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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
The "Companyv Room.

A young housekeeper, in planning her
furnishings, should regard the uses OF
her company room before she decides
upon its fittings, advises the New York
Post. If 1t Is to be n reception-room
pure and simple, 1t should take on the
look of formality which belongs to such
an apartment. If. however, 1t Is to be
n reception-rOom and family best room
besides, little touches of use are indis-
pensable. Where only one room can be
devoted to the combination use Of re-
ception-room, parlor and perhaps fam
ily sitting-room also, Its scheme OF tur-
nishing should be very different from
that which heads a suite of three rooms
to be devoted to these respective pur-
poses. Book shelves may line the walls
to the height of feet. perhaps, and AT
such intervals as are needed to store
ones library, the furniture being solid
and durable, and of character that
will stand exposure to light and SUM-
The rugs and hangings must be OF the
same order, and If this quality OF wear
Il taken into consideration. there Is no
reason why the room may not preserve
its freshness to the point Of reception
formalfty, even under constant use.
The trouble is that the inexperienced
furnIsher buys for such hybrid room
the dainty brocatelles and light gilt ana
enameled furniture that are sold undei
the generic term Of parlor furnltur%
These belong to the formal reception
room. and not to the apartment under
consideration.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The United States has long enjoyed
the distinction OF producing more gold
than any other country, but In spite Of
the recent discoveries In Alaska, aud
the gold that Is being brought into the
country via the Pacific. Il Is thought
that we are TO be robbed of this dis
tinction. There is reason TO believe
that the Transvaal Will soon take the
lead In gold-production, n II has not
already done 80. The Engineering and
Mining Journal recently, estimating the
output OF gold for the year. credited 20
the United States S55, 40s,05O and 20
the Transvaal S55,472. 300. The sig
nlflcance OF these figures Is understood
by comparison with the figures for
1900, which show that the Increase in
the United States was only $1,000, 900.
while the Transvaal made jump OF
no less than Sl3.5OO,000. II the Trans
yaal keeps up anything like this pace
during the present year. there Is little
doubt that we shall be left behind In
the gold.producing race. II IL not I'M
possible, indeed, that the United States
may drop TO the third place before long.
Australia IL Increasing her production
Of gold rapidly. Her total last year
was moro than S40.000.O00, and this
without counting New Zealand and other
adjacent islands. This shows gain OF
nearly 100000 over the yield OF 1890;
NO II VIII be seen that II Australia con-
tinues 10 gain nt the same rate and the
United States makes no more progress
than II has In the last twelve months,
there VIII be two countries in the world
with n better gold-producing record
than NUN
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22


Most OF the appliances Of modern
civilization brings risks as we'll as adj
vantagcs. The people who lived hun
drcd years ago could not travel 70 rap
Idly nor communicate with each other
across great distances so conveniently
as we do; but CD the other hand, they
were strangers TO some pcrils which are
familiar nowadays. Their journeys
were slow and serious affairs; but they
were In no danger OF being blown up
on steamboat, or tumbled over rail-
why embankmcnt, or even Of being run
over by a trolley-car or "scorching"
wheclman. Their houses were not
lighted by electricity or by water gas;
but they were not burned up by reason
Of badly insulated wires or asphyxiated
In their beds. They knew nothing of
ilftccn-story buildings. but they also
knew nothing OF elevator accidents.
Nevertheless. Il IN doubtful " more lives
are lost by accidents OF travel, In pro
portion 20 the number OF people travel
ing. than was the case century ago.
Hundreds OF people travel by water
INV Ht'At Vht ufl cV AHtDa UUl Ort4ln
travel has been made relatively moro
safe as well as more swift and com
Portable, by modern appliances. There
arc still possibilities OF collision or OF
striking n reef I'm fog, but u almost
never happens that modern sea
worthy vessel founders through stress
OF weather. One steamship company
which has sent its steamers back and
forth across the Atlantic for more than
fifty years Ia ablo TO boast that II has
never lost the life of a passenger In the
service. A 10 the railways, I'm 1890
one hundred and elght-onc passengers
were killed ON the railways OF the
United States, and nearly twenty-nine
hundred were injured. When these
figures arc compared with the amount
Of passenger traffic. II appears that tho
railways carried nearly three million
passengers for every one who was
killed. and about ono hundred and
eighty thousand passengers for every
passenger injured. "A famous humorist
once compared the number OF people
killed IN railway accidents with the
number dying I'm their beds, and reach
Cd the conclusion that It was several
thousand tinscs more risky to lie In bed
than 10 travel on a railway. IL was a
playful cxaggcration: but Il Is true
that. II modern discovery and invention
have resulted IN new hazards to human
life, they have also supplied new safe
guards aud prcventives.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
Ny CASTLE IN SPAIN.


Ny castle In Spain stands fair and high
Beside a sunlIt bay:
Above II bends the azure sky.
The soft winds round II play.
No toiler from his rest was stirred,
When rose its splendid walls,
No sound OF hammer e'er was heard
Along it's stately halls.
My castle In Spain Is built Of dreams,
OF fancics fair and free:
or hope that ever brightly beams,
or joys yet may see.
And when my heart Is worn with care,
With strife and toll and pain;
! leaye them and 90 swiftly where
My castle stands In Spain.
There dwell the days OF my lost youth,
With each high hope fulfilled:
There shines full-orbcd each sacred truth,
That through my life has thrilled;
There wait for me my loved and lost,
With all lifes Joys attained,
LIES Rubicon In safety crossed,
And all iife's empire gained.
The little cares that round my soul
Like little snakes have curled
Uncoil and loose each poisoned fold,
Outside that falrcr world;
Old sorrows dead, old pains forgot,
Old griefs come not again.
The heat burns not, the cold chills not,
Where my castle stands In Spain
Oh, Ship OF Thought, that leaves behind
The lightning aud the light.
Come forth from rivers Of the mind,
For ! would ride tonight;
And bear me swiftly. on and on,
Across your Eastern main,
To where In beauty. proud and lone,
My castle stands In Spain.
Dear lady, with the violet eyes,
Afar across the tide,
For thee my castle walls nrise,
For thee It's gates swing wide:
And all the bliss OF love wen shar
Walk all loves ways again,
For our lost Eden waits us where
Our castle stands In Spain.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

the English law Of entail. This was
not unexpected, but what my father did
not know, until so Informed by the
London lawyers. was that the title Of
that portion Of the estates that Is in
Wales passes to the eldest daughter Of
the heir. am papa's eldest daughter,
so you see am the fortunate one"
This brief but comprehensive expla-
nation was fully corroborated by the
statements Of Mr. Holmes and by docu-
mentary evidence in the shape Of a
bundle Of formal legal papers that
were received from London. Lady
Bretherton Is q years of age and very
pretty.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
FORTUNE FOR TELEPHONE GIRL.

* ADIE HOLMES, Of San Francis
- co, has been a telephone girl In
~ San Francisco for eight weeks
her fathers reyerscs of fortune having
forced her to earn her own living. But
now fortune smiles, and she Is known
as Lady Brctherton and has a fortune
Of 100000 and an estate In Wales.
ut IS like a fairy story" Lady Brother
ton said, when asked for details. "The
property belonging TO Lady Jane Breth-
erton, who died two months ago, passed
to my father at her death, by reason of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

,eSs woman washes or works for a
nVing she doesn't need three meals ana
u"y Vi ner life. 1t takes systematic
VIE 70 consume that much fuel. En-
s'neers are too clever to all the furnace
WIN coai unless there is trip to make.
an elevator to run or work to do. II
doesn't matter what man looks Ike
80 iong as he Is decent and healthy. but
IL 10 'ne duty Of every gentlewoman to
De as good-loolVing as her circumstances
wlii permit Women often eat them
serves ugly, III and brutal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The position ie taken by Or. McBur-
ney, 10 the London Medical News, that
there really Ia no medical cure for APP
pcnd'clus, even though some cases ~
cover without operation, he considers.
too. though Appendicitis IL n surgical
disease. yet operation may not be nee
c%sary IN every case the fact being
that this allment II n stoppage OF the
drainage from the appendix to the co
lon. and preliminary treatment Is often
worse than useless. Thus. the opium
treatment relieves pain and discomfort
but entirely masks the symptoms at a
most important titne for II Is In the
first twenty-four hours from the begin
ming OF the attack mat physicians can
decide not only as 10 tho diagnosis, but
IA to the result and course probably Of
the case II. for instance. there u no
Increase IN urgency In five or six hours
tho patiens Ia not In immediate danger
II kept az perfect rest IN bed; on the
other hand. II In twelve hours there Is
rtill no Increase In the severity of the
symptoms, the patient should begin to
improve. hut, II the urgency of the
case has steadily Increased In twelve
hours from the time when the dag
nosis was made an operation win prob
ably be called for. After two attacks
a patient Is sure TO have a third. and
each attack renders operation more dtf.
hcult and dangerous; all the advan-
tages lie with operation between the az.
/ tacks, and IN an operation during an
acute attack the prognosis Is worse.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

II wouldn't make so much difference
as to what a woman ate, saws nuhl,ca
uon which claims to be authority ON
culinary topics, If she would only wait
long enough between meals to get hun.
sry' out she doesn't and there's where
sne trouble begins. Nature is a tena-
clous old jade. Given the tim. She
WI uigest and assimilate almost any.
'nins that the stomach can retain. Un.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
DetermInsd TO ne a wlno..

Miss Hsu Of Soochow recently mar
ried red flower rs substitute I'm.
ner oe'rothed, who died before the
wedding day. He was a son Of Lu Jen
hsiang' vice-chancellor Of the Imperial
Academy at Pekin. The young woman
having determined to marry no one
else adopted this means to enter her
oe1rotheds family and so be treated
as widow. The people of Soocboyv
are talking Of building store arch 70
commemorate Miss Hsu's virtues
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
Teacher for sixty Years.

Miss Phebe S. Edgar Of Railway ~
T. has been n teacher for sixty years
I'm the Sunday school of the Second
Presbyterian Church Of that place. nc
Gently the officers and teachers com
memorated the event and presenter mel
with n set OF engrossed resolutions re-
citing the good work she has perform
cd. and expressing the universal e.
TEEN in which she is held by the com
munlty
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
Working oirI,s Great chonc.

mug Wits Drcnt (EQnce-
me average home holds out far
more comfortable time, a more le,surelv
life, healthier existence, and better
wages, than does the office. store or
factory to an intelligent girl or wo-
man., writes Edward w. Box Of '.rhe
Working Girls Great Chance.v in Tho
Ladies' Home Journal. 'The same time
devoted, for example, to the study OF
shorthand or typewr1tlng, If given TO
the study Of nursing or domestic ser
vice, would mean twice the income to n
bright, steady girl. unfortunately.
girls VIII not see this. and thousands Of
them who are to-day struggling through
an existence In the outer world. could
have far more comfortable lives md
better wages In excellent homes. How
the average girl can deliberately shut
her eyes to the opportunity which fairly
giares upon her as a good maid, nurse,
companion or domestic of any sort,
passes average comprehension. There
has never been a time when mistresses
were reader OF more willing to paw
good wages for good domestic service
wages compared to which the pittance
paid In shops or factories sinks into in
significance. And, on the other hand,
the salaries Of women in business, as
recent statistics plainly show, are grad
ually on the decrease because Of the
willingness of hundreds of girls to work
for a mere pittance. Every business
house has today waiting lists OF scores
or hundreds Of applicants, while hun
dreds of homes cry out for intelligent
domestic service"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

In the diary Of Samuel Pepys there
IS the entry for Oct. 3. 1000: "This day
heard the duke speak OF great de-
Sign that he and my Lord OF Pembroke
have, and great many others, of send-
Ing venture TO some parts OF Africa
10 dig for gold ore there. They intend
10 admit as many as will venture their
money. and so make themselves a com
pany. Two hundred and fifty pounds
Is the lowest share for every man"
This record rot only shows how old a
pursuit is gold-hunting in Africa, but II
likewise reveals the purpose OF the
promoters. familiar In modern plans OF
the sort. AS many as will venture
their money have an equally good
chance nowadays to join the army OF
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
TWO BLACKS
MAKE A WHITE.

90 EFT us rest awhile" suggest
ed, indicatinga clump Of heath
'er few yards from the road
where we stood.
Eyes, I'm quite tired" said Nora. 81
don't believe there's any white heather
within miles OF where we are"
Never mind; here Is plenty OF the
purple variety, and It makes the most
comfortable lounge In the world"
1T looks awfully spidery." she re-
marked, making little face. Never
theless, she seated herself on the tuft
] recommended as the most luxurious
and l stretched myself lazlly beside
her.
20, no; not that wayl What If any
one saw usr
She removed my ann from where II
was, and | had to put 1t back there
again.
There Isn't n soul about" | said.
soothlngly.
How do you known There! I'm
sure there is some one down at the
burn. Now. is II notr'
THAT is n sheep, Nora But | prom
Use TO take away my arm II human
being approaches within two miles.
VIII that DOR
80. well, please be careful, Will"
Nora became absorbed In thought.
"One penny" l hazarded.
She blushed.
Tell me-" begged.
81 don. like to. It's something I
don't quite understand"
81 Il explain It."
"Welr'-hesltating-'I've been won
dering at least I've been trying to
think, why you Ike to put your arm
around my waist, Will"
Let me see" said |, renectivelv.
"why do like to put my arm around
your walst?"
ayes"
Because | like" answered. readily.
"But what makes you liker'
ITS nice and comfy"
"Do be serious. want to know.
really"
But Nora. you know as well as I
w. - = thN SUNNI AtttNVu lHtll makes
you like me to do IT,"
81 don't like you to do H."
Then why do you allow itY'
Il only allow II to please YOU"
"Or'
And unless you can give me a good
reason" she continued. 81 shan't allow
II any more" felt a little cross.
We've been engaged for five weeks
and three days" l said. Don't You
think It is rather late for such oues-
tionsr'
ITS never too late to mend" she re-
turned, cruelty. ''and I've Just been
thinking these last few days, and"
you FIRST effort In that wayY' | In
quired, revengefully. but she took no
notice and proceeded calmly:
"And I've been wondering II you ever
put your arm round another girls
waist. Have your
quite unexpected was this terribly ,l,.
rect question. l had to consider a mo-
ment
"once," l began gravely. Il met a
girl" paused.
Neuf SAID Nora, impauently.
"A girl with whom l became so
friendly that one evening"
l paused again.
"Do 90 onr'
Il met her at dance
80. WIN. how could your"
81 met her at a dance and danced a
quadrllle with her"
'-eagerly-"and afterwards p
There was no afterwards, DEAR
said |.
anticipated Nora would be pleased
She was not.
DO you mean to say you didn't gs
and sit on the stairs or in the conser
vatory ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
mo" said /. "Did your
Nora was rufiied.
"Wlll, you are trifling with me-
II couldn't afford to. dear"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

A member IT the editorial stan OF the
Shreveport l.al Progress rscently shot
and Killed a negro. The next issue OF
that Journal referred TO the dead man
aud added: ''Our editor asks his
friends 10 come to the man who did the
killing for an explanation of tho IN
fortunate AFFAIR. This Ia only fair; no
one can deny that" II might do no
harm for the states Attorney to drop
aIOund thero and ga an explanation.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The strike and lockout In the Eng
nsh engineering trades. which began
July 10 OF last year. has ended. and tho
men have gone back TO work. The
strike involved the question OF an
eight-hour day. and also that OF the
management OF the shops. and on h>sh
points the men were defeated. IL II
estimated that the strike caueed a loss
Of ten million dollars IN wages. and a
distribution OF two million dollars IN ~
lief. but 10 accurate estimate can DO
made Of the loss 20 employers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The election OF President Kruegcr
means something more than a mere
compliment TO the leadership OF the old
bocr. stripped OF IT. trimmings. Il
means that the South African republic.
or at least rs Dutch element, IA I'M
compromlsingly opposed 10 British
suzcrainty over lts affairs and that as
soon as the opportunity arises u IN.
tends TO play for absolute independence
OF Great Britain.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

constantly Improving and her pictures
have been so full of the rugged poetry
OF the streets that they have won for
her the title of "artist-laureate of the
street arab In all her pictures there
Is moral that impresses one Ike a sol
emn sermon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

There h considerable intorSt mani
Tested just now Ia regard 10 -four. look
INK Ike wheat hour and sold as such.
but manufactured out OF wheat and
corn. Corn Is most excellent and
wholesome food. but fair play TO tho
consumer should dictate the policy Of
common honesty In making this blend
ed Hour. 50 that the customer would
know just what be was buying.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

Dr. Nanscn's criticism Of our palace
cars Il that "thcro Is no privacy Oh
them. Perhaps Y n natural for an
arctic explorer. who loves solitude and
a low temperature, 20 feel that way. II
Nanscn ever comes 10 this country
again. The railroads should provide a
refrigerator ear for his exclusive ueo.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The cablcd Information from italy
that the earth has two moons win sur.
prise no one who has ever overestima.
ted his iankaee capacity. II Is very
easy TO see more than two moons.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

Life IL full OF contradictions. The
bacillus OF the Notwithstanding whooping
cough II found TO be particularly small
and delicate, but what ravagce the 1T
lie Intruder can commit Science will
yet get the better Of this disturbcr Of
the peace.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

investors. skepticlsm regarding the
outcome OF such investments Is also not
modern. Pepys adds. Il do not find
that my lord do much like IT,"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22
The Identifying Bath.

1t IS not infrequently said that a
daily bath Is weakening. This is such
great mistake that II is difficult to
understand how It is ever made. A
daily bath Is just as necessary to bodily
purity as daily prayers are to soul
purity, and 1t should be as consclen-
tiously taken. In some place, and at
some time that cannot be recalled, this
observation has come to my notice, and
It's truth made Its impression lasting
one: "a lady bathes not to get clean,
but to stay clean" 1t Is true that re-
naming too long in the bath may be
weakening, but a quick bath in either
very warm or even hot water, followed
by cold dash, has only good effects.
A refreshing and practical bath is one
In moderately hot water with n little
sea-salt In it-sea-salt is practical and
cheap-pure white soap, n sponge and n
cheese-cloth wash-rag. Cheese-cloth is
both practical and cheap, at the same
time sufficiently rough to remove all
dirt and not rough enough to Scratch
Woman's Home Companion.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

Tho United States Circuit Court In
Cincinnati has rendered n decision
against the cast-lron plpo trust. Here
IA a method OF hitting the pipe which
should prove popular.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

Bishop Vincent has started a crusade
IN Kansas against the deadly sin OF
chewing gum We have felt certain all
along that sooner or later the great
bcscitlng sin OF Kansas would Ind hcr
ouf
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The 500 counterfeit bill has ceased
to worry capitalists. but paragraphcrs
should be- on the alert. There Is a new
counterfeit quarter In circulation
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

fashion paper suggests that the
reasona woman powders IL 10 take the
shine on her nose" Not az all. She
does Il to take the shine on some other
women.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

For the time he has been NJ II Gen
eral Blanco has managed to achieve
"a picturesque a failure as could have
been expected.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

A writer la IInrpcr's Weekly makes
the hnc point that when Western
farmer lays by fof ''rainy day" he Is
Swing up for drought
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

Building Associations OF the Land.
The 4,7T6 building associations In the
United States have 100000 members
and assets of 5000, 900.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The general Impression that women
have only recently been employed IN
business houses is not correct MISS
rmeline Il. Woodbury.. who has JUST
died was for nearly fifty years the
bookkeeper In a Boston business mousse
ana she succeeded another woman VINO
had held the same place.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

"zola has raised m issue In France"
comments the Detroit Tribune. lie
raised something great deal hotter
than that
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

A returned I<londiker says; 1T IL cx-
tremcly cold there about eight months
OF the year; we consider zero as just
nothing az ALL" We consider It the
same here.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

A tough beefsteak Is cure sure for
its own consumption.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

The consolidated biscuit trust signs
no longer for noury beds Of ease. 1t
has them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

It's hard to use the word IN such a
connection. but much OF what Ger
many has said about the American APP
pie Is simply rot
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-22

That vegetable bali' given by lead
crs OF New York's 400 can only be
equaled In Boston by Goldfish ball.