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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

There has been good deal OF criti-
cism on the proposition made by Pro.
fessor G.. Stanley Hall that schoolboys
should be taught to fight. Doubtless
much Of this criticism Is based on a
Misunderstanding of Professor Halls
position, ana more on lack of Informal
ton concerning the subject under dis.
cussion. If the results of school train
ing in England may be taken as critic
rlou, the teaching Of boys to be ever
ready tn answer an infringement on
their rights with Touchdown blow has
brought most excellent results. To
teach boy that IL Is wicked to fight
and that undernO circumstances should
he engage In fstlc argument Is to
make Miss Nancy" of the boy and
10 lnJure his future. There is n great
deal of difference between bullying and
asserting a fearless selfrespect. Out
In the world the boy, who has become
a man, win be greatly influenced by his
early training. He viii have to COM
bat with his fellow men for supremacy
In business, profession. or politics. and
II ne has been taught that It Is wicked
to fight he Will get the worst of the
struggle. Courage Is trait which
comes to the boy through Inheritance.
but fearlessness and bravery can and
ought to be cultivated Most assuredly
does the timid child need TO be taught
bravery. To teach the opposite is to
ruin the prospects of the lad who has
the handicap of inherited timldity to
contend with. The youth in our public
schools need not be instructed that
turbulence Is n mertorious Characters
tic. but courage should be taught. ana
when fight seems necessary 1t should
not be condemned as wicked.
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newEYs PORTRAIT.
The One the Public Knows Looks DIV
Little Like Him.

-. IN. the Public Knows Looks but
Little Like Him.
Someone remarked the other day II
was strange that Of all the pictures o.
Admiral Dewey with which this couh'
try is so literally supplied, every one
is alike. 1t is the same three-quartei
face. with the dark upturned mustaehs
and thin hair. All the pictures snow
him In uniform and with standing col
lar. The fact that there is only one
picture Of Dewey, while there are nu.
merous and different likenesses OF
schley, Sampson, Shafter, Hobson'
Miles. Otis and even Kautz, does seem
strange. 1t happened this way; Ad'
miral Dewey always was n modest
man and he never cared to have MIS-
picture taken. Some years ago, now
ever, when he was In Washington, q
friend Induced him to go to Bells gal
lery and sit for picture. lie was Oh
duty and wore his uniform as captain
This was many years ago, and the phO
tographer put the negative away
among those he thought he would have
little call for. On that Sunday night
May 1, nearly year ago, when the
news came Of Deweys great victory
the newspapers all over the country
began telegraphlng for pictures of the
hero. Every photographer in the town
was aroused to find a photograph OF
Dewey, and just by chance Miss Owen
at Bells, remembered the old negative
1t was found and men were put to
work printing pictures from it. 1t was
too late to copyright the picture, but
the photographer made a great deal Of
money in a few days selling the copies
on hand. In less than a week that pic
ture went all over the country and be
came the accepted likeness of the great
Admlral-ln fact, 1t is doubtful If many
people would recognize any other.
The Mail and Express correspondent
had an experience in this line only the
other day. There is a game called
portraits" which is quite the fad in
Washington now. 1t consists In col.
Letting a large number of pictures Of
prominent men and women and FASTING
them on boards, numbering them and
then hanging the boards about the
room, give a certain length of time to
the guests to guess who they are. In
this particular collection of portraits
was one Of Admiral Dewey taken a
few months ago at Manila. The pic
ture showed the Admiral in his white
uniform, with his mustache gray and
his hair thin and white. 1t was very
unlike the Bell photograph, so unlike,
indeed, that out of the party guessing
the pictures, only one recognized 1t as
that of Admiral Dewey.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30
JOHN RUsKIN's YOUTH.
Wrote Verses at Seven and Kept a
Journal

" NONG GFSc9 at seven ana Is eDt a
Journal.
John Ruskin, who recently reached
his eightieth year, is one of those men
of whom it may truly be said that they
belong to humanity, inasmuch as their
work has n worldwide worth and sig
nificance. Though he was born in Lon
don, says the Illustrated London News
Mr.. Ruskin belonged to Il Scotch fam
lily. His father was brought up in Ediu-
burgh, but, after having completed his
education at the high school there lie
made his way to London. He started
life as n clerk in the house of Gordon
Murphy x Co., in London. and after
some time became the brains carrier
of the firm of Ruskin, pelford a
Domecq. Mr.. Ruskin was born in
Hunter street, Brunswick Square. Lon
don, on Feb. S, 1919. 1t was during
business journeys through England. in
which he accompanied his father. as Il
boy, that John Ruskin first learned his
love of landscape. He kept a Journal
of the fine old cathedrals and the most
striking scenes he saw on his way. At I
years of age he wrote verses. lie was
trained for the university by private tn
tors. Owing to his delicate health he
had to abandon all hope of gaining hon
Ors at Oxford. At Il he fell in love
with Miss Domecq., the eldest daugh-
ter of his fathers partner, but his af-
fection was not reciprocated.
The criticism of Turner's pictures led
Mr.. Ruskin into the domain of art criti-
cism. He wrote pamphlet in vindica-
ton of Turner as an artist, which.
though crude, contained many of the
germs of Modern Painters
His economic views have been pro
nOunced impractical This may be. but
they are noble and unselfish. Nor.
over. we need not agree with his
litical economy in order to admire Ii
genius.
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A RECKLESS AMERICAN.
Sea Captain Put File of Cuban Soil
diers TO Flight.

/
diers TO Flight.
How an American sea-captain once
got into Havana at an hour when eve. y
body was supposed to be within doors
and all the approaches TO the city
guarded, is told in Life and Society in
OLD Cuba" printed in the Century.
While society In Cuba was in state
Of disorganization, and murder and
robbery were Of daily occurrence, Gen
eral Tacon undertook the administra-
ton Of the affairs of the island. He
Instituted vigorous measures to sup
press crime, and among other regula-
tiOns required every one to be within
doors after the hour Of II at night.
An American sea-captain, a powerful
and resolute man, one night found him
self shut out. lie came to the gate at
the lead Of the Gale Obispo, and offer
ed the guards the eighth of a doubloon
to let him pass They could not resist
the bride. and Captain Peterson was
allowed TO enter. But soon another
guard applied to him for money, and as
he thought he had paid enough already,
he refused.
The soldier, being armed. made an at
tack on him. So far from being daunt-
ed, Captain Peterson seized the mans
musket and wrenched It from his grasp.
Upon this file Of the soldiers COM
panions came to the assistance of their
comrade. Then they learned that an
American, with n musket in his hand,
was not easily vanquished. Peterson
defended himself so successfully that
he drove off the men, although he broke
the stock Of the gun to pieces, being
left with only the barrel.
The fight, however, was not yet over.
Sixty guards came out to pursue him.
when, thinking discretion the better
part Of yalor, he gave himself up, and
was at. once taken before General Ia
con.
rhe,. Captain General surveyed the
American from head to foot, admiring
his manly figure and his. determined
courage.
Captain Peterson" he said at last,
"A man capable of defeating a file of
her majesty's soldiers slngle-handed
deserves great credit for his bravery,
but he is dangerous to society. You
must return to your vessel every even
Ing by O'Clock, and be careful not to
let the sun set on you IN this city"
The captain obeyed the order punctu-
ally so long as he remained in the har-
Dor, regarding 1t rather as a compll-
ment than as punishment. To give
the order more significance, and to stop
others from following the example of
the American, bando, kind Of Span
ish edict, was sent out with n squad of
soldiers dressed in full uniform, who
blew their trumpets at the street cor
ners by way of publishing the decree
that any person who should thereafter
strike soldier should suffer death. 1t
is not probable that after that any one
Initiated the Americans rashness.
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Now II IS corn. Fed into stock II feeds
Europe with meats. Shipped In raw
or manufactured condition II has be-
come a great ration OF the nations. In
the following quotation from letter
written by an Illinois farmer TO Chi
cago newspaper a striking proof Of its
pre-eminence Is afforded. He says
truly that corn is the most important
and extensive crop raised in this coun-
try, our annual yield being 2,257. OOO.-
600 bushels, and he adds "Few per
sons can comprehend what an amount
this Is. II we had a railroad track
around the globe, and II was occupied
by one solid freight train, with an en-
CINE and caboose every quarter Of a
mile. each car holding GOO bushels, we
corn growers could load this train with
one years crop and have some corn
left over. We can supply Europe with
a carload OF corn every twenty sec
onds, day and night The annual
yield Of Indian corn In the United
States alone IS three times the value
Of all the gold produced in year In the
entire world. Our export of corn
brings more gold from Europe than
any article that Is sent there" Corn Is
king.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
Is the one perfect strengthening laXa'
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA ana
other aromatic plants, by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIe SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N z.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle'
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There's nothing on earth so mysteri.
ously funny as an advertisement The
prime, first and last, all-the-time OBJ
ject of an ad is to draw custom. 1t was
not and never will be-, designed for anv
other purpose. So the merchant waits
I'LL the busy season comes and his
store is so full of customers that hs
can't get his hat off, and then he PUSHES
on to the printer and goes in for adyer.
Using. When the dull season geta
along and there Is no buying, and he
wants to sell his goods so bad he can.
not pay his rent, he stops advertising.
That is some of them do; but coca.
sionally a level-headed merchant does
more of it and scoops in the business
while his neighbors are making MORT.
cages to pay the gas bills
There are times when you couldn't
stop people from buying everything in
the store if you planted a cannon he.
/ hind the door, and that's the time when
the ad is sent on its holy mission II
makes light work for ADVERTISING for a
chalk sign on the sidewalk would do
all that was needed, and have n half.
holiday every day in the week But
who wants to favor an ad? It is bpiI.
to do hard work, and should he sent
out on the dull days, when a customer
has to be knocked down with hard
facts, and kicked insensible with hank.
rupt reductions, and dragged in with
irresistible slaughter of prices. befora
he will spend a cent. That's the aim
and end Of advertising, ami if you ever
open store don't try to get them to
come when they are sticking out Of tho
windows, but give them your ad right
between the eyes In the dull season
and you will wax rich. and own a fost
horse, and perhaps be able to smoke
cigar once or twice a year.
Write this down where vouu foil
over 1t every day. The time to draw
business is when you want business
land not when you have more business
than you can attend to.-Exchange
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

The new system OF addresses and
signatures adopted by the government
In sending cable messages plays hob"
with the high-soundlng titles OF some OF
the officials. But 1t Is cheap and equal
~ certain and direct. Under the new
cole the Acknowledgement Of the army
Of the United States becomes slmply
-Agwar' '-One word instead OF nine
which results In saving In each mos
sage OF something like IS. This new
scheme has been instituted because a
vast amount OF money has been thrown
away by the use OF unnecessary words
I'm official telegraphic communications
by cable between various government
officers IL was often the case that In
the direction and the addresses OF tbese
cable dispatches there would be dozen
perfectly supertiuous words. for the
transmission OF which the government
had 10 pay the same as for the words
in the body OF the dispatch. IL is said
that one Of Skaters messages. while In
Cuba. was addressed 10 'the Hon. r A
Alger Secretary Of War. War Depart
ment Washington. ID. c." and vns
signed wv. II. shafter. MaJor-Genera
Commanding Fifth Army Corps"
These twenty-one words cost the gov
eminent about S21. Under the new
code the dispatch would have been ad.
dressed "Secwar. Washington" and
signed "Shafter," and the twenty-one
words would have become reduced TO
three. with a CORRESPONDING decrease I'm
telegraph tolls.
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Two WEDDINGS.
The Great Contrast Between Modern
and Old-1ime Weddings.

The Great Contrast Between Modern
and Old-1ime Weddings.
The days when the foundations Of
the future greatness Of America were
laid were days Of simplicity. Since
then the superstructure has been rear
ed and the greatness is assured, but
perhaps some Of the simplicity has slip
ped away. Certainly in the old days
one would not have seen at a working
mans wedding just what Mr.. Booker
Washington saw at the wedding of a
colored youth and maiden in the South.
Il was Invited the other day to at
tend a wedding among our people" he
says. Il sat in the church. and as the
bride came walking up the aisle saw
something creeping and trailing five
yards along the floor after her. 1t had
to be turned into place before she was
married, and after the ceremony that
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

Has a man moral right 10 end an
existence that has become burdensome
and intolerable? II Is an old ques-
ton and New York police magistrate
has finally decided IT, In spite OF the
opinion Of Mr.. Ingersoll to the con
trary, civilization and social order have
decreed that a man has no more right
to take his own life than he has to
take that Of another. But this Is the
law Of morals and OF Christianity. 1t
remained for a police magistrate of
New York TO give a legal ruling on the
question. A yOuna man was brought
before him charged with having at
tempted to throw Off his mortal burden
by turnin9aon the gas. sAfter listening
to the young mans story the learned
jurist sald "Thls is sad case. be
iieve In suicide, and | think every one
has right 10 shuttle off when he has
nothing In life left for him. When
get so that there Is nothing left for me
l think that is what I shall do" 1t Is
not easy TO decide which was the snd-
der case. that OF the police magistrate
or the detected young man who had
grown weary Of living. There is no
justification for this unpunishable
crime against society and humanity
Notwithstanding the decision Of the
police magistrate and the opinion Of
Mr.. Ingersoll It Is generally agreed
among yertebrates that are capable Of
ordinary mental perception that the
man who commits suicide is n coward.
No more pitiful exhibition Of coward
ice can be conceived than that Of the
man who Is willing to take his life to
escape the duties and responsibilities
placed upon him by the divine act of
creation.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

In the life of Emin Pasha Is an ac-
count of his visit TO Mtesa, King of
Uganda, whittier he was sent by Cor.
don, to try to establish better relations
between Mtesa and the Egyptian au.
thorities.
The King received him with the
greatest cordiality. and afterward sent
him, by his secretary. a letter, in En-
glish, informing Emin that the king
was a Christian and desired to see his
people so. The letter is worth read.
ing, as specimen of what sava can
do with English; far more, probably.
than most of us. even after much study.
could do with an African dialect. II
runs as follows, in its original spelling.
ITO my dear friend My Dear friend
hear whOt | sag | am Christian and be
thou Christian first / was the Neham.
edans ans find it is all lie and VOWS |
am away from them am among the
Christiantys and e Jank the people
that how is away the Christian but I
myself am Christian
from MteSa king of Uganda"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

The Prince Of Monaco. describing his
researches among the inhabitants of
the deep sea, says that many sailors
wrecked on the Atlantic who have per
Ished OF hunger might have saved
themselves II they had possessed sim
pie fishing apparatus and known how
to use It. Various kinds of sea-hsh. ac-
cording to the prince, are strangely fas-
clnated by any foreign object, such as
a log or boat, floating above them.
They will accompany such an object
in large numbers for days at a time.
occasionally being lured in this way
entirely across the ocean. He therefore
suggests that all the principal boats OF
a ship should be permanently provided
with tsh-lines and hooks and fish
spear, to be utilized in case the crew or
passenger are east away at sea.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30
Gate of Tears and Bridge of sioh.

The Straits of Babelmandeh tho
passage from the Persian Gulf into the
Red Sea- are called the Gate of Tears
by the Arabs. The channel Is onIv
about twenty miles wide, rocky and
very dangerous for passage in rongb
weather. 1t received its melonchoIr
name from the number of shipwrecks
that occurred there.
The Bridge of Signs is the bridge o,
Venice which connects the palace -
the Doge with the State prison and
was so called because over it prisoners
We're conveyed from the Judgment han
to the place of execution. - "''i'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

There need be no apprehension that
the action Of IA divorced husband I'm
sending a 100000 wedding gift to his
former wife on the eve of her second
marriage will become an embarrassing
precedent. The average eN-husband's
contributions to the comfort Of his d.
vorced partner Is usually In the form
Of an alimony check. and not infre-
quenty requires court mandate 70
enforce its regularity There Is no op-
ton but to conclude that this pioneer
in matrimonial affairs will be accorded
the isolation OF freak In Hymen's
contemporary records.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

"That clairyoyant said she would
show me some ghosts Of the past"
"Well-what Of IT,"
Il told her l had come there and
planked down good money TO find out
whether l had a ghost OF a future.
Brooklyn Life.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

A country In which nearly all the
people are readers Is sure TO produce IA
large crop Of authors. During 1898 Is
Is said that about seven thousand
books were published In the United
States, including reprints; and New
York City alone turns out every month
more than million copies of maya
zines Then there are all the dailles
and weeklies, whose aggregate issues
IN year must reach at least three
billions. These figures are bewlder-
ing, and so Is much Of the reading mat
ter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30
sn,ed of Mare nnd Mlnh.

Waves travel faster than the wind
which causes them. and In the Bay Of
Biscay frequently during the autumn
and winter In calm weather n heavy
sea gets up and rolls In on the coast
twenty-four hours before the gale
which causes it arrives and Of which IL
is the prelude.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

The woman who stood over n tramp
with a potato masher and compelled
him to work was wise Ia her day and
generation. II she had had shotgun
or n revolver he would not have feared
her, knowing full well that the neigh
boris COW would be In more danger
than he. II she had had a stone he
would have felt equally safe. But
when she came after him with potato
masher he realized his danger. That
was n weapon with which she was IA
miliar, and. being a wise hobo, he
buckled right down TO work and sawed
two cords OF wood.
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The Zulu clergyman who recently
left New York for his African home
had some surprises up his sleeve for
his simple countrymen. 81 shall tell
them" he said, that In the cold Of
America winter becomes so hard that
men can walk on II, and shall CON
found our medicine men with my
alarm clock; shall take great pleasure
IN telling them of cities built upon cit
les TO twenty stories high. and of the
machines which can talk" II was a
pity that Mr.. DUDE could not take an
electric cab with him.
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A news Hem announcing that the
skeleton Of n man fourteen feet high
has been found In Virginia. Is corrob-
orative Of the theory that people lived
long In old times.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

A Mississippi man has invented
ventilated umbrella The thing now
needed Is the advent Of a trnnscendent
crank who viii take out a patent on "A
good practical form OF ventilated picket
fence.
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The Right Hon. James Bryce u
thor of the American Commo au'
wealth" has been elected president :,
the Alpine Club. VI
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

George Dewey's crisp refusal to be
talked Of In connection with the presi-
dency ls perfectly characteristic. 1t is
his perfect understanding OF what he
wants and Of what he can do that has
made him the admirable naval officer
that he Is.
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It is a novelty to see a street car run
by air, but the companies are often
kept going by water.
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Oldest City in the Wo,.,,

Though Rome is called the etarro,
city the name by right belongs TO the tl',a
city OF Damascus, in Syria. which 10 40 tbo
oldest city In the world. As lono 'a ~
man has written records the civ Of n as
mascus has been known. u liz
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

The claim that Washington did not
write his own farewell address Is prob
ably merely preliminary to the argu-
ment that Francis Bacon did.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-06-30

The Newsboys' Union Of Louisville.
KY, has decided to assess its members
FIVE cents per week to maintain home
for INDECENT members.
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What with the perambulator trust
and the coffin trust It may be truly said
that combinations pursue us from the
cradle to the grave.