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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

II there are more idle men In villages
now than formerly. II is due to the fact
that the larger towns in the vicinity
have absorbed the industries which
were once local, The village shoemaker
Is no more because the shoe factory
with It's machinery can make n really
better shoe for less price than the me.
chanic who did everything by hand
The harvesting machinery has taker
the place of armies of laborers. In the
villages near large towns the larger
establishments ana the railroads have
taken the business, because they can
do 1t cheaper 1t Will be found that
considerable villages within twenty OF
thirty miles of city no longer have
bakers, because those who retail bread
can purchase II cheaper Of the eXten.
siye bakers In the city. Not many years
ago the butcher In the village slaugh.
tered ana cured the meat he sold. Now
the farmer sells to dealers. who In turn
sell at the large stockyards, and the
dealer In the village purchases his
meats from the packing houses in the
large cities. So with other branches
Of Industry. Articles which were once
made In the homes or In the villages
are now manufactured exclusively 10y
the larger producers IN cities. who have
capital TO Introduce lahor-saving ma.
chlnery. Not many years ago there was
n carriage factory In every village. hut
they have passed away because they
cannot compete with the extensive es.
adjustments, and the repair shop Is all
that remains. Inherent aversion to
earning bread in the sweat OF the face
Is responsible for the loafers In village.
country and city. There is a good deal
Of land In the vicinity of villages that
needs better tillage. The systems Of
electric roads which are certain TO con.
meet the villages and the farmers with
the larger cities seem TO promise much
for both. There are many people In the
cities who win choose the village FOR
their homes when the cheaper trans.
portation Of the electric railway. at
convenient hours, will enable them 10
attend to employment In the city.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

In the year 1874, at the suggestion Of
Miss Elizabeth Morris, the idea was
originated in Philadelphia to found a
refuge for homeless and suffering ami
mails of all sorts, says the Philadelphia
Times. The Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals could prevent,
but were unable to obviate or alleviate
They had no home. SO Miss Morris
and some women friends, in conjunc-
ton with the wOmen's branch of the
Pennsylvania S. =. G. A., the latter con-
senting to pay the salary of an agent
If the others would collect funds for
the maintenance of the work, founded
what is known as the Morris Refuge
Association. From this small begin
ming originated the first and at the
present time the only institution in the
world receiving any and every species
Of animal needing shelter.
AS the society and its work became
known 1t won many friends and in
1897, through the munificence of Mrs.
George Mcclellan, a new and enlarged
home was purchased, built on a lot Al
has n stable with three rooms, one con-
tanning stalls for two horses, one for a
wagon ana another in every respect
suitable for dogs.
The yard is foored with concrete on
a slight slope and one portion of 1t is
divided into four Enclosures to separate
the different sized dogs. In each Of the
Enclosures a small shed has been erect
ed to shelter the animals from the heat
and unde. these stand the comfortable
kennels filed with clean straw. At
the far end of the yard are two more
Enclosures one of which IS grass
grown, in which the dogs are taken to
exercise twice or three times a day. In
the course of last year 13S dogs were
taken to the temporary home, for
forty-two of which permanent homes
We're found. Many Of them were
boarders, and there are now nineteen
in the home
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

In Science Dr. Judd of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture states that no less
than fifty different species Of birds are
engaged as weed destroyers, and there
are more than sixty species Of weeds
which they help to eradicate. The
blackblrds, the bobollnk, the dove, and
the English sparrow do much good in
this way, but the English sparrow, in
spite Of the services It renders in con.
sumlnR weed seed. is n pest because
Of Its iespoillng buildings, and because
Of It's extensive pillaglng OF fruit and
grain. The native sparrows, on the
contrary, have no such noxlous habits,
and are much more efficient ms weed
seed destroyers." Goldhnches destroy
weeds which are not touched by other
birds. the thistle, ragweed, and dande.
Hon being their favorites. "a million
weeds can spring up on a single acre"
Cultivation can do much to eradicate
these noxlous plants, but probably the
most efficient check on their unbound.
ed Increase Is to be found In the seed.
eating birds.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Prunlng viues ln fummer.


The chief art in gardening consists
IN not allowing our plants to have their
own willful way, but to make them
behave as we want them to. Vines
generally make desperate attempts to
get to the top of bush or tree thar
they Irvine around, and the lower nor.
ton is nothing but a series of naked
stems. When we set them to trcllises
we want this proceeding reversed. We
desire as many branches close to the
ground as at the extreme upper portion
Of tSe pole or frame on which they are
supported. The educated gardener IN
derstands how to do this. The grower
of grapes under glass has to know how
to do It, as otherwise he would have
grapes in the apex of the roof and no.
where else. He applies the same prin-
ciple to the growth of Towering vines
out of doors as 10 his grapes under
glass, or to the grapes in the outdoor
garden, for that matter, with equal re-
suits.
The art IS very simple 1t is simply
to pinch out the apex Of the strong
growing shoots that want to get up
still higher, and leave the struggling
shoots at the base alone The growth
force, suddenly checked by the topping
of the upper shoots, has to be expended
somewhere, just as the sudden stop
page of water being forced through a
pipe may burst that pipe. 1t is diverted
to the lower and weaker shoots, which
become, before the season is over, as
strong as the upper ones.
In the hands of a good gardener a
grapevine trellis VIII have fruit over
every part of its surface-and have as
fine fruits at the apex as at the base.
But how rarely do we see these mas
ters of the art; and how simple the art
is, after all.-Meehan's Monthly.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

A Clergyman In England is adyocat.
ing the use Of a concealed camera in
the pulpit, which could be snapped
with a button, unknown 10 the congre-
CATION. This innovation, he thinks,
would prevent much OF the snoozing In
church, as the camera would take a
picture of the congregation, aud the
sleeping ones would be caught. Then,
he says. by showing these photographs
TO the backslidng ones. they would be.
come so shamed that they would not be
liable TO repeat the performance. The
suggestion is novel and deserving the
ingenuity Of a Yankee; but we should
think that the surest way Of keeping
the congregation awake lies IN preach.
Ing interesting sermons.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

"Jubilacion' IS the convenient
euphuism for n Spanish custom which
has had a protracted existence in Cuba.
It signifies the receipt Of salary for
services which should be performed,
but are not-the recipient hiring a sub
stitute to do the work for which he
himself Is paid A professor Of the
Havana University, whose salary was
six thousand dollars year. has been
living In Spain for the past seventeen
years, while his duties In Cuba were
performed by another for pitifully
small pay II Is said that nearly all
the professors OF Havana University
thus farm out" their chairs. A recent
decree OF the United States authori-
ties, however, has abolished this dis
honest practice, and henceforth sal
aries viii be paid only to those who
earn them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
NAME RECALLS A TRAGEDY.

Stream in Colorado Christeued by
Spaniards The kiver of Lost Souls.
When Spain owned all Mexico and
Floridr, as the vast region Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley was called long before
the United States had an existence as
a separate government, the command
Ing officer at Santa Fe received an or
der TO open communication with the
country Of Florida. For this purpose
an infantry regiment was selected. 1t
left Santa Fe rather late In the season
and wintered at a point on the old
trail now known as Trinidad. In the
spring the colonel leaving all camp
followers behind him, both men and
women, marched down the stream,
known to the Mexicans as the River
lie Purgatoire, but to the Americans in
Colorado, through which the river
flows, as the "Picketwire," which flows
for many miles through magnificent
canyons. Not one of the regiment re-
turned or was ever heard Of. When
all hope had departed from the wives,
children and friends left behind at
Trinidad, information was sent to
Santa Fe and a wall went up through
the land. The priests and people then
calico this stream Gel Rio de las AMI
mas Perdltas c'the river of lost souls').
Years after. when the Spanish power
was weakened and French trappeis
came into the country under the aus
pices Of the fur companies, they
adopted a more concise name; the
called the river "Le Purgatoire." Then
came the great American bullwhacker.
Utterly unable to twist his tongue into
any such Frenchifed expressions, he
called the stream with the sad story
"Ficketwire," and by that name it is
known to all frontiersmen, trappers
and the settlers along its banks.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
WouI.in't scare.

He looked as If he had not seen a
cake Of soap for several days, and the
soft blue Of his eyes looked like a bit
of sky cleaning from sullen clouds
He was a little fellow of perhaps II
years, but he was walking down Wood
ward avenue as If he had the world at
his feet whistling "My Girls a High
born Lady" with all his might. When
he came to the bed of pansies in the
Grand Circus park he did not stop, but
walked deliberately along to the end
of the bed and on to the grass. Then
he stopped down and reached over,
picking one of the flowers.
Here, what are you doingg" shouted
a passerby who wanted to scare the lit.
tie fellow.
picking pansles." was the reply, and
he picked several more blossoms.
Don't you know that that is against
the law? The policeman will arrest
you If you don't look out"
"Ah, so on. You can't scare me. This
amt no April fool day, and they amt
no copper around. These is for my
girl" This last was said with a sar.
castle grin. Then he gathered up his
handful of pansies and started on down
the avenue, whlstling MY Girls a
Highborn Lady."-Detroit Free Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

A correspondent writes to the ONO
Farmer inquiring the name for an en-
closed sample of grass. The Farmer
replies that the grass included Win
this letter is hat-stemmed blue grass
Poa compressa L. 1t grows IN dense
tufts, forming thick but usually inter-
mittent sward 1t spreads by under
ground stems shown in figure, ana
hence often. ia light soils, rapidly III
vades the meadows. 1t is good grass
in many respects, but is so much less
productive than Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensls L., that many persons
entertain a rather low opinion of its
merits. The specific name, com
pressa," refers to Its iattened stems or
culms, in contrast with the commonly
cylindrical ones. This character, with
It's short blades and wiry stiffness, per-
mits a ready recognition Of fat-stem-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

Any large pecuniary transaction IS
sure to give occasion for many smaller
ones. and to stir the financial waters
far and wide on April 30 the United
States paid to Spain the $20OOO,0O0
provided for in the treaty Of Paris.
This payment was promptly followed
by easier conditions In New York, by
the drawing Of many American bills on
London. by fail in the Paris exchange
with the shipment Of gold from London
to France, and by perceptible stlffen-
ing IN the London money market in
n miniature way and within n harrow
circle, similar changes are caused by
the dropping Of a single dollar into the
general circulation.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Origin of Quarantine

In the fourteenth century one-fourth
of the population of Europe are com.
puted to have died of the bubonic
plague, introduced from the East. The
first measures to check its spread were
adopted by the city of Venice, which
appointed in 134s three guardians OF
the public health. In 14O3 Venice es-
tablished lazaret, or contagious dis
ease hospital, on small island adjoln-
ing the city. This was the beginning
OF quarantine. The word itself means
forty" and implies forty days, the pc
riod Of detention imposed on vessels at
this first Venetian quarantine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Gapes.

since SO many lose their chickens
with this dreadful disease, II 1t NAV he
called such, win give what consider
a preventive, says writer in Practical
Poultryman. At from three to four
weeks old give a little whey to drink
that is very sour. Recently l did NOT
have any, and at four weeks of age I
found one chicken with gapes. I placed
a basin on the stove with little sonr
milk In, and after the curd had sonar.
ated let it sour day or so and gave
to my chickens, and have seen no more
gapes since. Always have plenty of
water by chickens so they win NOT
drink too much.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The very common advice to feed clo-
yer to hens as an aid to egg production
needs to have a caution attached to it.
If hens have grain with the clover
they will not probably eat too much Of
the lighter food for their good. But
exclusive reliance on cut clover as win
ter feed for day or two may so clog
the gizzard with light indlgestlble food
that when grain is given it only makes
the matter worse by furnishing more
heating material to ferment in.the crop.
Wherever much grain is given to fowls
they become too fat to lay, and it is
such hens that are most likely to be
crop bound.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Cultivation and Annie Trees.


AT the Nebraska station a study was
made Of the effect of cultivation on the
growth of apple trees. the size of fruit
and the water contents of the soil. A
small orchard was divided into three
parts, one of which was cultivated reg
ularly and the other two left in grass
and weeds, one of the latter being
moved and the other pastured by hogs.
The report says: "Trees in cultivated
ground suffered noticeably less from
the drought and hot winds of summer
than those in sod ground. The foliage
was darker and more vigorous in ap-
pearance, and there was no following
and dropping of the leaves, nor whiting
during hot, windy days, both of which
occurred with uncultivated trees. APP
pies from cultivated land averaged
nearly IA per cent larger in weight
than those from pasture land and over
II per cent larger than those from
moved land."-Grange Homes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The sQuatters on Hawaiian public
land who claim that the United States
homestead laws are operative there
and entitle them to 100 acres each. Will
probably have their trouble for their
pains Hawaii, like Porto Rico. Guam
and the Philippines, belongs to this
country, but will not become a part Of
At until Congress enacts the necessary
laws. In the meantime the Hawaiian
laws, even including those Of customs,
are pArnmount.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

While the soda and chlorine of salt
have no manural properties, there is
often decided effect from using salt
as topdressing for land that has organ
ic matter. Only very small amounts
are used per acre, and thus used the
salt hastens decomposition, and this
sets free whatever carbonic acid gas or
ammonia the organic matter contains.
Salt Is usually thought of as a preserva-
tive. 1t is so when in amounts large
enough to pickle what it is applied to.
When carbonic acid gas is liberated.
that acts as n solvent on the inert pot
ash and phosphate that the soil con
tains, thus often serving in place of
those minerals at much less cost than
If they were bought and applied.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

There is a great difference in the
quality Of celery and this makes the
size matter of comparatively little ac-
count. The giant varieties Of celery
are now superseded in favor Of dwarf
kinds that are crisp and nutty in flavor
Something however, depends on the
soil and method Of growing. A moist
soil makes the celery grow much fuller
% i1S native juices than one which IL
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Kidding Land of Bushes.

Most farmers are infested to a great.
er or less extent with bushes, which
are exhaustive Of fertility and patience,
and are unsightly. They are cut regu-
larry each spring, but continue to come
up and multiply. 1t Is a fact not gener-
ally known that if they be grubbed up
during dog days" or at the time when
they have about attained their growth
for the year, 80 per cent. of. them will
be effectually killed and the rest so
enfeebled that they win do but little
harm the next season, and can be cas-
lily killed at the second grubbing.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

Ian Maclarcn has been telling his
liverpool congregation how the secu-
lar spirit peryades the Christian
church In the United states Men, he
says. are devoted 20 money getting to
q degree which he could never have I'm
ngined possible, and even our churches
are conducted TO a considerable extent
as large business concerns, money
making permeating everything This
Is a rather ungrateful indictment, COM
1ng as Il does from a thrifty clergyman
ayho Is understood TO have Carried home
a large sum OF money as "A result Of his
shrewd combination OF preaching and
iecturing IN the United States.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
Ventilation of Horses, stable,.

Good ventilation of stables with plen-
ty Of light should be provided for
horses in summer. Many horses are
kept in underground stables. This is
very bad, especially in summer, when
eXcrement rots very quickly, filling the
stables with ammonia. This is very
injurious to horses eyes, especially if
the stable be rather dark. This causes
enlargement of the pupil of the eye,
and the change to bright sunlight when
the horse is brought out of the stable
often results in making him blind. It's
worse If there are one or two small
windows where sunlight can come in.
The underground stable should in sum-
mer be unusued; 1t is tolerable only in
cold weather.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

This is used by Transfers in noun
famous regions. A three-cornered
block, a, of wood is fastened by chains
or wired to the brake beam of a wagon
so that it will drag on the ground about
2 inches behind one of the rear wheels
OF the wagon. The driver stops to rest
his team and instead Of applying the
brake the team is allowed to slacken
It's traces so the weight of the load will
rest on the self-acting chock block
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The great expansion OF British and
American colonies In the tropics has
set medical and other scientific men TO
studying the conditions OF life aud
health In those lands. and has led TO
the foundation Of schools FOR the study
OF tropical diseases. II Is coming to be
recognized that tropical countries have
hitherto been insaluhrious largely be
cause no scientific effort has been made
10 deal with the disorders peculiar to
them. Now that such effort Is to be
made, the fevers snd plaques OF the
equatorial zone may be brought into
suojection as fully as some OF the
seourges Of northern lands have been.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

Top dressing with well-composted
manure is fast coming to the front
with our farmers for a growing corn
crop. Try spreading when the corn is
two feet high and you will find it
works wonders. If droppings from
the hen house are available, keep them
dry; add some dry ashes #. convenient
scatter along the row tightly and you
will find it beats any, brand of special
commercial fertilizer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

Marsh soils are usually considered so
rleh that fertilizers are not necessary.
experiments show that they respond
very well to applications of farmyard
mature and often TO coarse litter, II
wen worked in, but commercial fertiliz-
srs'other than an application Of potash
have but little influence.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

amazed at the marvellous immunity
from disaster which prevails. Such epi-
sodes as that Of the Paris serve by
their very rarity to emphasize the per-
fection Of skin and system to which
modern methods Of transportation have
attained.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

"Was It a fair fght? asked the
French duellsts friend.
mo" was the answer Il was foolish
to be drawn into it. My opponent Is in
a business that needs advertising
while am not."-Washington Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

Dawson City is growing rapidly, in
more ways than one. A discouraged
explorer sends home the grim news
that the place has three graveyards
now. zone chock full and the two 9th
ers dlling fast"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

A San Francisco dressmakcr ate
some candy that she received by mail.
but Il Is thought she win recover. This
proves that candy which comes by mail
IS not necessarily fatal II you keep
antldotes handy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The number Of children and youth In
the United States Ia p 0s2, 472 That Is
why II is Impossible TO figure out that
a new Juvenile publication will not
make It's conductors rich Immediately.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The Sultan Of Sulu seems to be a SUI
perior sort OF person Spain paid him
$4,000 a year for recognizing Spanish
sovereignty. and 1t IL said the United
States Is TO pay him the same amount
Tor recognizing It's right TO rule, though
he Is TO do all the ruling. How would
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

A dental authority declares that it Is
not uncommon at the present time to
find infants with decayed teeth, and
girls Of II or 16 wearing artificial
teeth
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

In spite Of The formation OF a glove
trust young men will do well to re-
member that It will still be possible to
get the mttcn on the same old terms
and In the same old way
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

The woman who hid her jewelry in
The cook stove before going to a picnic
and then forgot and burned It up after
she returned, probably hasn't got
through crying yet
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22

dry. The soil can hardly be too rich
for the quicker the growth the better
It is, whatever the variety. Celery that
is any way stunted becomes strinev
and if it is checked by drought it viii
have comparatively little Of the char.
acterstic celery flavor.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-09-22
High LIZ. Among the Rir1.

Sparrow-Old Blueblrd looks bluel
than ever this morning. Wife got In
pet, and went of and left him, l sup.
pose.
Tom Tlt--Yes; but she'll never get in
another.
SparrOw-How's that7
Tom Tit-Miss Jones tabby cat has
Just swallowed her.-Harper's Bazaar.