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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

In all the current talk about self.
government for the Cubans, the Puerto
Rlcans and the Fillplnos. not much at.
tentiOn has been paid to the rights and
capacities OF another subject class,
American schoOlboys. Is the American
schOolbOy capable OF government
Can he be induced to think OF school
regulations, not merely as rules to be
obeyed-when he cannot evade them
but obligations TO be cheerfully nc.
cepted and enforced by his own aid +
Chicago has been attempting an ex.
pertinent IN this direction. The boys
have been "A share In the government OF
several Of Its schools. They have "A
voice In making rules, and they are ex.
pected to help enforce them. The plan
is simple. Boys whose conduct Is ex.
emplary, and who use their influence
to induce others to obey the rules, are
made citizens" OF the school common.
wealth. This Is regarded as a badge
OF honor. Most OF the boys, 1t is said
are citizens. The others desire to be
From the ranks OF the citizens are
chosen ''tribunes," who take an active
part in enforcing the regulations. This
post is much coveted 1t does not al.
ways seem great fun to obey rules: but
to enforce them Is quite another and
much more acceptable matter. The
principal who began the Chicago ex.
pertinent gives at least one good reason
for It. He says that the boy who grows
up with the Idea that the good order
OF the school is solely the teachers duty
TO enforce. will probably become the
kind OF citizen who thinks that II is not
his concern TO be troubled about abuses
in government. He will be too busy or
too Lazy to go TO the caucus In his dis
trict, or too cowardly TO give assistance
In endeavOrs to detect and punish Do
litlcal frauds. This is true. On the
other hand, the boy citizens" who help
TO make and enforce school rules are
not likely as men 10 become doodle"
aldermen, voting franchises for a br. be,
but are very much likely to help send
such criminals TO the penltentiary.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05
OUR LITTLE ONES.

They are such tiny feet;
They have gone such little way to NEE
The years which are required to break
Their steps to evenness and make
Them go
More sure and slow.
They are such little hands;
BE kind. Things are 80 new, and life but
stands
A step beyond the doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and
The hands are tempted hard, you know.
They are such new. young liyesi
Surely their newness shrives
Them well OF many sins. They see SO
much
That being immortal they would touch,
That IL they reach
We must not chide. but teach.
They are such fond, clear eyes
That widen TO surprise
At every turn; they are 30 often held
To suns or showers-showers soon dis
PEELED
BY looking In our face;
Love asks, for such, much grace.
They are such fair. frail gifts;
Uncertain as the riffs
or light that lie along the sky
They may not be here by-and-by-
Give them not love, but more-nbove
And harder-patienee with the love.
Washington Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

der Masonry was a prohyn,,o.
in the Philippines under srou ming
and any man joining the oroa 'on rule
might under an ancient law he ' tn...ion
and executed. About this tira ~ es' . .lld
he got into some trouble with 49, w ioocl
ish authorities and went 10 H. span
to escape their tortures. While Se nOas
took advantage Of all the eduo nsse ne
privileges that came In his me- a''0nal
attended the drills and poradas ne
British garrisOns, frequented ~ - 'n'
shops on Queens road, purchased suu
arms for his own use, and in ever r1 , nre
sible way Increased his fund % pOS
teal knowledge. He entered tho PUG
nese army and learned all no No onf
mltted to learn there. Then no 20 PER
the navy and gained all the knor, J,seu
he could of naval warfare and o~'lS
ment. He studied the lives ana 1up
paigns Of BOnaparte, Wellinotor Nr'n
Moltke and Grant. He also nIcLoa ~
at least a smatterlng of English
French, Latin and Chinese.
AT the outbreak of the great insurrao
tlon In 1896 he held some political most
ton in provincial town. He was ~ ~
popular with all sections of the Mani,
except the order of Dominican frIap"
whose tyranny he openly denouncaS
He gradually came to the front -
leader Of a section which was WILLING
to exhaust diplomacy In deallp, With
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

dislike him he is insincere, preteptlous
vain and arrogant. Both admit him to
De genial, generous, self-sacrihcing
popular and capable Of the administra.
ton Of affairs.
Ills friends say that he was the son
OF a Spanish general; his enemies In
Manila that he was the offsprinO Of a
absolute but learned Jesuit. At the
age OF 4 he was house boy in the
nome OF a jesuit priest In Cavite A
mouse boy in the Philippines. as in
emma, plays the part Of n house doc,
rather than that of domestic servant
II the head Of the house is cruel he 10
kicked and cuffed by everybody and
hVes on short commons; II his master 10
KIND ana affectionate he enjoys about
the same attention as one Of tho oI,u
dren Of the family. The only v,nr,-
Which he does is to run from one no ~
VI the mousse to the other or from the
mouse to any part of the grounds With
III the compound or space Inclosad b..
the walls around the entire es+ol,l,.t
ment. He helps the table how 80 Isl -
ene SILVER to scour the knives and to
set ana unset the table. ApninaIdo,o
master was a very kind man ana 80
d ueep interest in the welfare 90 -
htIe protege. He dressed hin, ~, no
much SO as to excite the NOTICE so 81
even the wrath Of some neioht gu"
80 Important still, he gave tbe hov
an education, which, though uneouaI ~
what every child receives IN tho 10 "a. 70
States' was hundredfold be,tor 4 .,'e'
of Luzon. niue 1agals
"a, suihaAio was an apt scholar M
was precoeious like the MaIav a ne
nous Ike the Caucasian, and had "1iO, =
memory like the Chlnaman~tho u l.ul' a
est memory possessed by man -
ase OF seven he was the eouoI 20 - 'ne
, lail breed boys of u. At 10 no u ,'.o
n mentally the superior OF most y, va" ,,
.l breeds Of his district WIZ ' ne
was IA or 10 he was enrolIo5 leu ne
Il,ai department Of the Pont,a 'ne
University Of Manila. under D inca
Salua and Buitrago. He was . lois hao,s'
student, but nothing is knowr os'gnt
S career. Shortly after th,s - ,,, nls
~. Ne committed what Is an unpardon .'lne
P,n, potn secular and religions ~ a .n
'ppineS BY Joining the Masonic Que or
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

The first practical effort on a large
scale In scientific forestry Is about to
be made In the Saranac Lake region Of
New York under State auspices. Thirty
thousand acres OF woodland have been
purchased by special Legislative enact
ment and the work has been intrusted
10 the College Of Forestry at Cornell
University. The management OF this
important experiment will be directly
in the hands OF Professor b. Il. Fernow
formerly chief OF the forestry division
at Washington. Concerning Professor
FernOw and his ideas the Railroad Ga
zette says: with regard to the profit
able and continuous farming Of timber
lands his reports have often expressed
doubt AZ TO whether the economic con
ditions were yet ripe for IT, He now
has his hoped-for opportunity to show,
II II can be shown at the present prices
OF labor and OF stumpage, that forest
property can be managed probably for
continuous wood crops"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

In an address TO the Municipal
Judges association OF Connecticut
Judge Simeon Il. Baldwin advocated
the revival OF the whipping post. Judge
Baldwin is an ex-Presldent OF the
American Bar Association, a distin-
guished writer on legal topics. and a
Jurist Of the highest repute. He be
heves that the science OF penology has
been refined beyond the point Of use
fulness, and that In retaining only
hanging and Imprisonment as punish
ments for crime the deterrent effect OF
punishment has lost much force. Evil
IDENTIFY Judge Baldwin is not In sym.
PATTY with those who believe In turn.
ming the penitentiarles into hospitals
for the persuasive correction OF crlml-
nal tendencies. 1t Is what he says about
the refOrmatOry power OF the whip
with the young, however, that is OF
chief Interest. He contends that MANY
young men and boys would have been
spared a criminal career and averted
from ultimate capital punishment had
the law permitted the Judges who pass
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Spain before resorting to arms. He er.
hausted diplomacy completely and then
prepared to fight. AS an organizer Of
the natives he was a wonder. Like
Bonaparte. he seemed to exert a
strange fascination upon his people.
Wherever he went he was followed by
troops Of admirers. and while other
generals suffered at times he and his
camp were always supplied with the
choicest supplies and comforts. Nor
was the feeling of more than admlra-
ton confined to the Tagals, stolid Igor
rotes, and half-naked Negritos. Gun
ming and skeptical half-breeds, and
even Spaniards themselves. seemed to
share In this odd hero worship.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05
Thn Ontnnt or Pnllm.n

In the glare of many a furnace and
through the deafening roar Of hammers
and presses, l was frequently enllght-
ened by the voice Of my mentor. who
stated that there were LOO machines
Of all kinds in the place, and 5000 men
working in conjunction with them
their field Of operation extending over
4,6O0 acres Of floor space. The davis
work OF the entire week. ten passenger
cars, three Pullmans, average, when II
grew more imposing. In addition IN
the slxty-twO miles OF track in the walls
OF the company, the train OF fifty new
cars leaving every evening, and the fact
that 1O0,OOO,OOO feet of lumber (annn.
ally used brought in car loads. which
would make lumber train fifty miles
long, helped to superlnduce the proner
amount OF awe.-"The Town OF pm.
man"-Ainslee's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05
THE FILIPINO CHIEF.
HE'S THE BEST MALAY Spell
MEN IN HISTORY.
of Doubtful Percentage, the Filipino
Leader Is Well Educated, Lover of
Freedom, a Great Organizer and a
Cunning Diplomat.
nNaN%

Aguinaldo is a highly interesting
character. He has had a remarkable
career for so young man, and events
seem to point to him from the first as
a man of destiny. His complexion Is
about half way between the reddish
brown Of the Malay and the olive or
the Spaniard. There is a yellowish
tlnge about 1t which, taken In connec-
ton with his forehead, would lead one
to infer that modicum Of Chinese
blood flowed In his veins and that In
his pedigree was some individual of
Igorrote- Chinese or of Tagalo- Chinese
characteristics. Upon this point 1t will
be difficult, II not impossible, ever to
learn the exact truth. SO deep has
been the moral mire of the Philippines
under Spanish rule. so universal the
immortality Of the dominant race, that
neither the civil nor religious authorl-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

ties have ever cared to keep any record
of the alliances and mlsalliances, the
births legitimate and illegitimate, the
wives, cOncubines and mistresses,
slaves and abducted women who have
filed the long years of Spanish rule.
In his features, face and skull Aguin-
aldo looks more like European than
Malay He is handsome, according
to Spanish standard of masculine beau
ty. Friends and enemies agree that he
is intelligent, ambitious, far-sighted,
brave, self-contrOlled, honest, moral.
vindictive, and at times cruel. To those
who like him he is courteous, polished,
thoughtful and dignihed. To those who
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Those who believe in the doctrine OF
heredity will find support for their the
DRY In the case OF the l4-year-old girl
taken from the slums at tender age
by family, and who repaid the kind
ness OF her foster parents by trying
TO poison them. Instances OF criminal
tendencies In the young manlfesting
themselves despite environment are not
unusual. But the New York society
which has been shipping hundreds OF
boys from the slums to Western farms
for several years claims to have Stats
ties showing the most encouraging re-
suits, and the case OF Governor Brady
OF Alaska is cited as a remarkable ex-
ample.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

IL Is striking feature OF our leglsla-
tion that a majority vote In Congress
may begin war, while a two-thirds
vote is required to end 1t. A declare
ton OF war by Congress is like an or
binary legislative enactment TO au-
thOrize II, the two houses must act con
currently, and II must receive the APP
prOyal Of the President The formal
conclusion OF war. however, is reached
only by a peace treaty, which, like
other treaties, must be negotiated by
the President and approved by a two
thirds vote In the Senate. This is much
more difficult TO accomplish than It is
to get a majority vote Ia each house At
first glance II looks as IL the founders
Of the republic intended to make 1t
easier for the nation to declare war
than to withdraw from one; to begin
trouble than to end 1t. They evidently
believed that In international relations
the States would act as a unit-that
party lines would dlsappear-an the
twO-thirds requirement would serve rs
a snlutary conservative measure. 1t
has come to pass, however, that treaties
submitted to the Senate are looked
upon as the acts OF administrations
that are In power, aud because Of this
have been supported, with few excep-
lions, by Senators Of the dominant
party, and opposed by the political OPP
ponents. 1t rarely happens that any
party has twO-thirds majority I'm the
Senate. In consequence, It is usually
so difficult TO secure ratification that
the Senate has not lnaptly been termed
the graveyard of treaties" The num-
Der that have failed to find approval is
large.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05
A Natural hallway rupnoI.

One OF the most remarkable tunnels
In the world is the natural railway tun-
mel on the line Of the South Atlantic
and Ohio Railway, In Scott County,
Virginia. The railway apparently, and
In fact enters a natural cave or grotto.
and disappears in the heart OF the
mountain. The entrance to the cav
ern is about ffty feet square. Inside
OF It the railway runs through a series
Of chambers for about 1900 feet. when
II energies from the other side Of the
mountain. The cave-tunnel is all In
limestone. 1t serves not only as nat
ural railway tunnel. but also a channel
for a small stream known as Stock
Creek. Virginia also possesses a nat
ural bridge over one OF the afliuents OF
the James River. about twenty-five
miles northwest OF Lynchburg. which
is noted for Its beauty.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Dlverslhcation is for the small farm
en-. 1t makes him Independent and af-
fords him numerous sources Of profit.
But II Is not TO be forgotten that the
genius Of this age is devoted to special
cation and TO production on a large
scale and as the years 20 on a greater
and greater proportion OF the staples
or life will be produced by big land
owners who apply to farming the prin.
ciples which make such huge successes
out OF the monster manufacturing and
distributing corporations Of this time.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

ed upon their first offenses to apply the
punishment in the form Of ten or TWEEN
~ lashes Of the whip. Undoubtedly
this would be the result in some cases,
but others Of more physical courage
would prefer the whip to a term in
prison or the reformatory. The prob
lem Of penology is not so much to make
the punishment fit the crime as It is to
make II 1T the individual.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

up into the millions. These figures 'e'.
the total of the banks receipts since -
was organized and the amount tna' n"'
just been deposited is added to IL 49,.
At the end of days business 'no
officials of the bank add togethel ~
totals registered on the two recelVl aui
machines. deduct from them the , 0,.a
registered on the paying out mac lls.
and strike trial balance in n moln ;ass
The machines are inclOsed in gla i,s
cases, so that every part can De reau''
seen.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

A cooking school expert Is now en-
gagged In telling the intelligent poor
how to live healthlly and happily on
SIS a week. The funny part OF 1t Is
that a good many OF the intelligent
poor could already give the expert
points on that very thing
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

New York has recently made her first
green goods conviction In fifteen years.
The reason for this laxity on the part
OF justice is doubtless found in the fact
that no one ever has any sympathy
with the green goods mans victim, who
confesses himself rascal when he en-
tiers into negotiations 10 purchase coun-
terfeit money to pass ON his neighbors,
and richly deserves what he gets.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

American bids ON the Manchurlan
Railroad were way below all others.
and Russia closed with the offer. 1t
was n case Of business is business
which swung the door wide open.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

At Monte Carlo the male patrons are
not permitted to enter the gaming
rooms with trousers turned up. II Is
feared that they may surreptluously
drop money In the gaping hens. There
Is no objection, however to their leav-
ing the rooms with pockets wrong side
ont
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

II Is about time for Nlkola Tesla to
come forward with another OF those
tremendous electrical discoveries which
are going to revolutlonize all things,
and which never get beyond the an
nOuncement stage.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Stephen Cranes new novel, 'War Is
Kind" may have been inspired by the
fact that wars have provided Stephen
with some Of his very best literary ma
teriai
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

The inventor Of "angel food" Is dead
at the age OF SO, from which fact It may
be presumed that he never ate Of his
speciality TO any considerable extent.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Client, Belgium, is built on tw. ,-,tb
six Islands, which are conhec'sur bres
one another by eighty bridges I,,h,ie
hundred streets and thirty p,"nds
squares are contained In these 'S'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Persons who take qunlne habltuaily
are now called 'qulnophngists.' But.
unfortunately, there is no word to de
fine those who take their temperatures
twelve times a day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

italy now seeks port in Chinn, and
England, France and Russia are fav-
orable to the project 1t looks as II
China will be nothing but a remlnis-
cence when the next generation grows
M
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Count Tolstoi's opinion OF the Czars
disarmament plan indicates that he has
been keeping track OF his majestys or
ders for materials OF war.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

A West Virginia man claims to have
seen a snake with two heads. The
revenue officers down there must be
taking a vacation.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Dewey furnishes incontrovertible
proof OF the fact that even in these days
II Is possible to obtain full credit for
human greatness without talking
much.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Talking about 1.-THE White Mans
Burden" reminds one of the task Of
reading parodies on Kipling's poem.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

The bows and arrows used at Maniln
viii bring our new sayages a neat sum
as souvenirs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Grave Robbery a Capital Crime.
RObbing graves Is a crime under Chi.
nese law for which the thief may be
justly killed on the spot by anyone
finding him out.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05
Fertile Cuban Soil

In several sections around Havana
the soil produces five crops Of yege-
tables In year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

What a great disappointment It IA
when homely woman removes a ven
from her face.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

The motor promoter is becoming nu-
merous.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-05-05

Men may be bribed, but you can't in
duce women to take hush money"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
Echos From The Tomb.

The following notes from the Tiller
& Toiler will also be read with interest
by our Great Bend people:
The betting was brisk and the $50
or 500 loaned to Great Bend sports by
Larnedites on the Fourth was paid in
full-and the interest collected was
usurious. The attendance at the game
was large and the best of order pre-
vailed throughout.
Billy Stoke had better sell a few
bonds of the Great Bend Street Rail.
way & Rapid Transit Co., send the
proceeds to Larned and redeem the
three watches, FIVE umbrellas, two
coats and one pair of shoes left here
as security for unpaid board bills and
borrowed railroad fare.
The Great Bend players are a gen,
| tlemanly set and played and lost their
game in sportsmanlike manner.
Their umpire, too, is to be congratu-
lated on the general fairness of his de.
cisions, considering his friends desper-
ate plight The visitors were gentle
men almost without an exception, and
we believe were treated as such while
here, and they will be welcome when
they come again.
w. Ego Stoke, who presides over the
destinies of the BARTON COUNTY Dem
oCRAT, had better brush the cobwebs
out of the cavity in his upper story,
take swig of Great Bend mustang
liniment, set his 'leven cent linen Lid
over at about an angle of forty FIVE de
grees towards his left ear. get tallow
candle, light it well and start on a pil
grimage, not, however, like Diogenes
of old, seeking honest men, but il
quest of base ball players.
Bro. Eckert is pretty fair sort of
roaster himself.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
He Worked'em all Right.

The other day." says the Gaylord
Herald, "a darkey came to Kensintou
and stopping in the outskirts of town
attracted the attention of citizens by
shouting in loud tone of voice; Don't
come nigh me! Ise got de small pox!
Jes put somein' to eat on de ground
and a dollar in money on de top of it
and I'll git it and go right away from
here, A pile of eatables as big as the
coon could lug was soon placed out by
the frightened citizens. together with
several dollars, and the black rascal
loaded up the proceeds and moved to
other fields of usefulness
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-04
Good Bye, Funston.

1t will be admitted, at least, that
Gen. Funston has been on the ground,
and is in position to know what he is
talking about. Gen Funston says
bluntly: ~ believe that now there
should be less gunpowder and more
diplomacy" Having demonstrated to
the FilipiDos that in actual fighting
they are no match for US, the General
thinks we can ''win their confidence
by some concessions" and by the as
surance that we would give them ''a
representative government as free and
liberal as any nation on earth today"
He would establish with their cooper
alton. civil government separate from
the military. and narrates an expert
ence of his own in a captured village
in gaining the confidence of the natives
On the main question Gen. Funston
holds that the "acquisition Of the Phil
ippines would be mistake" "Big
syndicates and capitalists, he thinks,
might be benefited by the retention of
the islands, ''but outside of few ex.
ceptional individuals l can see no ad
vantage in the possession by the Unit
ed States" After this frank avowaI
you will hear no more praise of Fun,
ston by the republican politicians who
have been lauding him as a great her o.
Eureka Messenger.