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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
More about Money.

The experts are now saying that
a large sum, as much as $l00,000,-
600, of coined gold has completely
disappeard. Where is itY 1t did
not fly from the country. 1t could
not have been mislaid or lost. 1t
is probably boarded, es money ev-
er will be so long as it is made
more precious than anything else.
If gold was stamped as to weight
and fness and its value left to es-
tablish itself by Withdrawing from
it the legal tender privilege it
would not be boarded and it would
be cheaper and be better sscirculat-
ied than it is at present. In short
money has been made the master
and man the slave, and stinginess
and miserliness are being rewarded
at the expense Of activity and lib
erality. In our zealousness tc
make money SO sound, and tC
make it SO standard" we have Civ
en- to some mems products a ticti
cious aud very unnatural value t
the depreciation of the products O
other men. If this is the proper
thing to do then the presen
money system-a system by wbicl
classes are cre4ted-should be per
etuatel.-Advocate.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Small POX.

1t is reported that there are four
cases of small pox at Market Lake.
Atseveral other places there are r.
ports of cases, and unless some
thing is done before cold weather
sets in there will be an epidemic
that will depopulate the country
Throughout Utah and southeastern
Idaho new cases have been report
ell almost every week for the past
three months. Register.
1t was predicted by some of the
Doctors last spring that there
would be few scattering cases al
summer and if nothing was done
to prevent, the disease would agar
spread but with more violence thai
before and become quite serious
matter. The first part of the pre-
d.ction has come true but we hop,
Ihey may have mistaken III the lat
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Surveying Party.

There has been a party at work
on the bench north of town max
ing a survey. They are surveying
a ditch from above Ireton's place
where his ditch comes out. They
have been at work more than two
weeks and it is reported that Mr..
Plowman is connected with the
survey. Very little more than this
is known but those who have watch
ed the many surveyes over there
are inclined to believe that thin
time something will be doue.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Shot in the Leg.

On Aug. q Conrad Hague
tCoonrod) of Jerusalem shot Derby
Doyle in the right leg with shot
gun. DR.. Clymer was called and
took out some of the shot. Three
Of the shot went through the leg
and seTeraleptered the flesh.
There was no quarrel at the time
of the shooting but had been an
old grudge. Both were along the
bank of creek when Hague said
to stand back and Doyle supposed
he was speaking to his dog The
shot came next Hague went to
Idaho City for the purpose of Civ
ing himself up.
Doyle will likely recover.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
An Invention.

A Walla Walls man las inven.-
ed a combined header and thresher
which can be operated 10y two d IL
aud six horses. The ma .hine is
simple in construction and rcsen
bles header, the threshing devi e
consisting of two steel conveyoIs
between which the grain is carriec.
The conveyors have a grinding
motion which extracts the grain
from the stalk and with the chaff
is carried to the cleaning device
and to the sack. 1t is stated that
when the machine is perfected
grain can be cut and ,threshed for
one cent per bushel.-Mirror.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
India's Famine.

This week we received some lit
erature, relative to the India fam
inc, containing illustrations and a
plea for help. There was an offer
to furnish the paper with such
matter free. Now the people may
already know what | think of char
ity but 1 will say that l have too
much faith in the natural order OF
things TO believe that this famine
is the result of failure of crops
niggardliness of nature. 1t must
be due to some of mans injustice
aud if We do anything in regard to
it we should endeayor to ind the
wrong and correct it When more
than a million Irish people wert
perishing By the wayside for want
of food every ship that went tt
Queenstown harbor, carrying til,
free gift of American people, me
another carrying goods from Ire
land to England to pay rent to III
foreign landlord 1t only t.ok
telegram extending credit to III
| Irish people TO stop their sutferin
I and l will venture to say thnt dt
|, posit in an Indian bank with
p telegram from the bank extendiu
$ credit TO the suffering win sto
: their miseries though no ships pa'
over to carry the goods. Let jui
ticc replace charity.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Bryanites Organize.

Last Monday evening without
much notice Mr.. Bashor arrived in
Emmett and gave the citizens n
democratic speech.
Most of the people present pro-
nounced it a treat. Atthe close of
the speech an organization was ef-
fscted and the following officers
chosen: I. G. Perkins, President;
C P. Bilderback, Vice President;
r. B. Wilson, Secretary; aud Mrs.
Mollie Woody, Treasurer. A long
l;s, Of names was obtained aud a
meeting is planned for Tuesday
evening.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Some Prunes.

Z. K. Hayes of Emmett is in
our city attending to the shipping
of his large crop of pruneE. Some
idea can be formed of the immense
crop when it is known that be has
Il acres planted and that there Is
l65 trees to the acre, making in all
1880 trees. Charley Siusel, who
is an acknowledged expert on fruit
estimates that the trees will Yield
on al average of 200 poundsto the
tree. This will show weight Of
! $4,000 pounds.
( The fruit is of the French and
/ Italian varieties, and is as fine as
any in the country. He is ship
ping car every two days from
Caldwell.-Recori.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
China.

Ii Hung Chang is very anxious
to get the powers to withdraw from
Pekin. Everything seems to be in
a muddle until the powers come
to an agreement. Russia and the
L. S. jointly propose 10 wishiraw
from Pekin and negotiate with, Ii
Hung Chang. This embarrases
Germany and Japan. Conditions
seem a little more favorable for a
peacable settlement of the difficult
ty than before. Preparations for
war continue in Europe.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Law 0fLabOr.

Every man will seek to satisfy
his desires with the least amount
bf effort. These desires are of two
kinds one being a desire for the
necessities of life, and the other
being the desire for luxuries or
those things that man can exist
Sithout. A man works to satisfy
nis desires and with most men their
desires grow with their ability to
produce until there is practically
nS limit to what he will consume
except his ability to obtain it by
production, If men were perfect
~ free to produce and did not have
to learn how to do the various
kinds Of labor there are put few
men who could produce so much
that their desires would be entire
ly satisfied.
Most men could consume all Q
dozen men or more could produce
| if they only had the chance though
the producer could by machinery
or otherwise, produce many times
the amount that number can pro
duce now. If each is free to ex
change his product all are enabled
70 specialize and propuce one kim
Of goods exchanging them witt
other producers for other kinds @
goods. If only producers exchang
ed freely with each other over pre-
ductiou would be impossible br
in the complicated process of pr'
ductlon and exchange the Lahore
fails 10 obtain all he produces so
a iable to consume as much as !
produces and it is by this und'
consumption that markets a
u crowded. If the laborer produc
\ all his wages, what he please
without injuring any one and if
produces more somebody is gettiI
: something for nothing and SUI
!. laborers' purchasing ability is lef
eued. Hinder natural conditio
- there would not be even seemi
|, oyerproduction. Race predju
M and causes of wars would neal
nll It,sS away.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Col. Dewey wagers $4,000

Colonel W. H. Eewey, the rich
est and one of the most public
spirited men in Idaho, has demon
strated his faith that Bryan viii be
elected. Colonel Dewey is in
Pittsburg, and the other day, ac-
cording to a Boston paper, he wag-
cred $4,000 against $4,000, put
up by combination, that the Ne.
braskan will be the next president
of the United States.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Canyon County Men.

Hon. NJ. A. Bates of Parma and
Hon. L. Allen of Emmett arrived
in the city yesterday from the
white pine lumber belt in the yi-
cinity of ColliDs. These gentle
men spent five days in that, region
inspecting the quality of the tim
berlin various localities to supply
the data for the land board. They
report that the extent and quality
of the timber holdings there proved
to be surprise to them, and that
the great value of this resource to
the state has never been generally
understood. One white pine tree
inspected by them measured TWEEN
ty-seven feet in circumference, and
it is estimated that the tree would
reduce to 10000 feet of lumber
While in the region they made
some observations of the water
ways as means of market for the
timber belt.
Mr.. Allen is lumber dealer ot
Emmett, and is a prominent repub
lican of Canyon county. Mr.. Ba
tes is a member Of the lower hous,
of the Legislature from Canyon
county, and during the last session
was an enthusiastic friend anC
supporter of the Lewiston Norma
school. He is one of the bes
! known democrats in the state, ant
is prominent in the councils 0
that party.-Lewiston Tribune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Extracts from RO~
man History.

The mobiles were rich beyond ey.
cry dream of Republican Rome,
but meanwhile the poor grew poor
er and the curse of poverty ate
deeper into the state. A few
wealthy families governed the sen.
ate and filled all the Offices. It
was customary for a candidate tn
amuse the people with costly games
Ind none but the rich could affo-d
the expense.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Vested Rights That are
Moral Wrongs.

There is probably no greater
stumbling block in the way OF re-
form than that of vested rights. !
This was the chief argument /
against freeing the slaves aud i'll
fact it Is the chcif argument that
the conservatives use in regard to |
any change. !
The government had permitted
men 10 invest their money IN slaves
and though slavery was wrong the
government had no right to abo'-
ish It, they said, unless the govern
,nent should buy them. Suppose
the government had bought them
would they not have had to take
hy taxes from the people to get the
money to make the purchase ana
would it not be wrong for him who
had never proiited by slavery to IL.
made to bear-the l,,ss that the mas
tcrs would sustain by freeing the
negro. Many people today do no
think it was just right for the gov
ernmcnt to make the masters gave
up their slaves without compensa-
ton. To me it is like any other
kind of theft and wheneyef 'h'
. vernment desire II stop the
wrong, no matter how long 1t mas
existed, it has the right to do SO
without compensating the wrong
doer. Sea Pirates were permit'eo
10 make their raids for years ou'
when the governments saw III l.
STOP them where ia he who won"
cl.im that the pirates should o'
compensated for the loss OF iheil
most lucrative busincsa' 10 com
,ansate the wrong doer is to con
tinue the wrong aud while some
one must bear the loss involved Il
making change from a mora
wrong to a moral right 1t seem
that such loss could not better fai
than on him who has been oenent
ell OF is endeavoring to be beneh'
ed by the wrong. Our creates
statesman a generation or TWO az
could no. see that if any one snoul
be paid when slavery was aboiIsne
that il sh,uld be the slave Tor nav
inv been robbed 20 long instead {
the master for being forced TO gu
robbing him. Even Abe Lincoi
was not clear on the subject at I'll
fine Of his election and purpose
that the government purchase u
slaves. Today our political eco'
emists of highest authority w"'
acknowledging that all men na'
au equal right to the earth 40 u
believe in making the holders p
to the common fund what 1t
worth TO have exclusive possess
toit. They sny if we had beg
that way it would have Deen
right but making the change won
be wrong. Ifthe people eoniu On .,
settle the question thsl'n So0'i'
ing a wrong its benefciarieS he
not be compensated Tor beng N, y,
10 quit the wrong doing anu u
such compensation would 0e
blackual many Of thsveHiug pr p
Inns Of today would bs more u
half suIsrd.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
A Land to LOathe.

We do not know how it is with
other Americans, but this whole
Chinese business is e horror to us.
If consulted, We would recommend
a settlement just as speedily as pos
sible, not being very careful about
the terms, except that hereafter
American officials in China shall
be quartered in some other spot
except an inland city. The Eng
lish city of Hong Kong would do
if it were only further north. As
it is, some convenient port ought
/ TO be selected on the coast for the
residence of the foreign legations.
We presume that Russia would
give a place just outside Port Arth-
ur for a diplomatic capital" The
trade relations we think are over
estimated by all the nations, be-
cause China is a power where the
imports will never eeual the ex'
ports. The great problem is, whaf
is to become of the missionaries
and our judgment is that those or
carnations that support mission
aries in foreign countries ought t.
| be notified by our government tina
: it Is simply impossible to protec
them when they bury themselve
in the depths of that awful ulempirt
5 A little planting of civilization ha
been begun in the world of Chint
1t no doubt eventually will sprea
backward into the country, but tn
d nation should keep i'll mind the
h the Chinese are not like any otht
Il power and that their assimllatio
: with other powers is simply a
J. impossibility. They can absor
1t thousands and hundreds of thou
} ands of foreigners. but the resu
er Will only be that in the next &c
Is Grafton it will be found that tho
is foreigners have been absorbed
er the Chinese, aud that they ha
re practically made no impression
es the solid wall of Chinese exclusiN
IS, ness. We would recomend that
ne settlement as swiftly as possit
ng be made and that our soldiers a
ch sailors b. withdrawn from Il
IS country. for it is impregnated W
ms the material and moral filth of t
ng thousand years. for which there
Ice no redemption that at this time
rly apparent 20 the clearest vision
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
A Mining Deal.

Col Dewey has bonded ten min
ing claims at Thunder Mountain.
He agrees to pay 100000 to con
tract a wagon road in Bear valley
to the property, and erect a mil .
He expects 10 open them up exten-
sively this winter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Ball Game.

Last Sunday the Ontario base
ball nine played a game with the
Emmett boys on the Emmett
grounds just north of town.
The players and their positions
were as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-27
LIFE SAVED BY AMMONIA
proyidentiaI Escape of an Enrl,.,
Soldier from Tigers Jaws.

from the Philadelphia Record.
Pretty fierce brutes. eh?" remarked a
soldierly-looking man who was one of
a little group watching the three big
tigers at the zoo restlessI5 pacing theif
dens in anticipation Of feeding-ti2ae.
Yes" agreed the person addressed.
4 don't think I'd care about meeting
one at large No, It wouldn't be a
pleasant experience, but yet I've had
Il, and that I'm able to tell the story is
due to nothing more nor less tBan a
bottle Of ammonia. Fact! It hap.
pened years age in India. was at,
taehed to troop of Punjab light
horse, on police duty about Chawald,
and my little experiment was tRs re-
suit Of a days leave Of absence. With
several companions T was on my way
to visit some native friends in a neigh
boring village, ard as the jungle paths
We're the shortest foute, we made the
trip in chairs slung on carriers Shout
ders. ! was about nalf asleep from the
swinging motion, when / was rudely
pitched out by the natives dropping
the poles and scampering off. That's
how I met my tiger. With bound he
was On me and had taken a mouthful
of my coat, intending, no doubt, te
carry me into the dense underground.
Fortunately for me, had a big bottle
of ammonia in my coat poeket-car-
ried it for snake bites, you know-and
when the brute took the mouthful he
broke the bottle. The Whit he got
made his whiskers curl, and one was
enough. He rolled over a couple of
times gasping and waving kts paws,
and then made off as quickly as he had
appeared. Hurt7 No; only a few
bruises from the fall, but the close
shave took my nerve for some
mouths y
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-27
Early Days of Colorado M,nins


AS illustrating the local conditions
at the time of the commencement of
operations by the pioneer smeIter in
Colorado, it may be stated that every
single brick used in its construction
cost 81, having to be brought by wagon
about 600 miles from the nearest point
on the Missouri river, and to that point
by railroad from st. Louis; the iron
cost z cents per pound; the pay of
skilled labor was S. per day and of
common labor 81 per day, and the
charge. for smelling ranged from $40
to $40 per ton. There was no railroad
nearer than the Missouri river about
600 miles away; wagon transportation
was high, as also were all the necessa-
ries of life. Moreover, the matte
the product Of the plant, in the absence
Of any local means of separating or
refining, had to be hauled to the Mis-
souri, river in wagons, thence by raft
road to New York, and thence to
Swansea, Wales, where it was sepa-
rated and the gold, silver and copper
refined. Today there are nine smelt-
ing plants in Colorado. The aggregate
iaily capacity is 1900 tons, and about
1000 men are employed Engineering
Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-27
A Romance or She Peeraess,

The death of Lord Dunboyne recalls
one of the romances of the peerage.
The twelfth Lord Dunboyne was Ro
man Catholic bishop of Cork, when the
peeNage Unexpectedly deyolved upon
him through the death of a nephew.
Wishing to perpetuate the family and
the title. he applied to Pope Plus vi.
for a dispensatioh to retire from the
episcopate and to marry. The reply he
got from the vatican was couched in
the severest terms Of censure. He
thereupon broke his VOW of celibacy
and married Protestant young lady,
afterwards publicly seeding from the
Roman Catholic church There was.
however, no issue to the marriage, and
shortly before his death, he was re-
ceiyed bac' into the Roman Catholic
church by the Rev. DR.. Gahan. The
widow of the ex-bishop survived him
for sixty years, dying in August, 1860,
st the great age of 96.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-27
PIG DYING OF GRIEF.
When Its Only Friend, Cow, WAS
Taken Away It Refused Food

A little pig or Smiths island is vast
ing slowly away-dying, in fact, OF
grief, because of its separation from
COW to which it was deyotedly at
fached. says the Boston Globe. Smiths
island. composed of 100 acres or more,
IS about a mile distant from Noewalk,
Conn, A lighthouse stands on its east
ern coast and its only inhabitants are
samuel Armour and his mother. To
soften her state Of semi-isolation, as
veil as because they are profitable,
MIS-. Armour raises quite little farm
yard stock, such as ducks, hens, a goat
and a COW. The name OF the COW IS
Pansy. Pansy arrived on Smiths is
land when only a calf and consequently
]lnows little eff the outside world and
It's devious ways. From her infancy
she had come in contact with hens and
ducks and geese; she even rubbed
sldA- with a goat. but one quadruped
Pafsy had not seenswas a pig. When,
therefore, last spring Mr.. Armour
brought to Smiths island from the
mainland fat little pig, It's appear
ance caused Pansy a good deal of sur
prise and excited the farmyard gen
orally. The little pig was not popular
by any means. As for Pansy, she
could not bear the sight of it. Buffo
(which is the name of the little pig)
from the first manifested an intense
affection for the cow. Pansy's heart
gradually softened toward the poor
little porker and finally, to parody
Mary and her little lamb, every place
that Pansy went the pig was sure to
go. Although in time the other live
stock came to assume an attitude of
benevolent neutrality toward Buffo, the
dog was an exception. He frequently
chaAed Buffo for its dear life, but after
awhile :9ansy interposed in its behalf
and when Hector pressed Buffo too
closely would take the pig in her
mouth and, lifting 1t high in the air,
keep it there out Of harms way until
the danger had passed. And now stress
of circumstances has parted the loyal
comrades. Mrs. Armour, who is no
longer young, finding that caring for
COW with her other duties was too
muc4 LOT uel5 oolo AAoy " q AaA nv
for much less than her value, provided
that she should not be given to tho
butcher. When Baffo missed its friend,
which was very soon, it was ineonsola-
bic. It's squea1s of grief could be
heard all over the island. It has since
then refused its food and grows thin
ner each day. It is probable that Mrs.
Armour will sell or give Buffo away
to the same farmer; otherwise the
DAYS of the affectionate little pig will
have been numbered and a grave will
be dug somewhere on Smiths island.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-27
ScotIand's GYPSY KsJg.

At Yetholm, in Scotland, man
named Faa was crowned king Of the
gypsies in succession to his late
mother, who was known as Queen
Esther. The crown of tin and tinsei
was placed on his head by the village
blacksmith, whose family IS said to
possess the hereditary right OF crown
ing the gypsy sovereigns. The "king"
rode In a carriage drawn by six assan