today there
Is deal OF buster about the mistaken
policy which turned over SO rich ter
rltory 10 another nation. This sentl
ment has been growing for several
years, but the discovery OF the Alaskan
gold fields has greatly stimulated IT,
For Alaska. with all Its forests. fisher
les and gold.stocked mountains, was
Russia's own domain. and Russian sub
jccts should have had the mining OF
those vast deposits OF the yellow metal
hut the encroachments with which
Catherine and her successors stealthlly
and steadily extended their frontiers
toward the south and west were given
a distinct setback when Stewards nego
tiatlons resulted In the transfer OF Al.
aska TO the United States. The views
OF the French monarch who so care.
lessly ceded to England the "few
square miles OF snow" which constitute
the province OF Quebec would meet no
sympathy In the land OF the white carr
Expansion has been the rule OF Rus
sia, ever since the overthrow Of the
Tartar race. ana when II became gen
orally known IN 81. Petersburg that the
purchase had been concluded the dis
appreciation scarcely restrained itself.
But to lose a country full OF gold mines
nay, not 20 lose. to willingly barter
away land In which gold was even
then known to exist Ay. there's the
rubl Perhaps there would have been
no need to welcome President Faure SO
royalty 20 Russia had the United States
not absorbed Alaska. No need, then, OF
the friendship OF French flnanciers.
Among those who. to-day. are anxious
ly looking up all correspondence relat-
Ing to the sale. TO discover whether or
not some technical flaw may perchance
be brought to Hight. the Grand Duke
Paul Is the most prominent figure. The
eye Of military Russia Is anxiously fix-
cd upon this young mamie Is only 81
-as he would play no unlmportant
part In event OF any difficulty between
Russia and other nations.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Miss Il. A. Green has been appointed
a truant agent by the Chicago Board
of Education.
The women of Hiawatha, Kan, have
started the innovation OF appearing in
church with hats off.
Miss Bertha Opper has been appoint
ed postmistress at Granville, ILL.,, and
Laura l.. Hoax at Ustick, Ill.
Miss Chellier, a graduate Of the Uni
verslty of Paris, has been given charge
of medical mission in the mountains
Of Biskra, by the governor general Of
Algeria.
Mrs. n. Honsinger and her daughter
Maud, of Missoula, Mont, are EN-
ployed by the State Land Department
in drawing township plats at the diff
ferent land offices.
woman clerk is editor of the Of
fetal Postal Guide, with its $4,000
Offices A man clerk, whom she form
erly assisted, received 81 600. She now
does his work and her own and gets
S1,400.
One hundred Catholic women In Chic
opee. Mass, have subscribed one dol
lar each for the new Trinity College for
Women in Washington. and have
pledged themselves to send like
amount annually for nine years.
Mrs. Agnes X. Mullican is n success
full real estate broker in upper New
York. and is the only woman member
of the New York Real Estate Ex-
change, that honor having been accord
ed her for accomplishing one of the
largest deals In real estate history. to
the discomfort of her male competitors.
Miss Bertha V. Thompson has been
appointed city physician at Oshkosh,
Wis. by Mayor ldeson, to succeed DIR.
X. n. Nintzel, the regular city ply.
stefan, who has been suspended from
duty pending an investigation. Dr.
Thompson is the first woman to hold
the office Of city physician In the State
OF Wisconsin.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
AFTER THEY ARE DIVORCED.

THHE eleventh annual report Of the
Commissioner Of Labor contains
- In tabulated form. reduced to ex-
act percentages, n statement showing
the occupations Of divorced women.
The divorced women constitute nine
tenths OF per cent OF the female popu-
lation OF ten years Of age or over In the
United States. and they are distributed
throughout various occupations. which
the statistical experts have endeavored
TO state with underwriting exactness.
OF the total number OF divorced ' O.
men employed, It seems that 81 per
cent. are bookbnders, 0S are shoe
makers and 60 are corset makers. A
much smaller proportion, AZ, are sales
women. while go are telegraph and
telephone operators. Stenographers
and typewrlters make up 81 per cent.
and .5S are mill hands: .23 OF the d.
vorced women OF the United States
who have any business occupation are
merchants, 1.0l are carpet-makers and
40 are hat and cap makers. Mllllners
come under n separate division, their
percentage Of divorced women being
l.32. or seamstresses there are 1.35,
and OF clerks and copylsts, 81. More
over, 20 are boxmakers, .GS printers,
81 cigarette and tobacco makers, GA
In the confectionery business, LAB
dressmakers, 40 paper mill operators
and 1.5 silk mills. The professions have
a considerable number Of divorced wo-
men, 1.21 being music teachers and
LIS teachers OF art. There are 1888
per cent described as hotel, restaurant
and saloon keepers and barkeepers,
and a somewhat larger proportion as
boarding or lodging house keepers; 1.62
as agricultural labOrcrs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Where hens are fed large amounts of
corn newly husked, and not thorough
ly dried, their digestive apparatus be-
comes disordered. This is often RENE
died by heating the corn to the point
of scorching. Hens will eat this
scorched corn quite readily, and they
will be the better for it. But partly
burned oats where the hulls are burn
ed off and only the blackened grains
are left are even better than scorched
corn. This is really the best way to
feed oats to hens. The hulls make
the food more bulky than is best for
them, as their crops are limited. and
the light, chaffy grain does not give
sufficient nutrition for the best egg
production.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
overshirts for stable Use.

There is much dirty work about the
stable, which, together with hairs from
animals, will make the clothes dirty
and extremely offensive. 1t is the
habit of some men who take pride in
their personal appearance. as every
one should, to have made two stout
shirts, one of which can be slipped on
quickly before the stable work is done.
This prevents the necessity of carry
ing stable odors into the house. Most
of the chores about the stable are done
before breakfast, and there will be a
better appetite for the first meal of
the day If stable odors are kept out
of the room. 1t will also effect a great
saving of clothes to keep them free
from these odors, which require fire.
quent washing to remove.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
row Potatoes Exhaust Land.

AS the potato is SO largely water II
might be supposed that It is not at ALI
exhaustive. But the potato crop IA
always sold from the land, instead Of
being fed on It. The only thing that
the potato takes from the soil Is bot
ash, and this is largely found In lts
leaves and stems. The tubcrs also
contain some potash. and IL Is this
which blackens The knives and hands
Of those who peel and cut potatoes.
A large crop of potatoes 1t is estimated
will take one hundred pounds Of pot
ash per acre from the soil. Only heavy
land can stand this drain. Even what
potash such soils contain is largely uu-
available, because 1t has combined
with sand and has formed a silicate
of potash. Sandy soils are generally
deficient in potash, and what they
have Is not in an available form for
use by crops.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Stowaways are generally accredited
TO be boys, but when the steamer
Eugene was thirty miles away from
Portland, Ore, on her voyage 10 the
Klondike recently, woman was found
slowed away In the engine room. She
was Mrs. IL. Il. Stetson. the wife of a
man aboard the steamer. who was 60
Ing to look for fortune in the gold
fields. Her husband had decided to
leave her at home, believing that she
could not withstand the dangers and
hardsnlps of life In Alaska. She
thought otherwise. aud. accordingly.
hid herself away In the ship. The hus-
band was dumfounded when his wife
was brought on deck. He gladly for
gave her for hiding herself on board.
and paid her fare.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
Eggs should Never Re Rolled.

Eggs should not be boiled at ALL"
writes Mrs. S. L. Rorer In the Ladies'
Home Journal. "Allow four eggs to
each quart OF boiling water. Put the
water in a kettle first, then carefully
with spoon drop In the eggs. cover
the saucepan and keep 1t where the
water will remain at $50 deprees Fair
enheit for five minutes. The whites
win be slightly coagulated and In a
creamy condition; the yolks cooking AT
lower temperature will be slightly
CONCEALED. If the water bolls the
whites viii be hardened and rendered
indlgestibic. II the quantity OF water
is lessened, or the number of eggs In.
creased, longer time must be allow.
ed, or the water kept at a little higher
temperature, say 1875 degrees Fahren
heit, but the former proportions ar
much better"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
Woman Golf Chnmpion.

An 1S-year-old girl, Miss Beatrix
Hoyt, holds the title of woman golf
champion of America. She has held
the title for more than year, although
II Is only two years since her first APP
pearance on any link. During the sum
mer OF 1896 she made the woman's rec
ord over both the short and the long
course, which record stood until this
summer, when she herself lowered that
OF the shorter course to 80. Her sec
ond success was in winning the ladies'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
Grains for Producing Pork

Experiments in this country and
canada, extending over period of sew
eral years, with different grains for
producing pork show that to produce
one pound of pork requires about AZ.
pounds of barley. which makes the bar
ley worth 90 cents bushel in the form
Oh pork. With wheat pound of pork
was made from AZ pounds, returning
~ cents per bushel. Pork from corn
required AZ pounds Of corn. making
the value of the corn in the form of
PORK Us cents per bushel. At market
prices-barley, % cents; wheat. 55
cents, and corn, 30 cents-the pork cost
"a cents from barley. 4 cents from
wheat and 2.S5 cents from corn.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
No waltxinr Nowadays.

The dancing congresses and the
dancing teachers may consider the
waltz In all its aspects and send forth
rules and regulations as to how and
when and where J is to be danced, but
as matter of fact the waltz is not
danced at all. says the New York Even
ing sun. The dodo is hardly more cx-
tinct. 1t is two-step. two-step, two
step nowadays. A ballroom orchestra
may now and then. at judiciously long
intervals. strike up waltz, but only %
have the floor remain deserted until
they resume the quicker tempo that
has become so dear to dancing feet.
The one or two pairs who may gyrate
a few times while the waltz is In prog
ress are sure to belong to an elder era,
and the eyes of the youngsters follow
them wonderingly as the walters
might the mazes of an ancient minuet
II is the two-step o: nothing nowadays.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
To Mend Mackintoshes.

To men mackintoshes procure a
small tin OF pure India rubber cement.
or dissolve some strips of pure India
rubber in naphtha, then apply a little
of the cement to the surface Of strip
OF the material of which the mackin-
tosh is made; this can be purchased by
the yard from the Interpreters. Also
apply little of the cement on each side
of the torn part and bring the edges
together, and place over them the
patch, which requires to be kept in po-
sition for few days, until quite hard
by placing a weight over IT.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

The disease which is destroying the
potato crop In Ireland is known as
fnytophora infestans,' and prevails
more ON moist soils than where tie
land is dry. though Dry soils are not
free from the disease. 1t generally
Affects the tubers late in the season.
ana frequently the attack is sudden
ana fatal 1t begins as a single spot
on the leaf, spreading to the entire
plant. prevailing mostly during damp
weather. Where the potatoes have
been sprayed with Bordeaux mixture
the disease seems to be checked.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

At baseball game IN pittsburg an
onlookcr threw bcer.hoitlc at the UNI.
pirc, who hurled Il back from the
grand stand. severely lnjurlng an limo.
cent spectator. The list for the sum.
mer includes many similar disgraceful
scenes, several OF them occurring on
Sunday. The president OF the National
BASE bnll League Is urging reform. de-
claring that the national game Is In
danger OF sinking 10 the level OF the
prixe-ngh, and the cockpit In this
work OF reform every player and spec.
tator can assist.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

A New York judge recently gave a
iovcsick swain who had attempted sui.
eide some sage counsel. Don't get
melancholy about woman" he advis-
ed. Love doesn't amount to much
when you SIT It down There are 9th.
er~." Not very dlgnlncd uttcrancc.
perhaps, but wise one. A whole vol.
ume u contained In the cant phrase
quoted. Take II TO heart; and when
love Is cruel and friendship false re-.
member that there are others. and seek
them without delay.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

n there y anything certain. n Is that
no Intelligent person win retain all the
same Views that be held AT twenty. or
retain those nt nifty that he held at
thirty. Nor are these mental variations
TO be deplorcd. Emerson says. "Why
should you keep your head over your
shoulder, lest you contradict something
you have stated IA that or that public
placer suppose you should contradict
YOURSELF what thenf IL seems TO hc
rule Of wisdom never TO rely on your
memory alone, but bring the past for
Judgment into the ,housand-cycl pres.
eni. and live ever In a new day
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Vermont years ago had lost an III
Wild deer, except In Essex Comfy
which Is on the borders OF great for.
est. Some years ago an attempt WAS
made TO rcpeople the Vermont forests
with deer. A law was made protecting
them. and the deer. being unmolested.
multiplied rapidly and many of them
became almost tame. Last year. how
ever, the Legislature enacted a law
making the month OF October an open
month and as consequence Vermont
has been filled with hunters and he
deer are In fair way to De exterml-
mated. As they have grown accustom-
ed to the presence of men in the years
when they were protected there can
scarcely be said to be any true spcrt In
killing them-not much more. in fact.
than In killing calves in n meadow. AS
a result genuine sportsmer have. in
most cases, retired from the slaughter,
leaving the deer to the tender mercies
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

The Memphis Commerclal-Appeal
YEARLY remarks Sometimes we wish
white wings would occasionally grow
weary. that our gal wasn't a hlgh.boru
lady, that all coons didn't look alike 10
ns and that Mr.. Johnson would turn
that fellow loose ana tell him to go TO
the devil" Why not wish for good.
hard frost the same nlghtl
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

championship Of the Shinnecock Hills
Golf Club, but this was only a preamble
tc her greater triumph in the national
championship OF 1896 at Morristown.
In the tournament at Manchester Miss
Hoyt again upheld her prestige with
the lowest Of all scores. She defeated
Miss ~ G. Sargent on Friday, Aug. II.
thereby securing the womans amateur
golf championship for 1897. Miss Hoyt
lives at Westchester, n. Y, and learned
the game on the grounds OF the Country
Club there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

ENLARGED TICK. Nlo ~, .h
stock yards at Fort Worth. me me'n-
cd Is to swim the cattle through
large tank containing mixture
which It is hoped will destroy 'ne
ticks on them. These experiments are
made by dipping the cattle infested
with ticks into a carbolic preparation,
"chloro-naphtholeum,' manufactured
by a New York company. To properly
make these interesting tests required
the building of special pens and shoots
and large vat to contain the chemical
for dipping.
The actual work Of dipping the cat
tie is interesting. They were driven
by way of a shoot into the pen at the
head of the vat. From this they were
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

A physician called 20 prescribe for a
cniaiepiic patient In Beleyue Hospital
suggested that she might be awakened
from her slumbers by means OF music.
Unfortunately his suggestion was not
followed out or We might have had u
startling exhibition OF the effects OF
music upon the sick. especially those
suffering from nervous or muscular
diseases. II might have led to the use
OF chromatics Instead OF calomel and
sonatas ia place OF soporltcs. Then
the prescriptions OF the future might
have read something like this. "R one
Moonlight Sonata one Schnber''s
'serenade.' Take just before retiring "
Nagner's music might be prescribed
for those suffering from the more seri.
onse troubles. while patients with tri.
Hing diseases could have the popular
street airs OF the music halls PLAYED
FOR their benefit.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

1t is not so generally appreciated as
II should be that the breeding sow
while she is bearing her young needs
just the kind of nutrition that the
growing pig win require. Sows fed
heavily on corn fatten, and bring thin
stunted pigs, with very little ability
to care for themselves. Such pigs Will
never do so well as those whose dams
were fed milk and wheat bran with
some kind of roots while bearing their
young. These will have good dIges-
ton. and will grow rapidly, while the
stunted pig will never fully recover
from the improper nutrition il received
before it was farrowed.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

In the last thirty years 100000 d.
vorces have been granted In the United
states. For the nineteen years, from
1867 TO 1886, statistics show that the
divorce high-water mark belongs 10
those who have been married four
years. Beginning with the one-year
married people. the total Is, roundly,
$1,000. For the four years married, the
total mounts up nearly double-27, 900.
Then Il slides on. But until the figures
for those who have been married nine
years are reached, the onc-year figure
Is not touched. II decreases steadily
until the twenty-year married number
1000. Those who have been married
twenty-one years are Jumped with
those who have been married longer
time. and sin find It necessary to dis
solve the bonds that unite, and the
enormous total Of $4,000 Is reached. Ev-
identity compatibility need not increase
rs the years fly by. In this class, how
ever. a reversal Of endurance" figures
Is shown. for the average duration Of
married life for the husbands is 47.47,
while FOR the wives II is only 26.1O.
while, divorce aside. the average du-
ration OF married life Is from twenty
two 20 twenty-slx years, the average
duration OF married life to the divorced
Is only OH years being 0.27 for the
wife and s.07 FOR the husband. This
difference between husband and wife
suggests that the weaker sex really Is
the stronger In bearing the woes Of the
married.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

No relic hunter win ever enrich his
collection with the revolver which end
cd the life OF Senior Canovas. The
Spanlards do not believe IN preserving
such grim mementos. The weapon.
after the execution OF rs owner was
put into vat OF concentrated sulphuric
acid, where Il was utterly consumed
We fear that Il would have been other.
wis., In this country, where 'yellow"
Journalism nourishes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

Before the Woman's Temple In Chi
cago stands q charming fountain known
~ the little cold.water GIRL" OF whom
II Is said that though her face Is hard
and her heart stone. she has done more
good than any other little Chicago girl
OF the same age.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

When basement barns are built, It is
oiten necessary to bank up against
them to make a driveway on the first
noor. Loose stones are often used for
this purpose, but this is sure to be re-
pented of later. as the loose stones
make refuge for rats from which it Is
almost impossible to dislodge them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

each and some small pans for 10 cents.
a small hole was made in the bottom
of each pail which was then filed
with water and set in the middle of
shallow pan. A board cover was placed
ON top. A space of one and one-half
inches between the pail and the outside
of the pan is sufficient. This allows
plenty Of room for drinking. but the
young birds cannot get into the water
and foul it. Care should be taken to
have the hole in the bottom of the pail
quite small.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

A letter from Paris announces that
an Ingenious Frenchman has 'invented
an artificial rubber oyster which can
not be told from the genuine" This
ought to be a great thing for the church
fir Industry.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

When Shakespeare wrote: Farewell
the nclghlng stccd.' he was not think
ing OF the dlsplncine bicycle. but his
prophetic spirit could not better have
forrtoid the decision OF many an en-
thuslasilc whcclman.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28
A Folding Rack.

1t is often convenient to have rack
or crib in a place that at other times
must be used for other purposes. A
folding rack will be found very con-
venient for such a situation. A design
for this is shown in the sketch. taken
from the American Agriculturist. The
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

II takes good deal OF money TO
dress some women MS they prefer: n
Boston woman who died the other day
used 20 line her hustle with $4,000
worth OF grecnbacks.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

1t is not generally known that wash
ing the hair In rain water and soft soap
and rinsing In cold, ordinary water,
makes the hair soft and silky.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

A Moscow dispatch says: "AIr
Prjnsklentsly Is making n name for
himself as n pianist Nobody needs
It worse. and he ought TO hurry up.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

formerly, but are turning their atter.
ton TO the production OF mutton OF The
best quality. Although there ar.
fewer sheep now than few years ago
yet the value Of sheep is much more
There is also an Improvement in keen.
ing and feeding sheep, the hillsides
with exposure in winter, being the 10,
Of sheep In former years.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-28

The ex-Empress of Mexico, sister OF
the King OF the Belgians. who lost her
reason when her husband was shot,
has been under restraint for many
years, and her state has been consld-