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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
Primitive NIethods in Corea.

Individual missionaries and mechan-
les have trained Corean carpenters in
the use of American tools, but as rule
they prefer their old-style planes,
which they draw toward them in plan
ing, and like best to use their own
saws, which necessitate the employ
ment of two men sitting opposite each
other on the ground and operating the
saw on the stick or timber, which IS
held in place by the feet of the opera
tors. In spite of these apparently
clumsy methods the Corean carpenters
do very fair work.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

cation, dlscl0ses SINE novel facts con
corning children that will cause general
surprise. Children with long heads are
not as bright as those with broad ones
Very long heads indicate dizziness des-
pite the ancient saw. Bright boys have
the advantage Of dull boys in height
and weight White hoys Of American
parents show more nervousness IMAM
their colored and foreign-born associ-
atcs. White boys Of non-laborlng par
ents have the poorest eycsight. Colored
children have the best Girls who at
tend private schools are not as strong
as girls Of the public schools. GIFTS
as a general thing, however. can endure
more pain than boys, but the boys are
not as sensitive to petty annoyances.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
HIS FIRST FIRE ASSIGNMENT.
Excuse Of New Reporter for Neglect.
ing Duty.

Excuse OF a New Reporter for Neglect.
ing Duty.
Say, hustle down to the stock Yards
right away" said the city editor to the
new reporter. There's fire down
there. 1t may turn into something big,
but even if it doesn't we want good
little story on it anyhow"
The new reporter shot out of the
door, with perspiration starting at
every pore. The fire did not turn out
to be "A great confiagration, so no more
reporters were sent down to the yards
to take care of it. The city editor de-
pended upon his new man for the story
But for some unaccountable reason the
reporter failed to return to the Office
and the paper had to go to press with
out the account of the fire.
The next day about noon the new
man strolled lesurely into the office
entirely unprepared for the thunder
storm that broke over his head as soon
as the city editor caught sight of MIN.
Say, what the dickens is the matter
with you anyhow" said the editor.
why didn't you write up that fire that
| told you to?'
Why" gasped the youth, there
wasn't any use to write it up, every
body was there and saw it."-ChicagO
Chronicle.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
Lnnr-Rnnge Photography

Captain Gentilli. an Italian officer
who has been experimenting in long
distance photography, has discovered 8
means of taking photographs at a DIS
lance of many miles. BY this means II
has been possible to photograph for
treSses from distance of eleven miles
and masses of troops at a distance OF
eighteen miles Captain Gentilli's IN
vcntion is likely to become of consider
able Importance from the military point
of view.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

At the last meeting Of the Society Of
American Psychologists Prof kmni-
cut gave an account of the change of
opinion now occurring in England in
favor of the publication of the sewage
of cities 10y means Of bacterial growth.
disseminated through il. rather than by
chemical treatment as heretofore en-
ployed. The bacterial system. he
thought. offered the cheapest and most
effective method of purifying the sew
age so that it may be discharged into
rivers without polluting them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

A short time ago Prof. Harry Thurs
ton Peck made the statement that wO.
men had never taken part IN any gl-
gantic enterprise such as the construc-
ton OF steamships. railroads. etc.
Evidently he had not heard Of the ma
tive women OF India, who make up a
large proportion OF the laborers In the
department OF public works. EN-
ployed all over India are women and
girls, said TO be quite as efficient as
men, digging canals. making reser-
volrs, working on roadways aud build
ing railroads.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

In the six Rocky Mountain States OF
Colorado. Idaho. Montana. Nebraska
Utah and Wyoming, agriculture is
largely dependent on irrigation. The
distribution OF the water supply is reg
hlated by law, aud costs about one dol
lar per acre. Nebraska and Wyoming
have water commissioners. who re-
ceiye all applications and determine all
controversies. In the other four
States there is much litigation. But
when the ranchman's water rights are
once established. ne thinks himself far
more sure OF regular crops than the
farmer In the humid States" where
there is always liability of drouth or
excessive rainfall while he has the
exact amount OF moisture he needs
Just when he wants it. and at no other
time-and always on tap
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

Despite repeated and unquestlonahle
proof OF its poisonous nature. the sale
Of the cigarette is increasing. If II is
not TO become a prolific cause OF phys
teal ANA moral degeneration. especially
among the young more efficient and
more general means must be exerted
against its use. II Is known to pro-
duce I'm children disorders of the nerv-
Gus system ending IN hopeless i'm
hecility. The insane asylums have had
to open new column Of statistics for
It's victims. Its deleterious effects are
not transltOry. but easily and incradic-
ally become constitutional. Many cor
poratiOns. especially those dealing with
human life. tolerate among their ser
wants no one who drinks intoxicating
liquor while on duty. The effects Of
the cigarette upon the brain are worse
than the effects OF alcohol. one great
Chicago corporation has announced
that II will carry on its pay rolls no
one who uses the cigarette General
opposition Of this practical nature may
check the sale of the poison. Moral
ana scientific protests have proven in
eifectual
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

Poison recently ended the life OF 4
20year-old Connecticut woman who
was not only remarkable In herself.
but also In the peculiar quality OF hus-
band she possessed II was while she
was INDUCING in her eighth consecu,
tive elopement with other men aud the
seventh case of forgiveness on the part
OF her better half that the latest aud
finishing phase OF her fate overlook
her. There is nothing In the occur
renee, however. Ia AFFECT Connecticuts
historic claim to being the Land OF
Steady Habits, for anything more
steady than her elopement practice and
his In the way OF pardoning is rather
hard TO realize.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
WHAT THE CHINESE EAT.
Rice Is Not the Principal Diet of tn,
Common People.

kice Is Not the Principal Diet of tho
Common People.
1t Is the popular belief in this conn.
try that rice is the chief der of the
lower classes of China. This is erro
neous, for rice is a luxury from their
point of view, because too costly fo,
everyday conSumption They emf mucb
pork which costs little for hogs of
razor-hack breed are plentiful every.
where and the pig is the domestic ami.
mai par excellence. She slepns in rho
living room. recognizes her name and
displays in her Intelligence the inheri,
ed results of centuries of training She
htters twice year. and of her offsnr,n.
the males are fattened while tho sa
males are sold or kept for breeding rho
household porker is a pet: she IL fn1
at every meal of the family. for,rinr
Tor herself at other times in The stren,.
and fields. And it should be renen,
hered that the pig is decidedly q cl.a,
animal when properly kept.
Rev. DIR. Williams. in his "\ridd,e
NinSuoli' says that the Chinese in tho
vicinity of Canton. from whom, ara 80
crll'ed nearly all of the plg-talled inn
migrants To this country. have -
markaole appetite for eats. One Pro
quently sees pusSleS hanging n,noi,.
dressed, In the butchers windows t,a
meat looking 50 white ana cIe,, =. ~
be almost appetizing. They are toa.
alive in the shops. too. in cages roa5,.
Tor killing. Because they are 60 mo
Inc and find so much of their own food
they can be raised probably Cats,
eyes are considered a great delicacv hr
the rich, those Of black cats beirg a..
sarded as choicest and commapdinc tho
highest price. Rats and mice arc sa'
uom eaten, except In case of f.n,na.
they are too hard to catch to he nha ,ie
BUT among the Chinese there is an "is ~,
joke about an imaginary dish rar p'u
honey and squeak" made nv ,no,aI'' i
a live mouse in piece Of honevco,',,. :
Giving a girl a musical ednoo.
often means only that she has .i 'oi'
tlOnal place to loaf n -, ''''
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
An Element Instead of a Virtue.

Sincerity is no single virtue TO be
claSsed with others and ranked above
and below them. 1t is rather an ele-
ment running through character and
life. as the sap runs through the tree
giving life and vigor to every branch
and a tender beauty to every leaf and
blossom. Let us cherish it as the deep
est principle of our hearts and the most
vital element of our lives.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

That the remarkable growth of out.
door sports In the last twenty years is
the salvation Of those who are unfor-
tunate enough to he handicapped 10y
wealth and fettered by leisure is APP
parent to even the most casual OBJ
server. A man does not need 10 be an
athlete OF a tennis player or wheel
man to note the marked effect of these
outdoor pastimes upon those whom
stern necessity has not condemned to
ordinary physical cmployments Nei-
Their does one need a vivid Imagination
to picture the condition of these classes
II they were denied PARTICIPATION in
outdoor sports. Twenty years ago"
says Casper Whitney, in the Indepen-
dent the popular set at the various
clubs consisted Of those young men
VINO sat In the windows with their feet
on the ratings and glasses by their
sides. Now the glasses have been ban.
ished and the young men of influence
are active In yachting hunting. polo.
Football. baseball, rowing. golf. and
so FORTH This marked change for the
better Is not confined to the clb
world however 1t extends through
out the whole United States. and the
result Is seen in the glorious physical
development Of the young men and
women whom we meet everywhere
The wonderful physical hardihood Of
our soldiers. many of whom came from
offices and stores. which excited so
much comment during the war with
Spain, Is attributed by MIR. Whitney TO
the growth among us of those outdoor
sports which. strange as Ii NAV seem
have been fostered by the wealthy and
fashionable classes. 1t IL Mr.. Whit
ney's belief that the rise OF outdoor
sports Is not craze that will present
~ subside and leave us cooped ND in
doors again with our hannels and our
grog aud doctors prescriptions" We
are outdoors to stay. Our Anglo Saxon
instincts draw MS toward this stimuli
ting. muscle-huilding play The an
parent subsistence of interest in GER
tain outdoor sports is really the lndica-
ton Of more rational enjoyment OF
1t. One might get the impression from
looking about the streets that hicvchng
had declined. II YOU 20 into the coun-
try, however, you will find that this
Is not the ease The bicyclists have
found that riding a wheel in the city
Is nerve-racking, hazardous and I'M
satisfactory, and now they ride in The
country. one Of the good things that
golf has done, says MIR Whitney. has
been to provide outdoor amusement for
people Of middle age Previous to the
advent of golf there was no outdoor
game for them that could be properly
characterized as sport The craze fea-
ture has now gone out Of golf and il
has settled down as "Systemized con
stmtional." Along with growth OF
sports among MS there has also been a
growth Of the true sportsman feeling
sport for sports sake. and not merely
TO win over competitor. The grow
ing tendency OF Americans TO play
the game for the sake Of the game" is
the most hopeful sign in the field of
outdoor sports in this country.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

The Delaware & Raritan Canal Com
pany is said to be mastering its mules
out OF service, and Harvesting up the
automobile to do their work ON the
tow-path. II this sort OF thing is al
lowed to go on TIL the beasts of burden
and OF draft are let of from their pres
ent tasks, the Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Animals viii be
tempted TO relax its vigilance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

A couple Of years ago an old gentle
man who has great common sense re
marked; Don't wake up the Chinese.
They can live on nothing; they can
work for nothing; there are millions OF
them II they once learn our system of
manufacturing we cannot compete.
Don't wake up the Chinese" II begins
10 look as II this statement were true
with regard TO military matters. The
problem which the foreign powers have
10 solve is an intricate one. The Chinese
have been laying in great stores OF am
munition. guns, etc. II their soldiers
are drilled ia modern tactics It would
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

seem an impossible task for the foreign
powers to subdue them. II China re-
mains united empire The task win be
Impossible. If il Is split into several
Kingdoms, each independent Of the 9th
or there may be some chance for for
eign powers to establish governments
on modern civilized basis The con.
sequences Of waking up 3JO,OO0.00O
people may be serious.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
COINAGE of Gold Pieces.

The United States never coined GOLD
oieces of n higher denomination than
SIG. Some years ago jeweler at San
Francisco struck gold pieces of the
value of $50. but that was on private
lcrOuDf
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

What little reform gets into Turkey
usually slips in by the back door. Re
port has It that the only dynamo now
In Constantinople passed the custom
house as a washing machine; and thus
the feeling Of the authorities were
spared.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

1t is reported that Joel Chandler Har-
ris has resigned his editorial position on
the Atlanta Constitution because he
wants more time to play with his
grandchildren. II the report Is true, we
congratulate the grandchildren.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

Inside OF eighteen months every ele-
waited railway engine in New York will
have been displaced by electric motors.
How long win Il be before the same
thing will be true Of every steam loco
motive In the country?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

These Chinese towns have perfectly
ridlculOusly names Why cant they
can themselves something sensible,
like Showhegan, for instance, or Punk
sutawney, or Caucomgamoc, or Kala-
mazoOy
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

The New York woman who began the
study of the Greek testament on her
tooth birthday must have read of Cato
and the enterprise OF his eightleth
year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
Remarkably Good.

Il saw the bishop sprinting for a ear
to-day with a bag of golf clubs on bis
arm. Does he play good game|
Good? You bet it's good goody'
good. Why, 'Pshaw" is about his linn
it."-Puck.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

The Queen Regent of Spain has sign
ed a decree ordering the sale of large
number OF obsolete men-of-war and
providing for the reorganization and
modernization OF the other vessels.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

Considering what 1t has got various
folks into, that Chinese open door has
some Of the qualities Of a trap door
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

The hoy who causes the most trouble
doesn't always grow up to be the great
cat man.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

It is not the woman with the most
gold in her teeth who has the dearest
smile.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
CURIOUS Facts About CbiIdren

An interesting paper by Or. Maedon-
aid, OF the Washington bureau Of edu-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

With the waning Of the honeymoon
the misguided man discovers that tns
coming woman has arrived.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

Speak but little and let that little be
the truth.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14

irving girl a musical education
otten means only that she has an ad 'T
uonal place to loaf-a music So.
where she tries" new pieces
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15

Bryan. Thus far 234 delegates have
instructed for Bryan as follows :
Alabama Cat large), 4; District of
Columbia, 6; Iowa, %; Massachu-
setts, 30; Michigan, %; Nebraska,
16; New Hampshire, s; New Mexico,
6; North Carolina, %; Ohio, 2
Oregon, 8; Pennsylvania, "a Rhode
Island, 8; Utah, 6, Total, 234.
The c~arelessness of farmers and
bush-burning mountaineers is held
responsible for an unprecedented
number of forest fires in the noun
tain sections of Maryland this spring
The damages have not been computed
accurately, but the loss in timber
alone will reach into hundreds of
thousands of dollars, many miles
having been burned over. A num-
Der Of dwellings have also been de-
strOyed, and miles Of fencing,
which will take large sums and
months of labor to replace, are gone.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15
SECRETARY PARKER TO TOBACCO GROW,
Frs.

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
A call has been issued by Mr., J.
Bryan Grimes, President North
Carolina Tobacco Growers AssOcia-
ton, for the Executive Committee
and Committee on Plans, to meet in
Raleigh May gath. Any one IN
sympathy with the success of the
movement will be welcomed. Sec
retaries of county and township or
CARNATIONS will please forward to
me their reports that I may have
them ready for this meeting. Please
include in the report membership,
acreage for ~1898-'99, and the prob
able acreage for 1900. .....
Persons having plans or sugges-
tions to submit, will please send
them to me so that I can place them
in the hands of the committee.
Counties that have not yet organ
lied should do SO at once and report
as this is of the utmost Importance.
The officers, nor the committee of
the Association can do anything
without the cooperation and support
of the tobacco growers. Already
low prices for tobacco have been pre-
dicted for another year. 1t lies with
the growers to say whether the pre-
diction shall come true or not.
Everything depends on effective or
g~anization. Without that, nothing
will be accomplished.
T. B. PARKER,
Secretary N. G. Tobacco Growers
Association, HillsbOrO, N. G.
State papers please copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15
Miscellaneous.
QUERIES.

In the issue of The Progressive
Farmer for March oath, the writer
asked some questions which he has
not seen mentioned since. Some one
must have read these questions.
Some readers must have ideas on
them and it was to learn from
those readers the questions were
asked. We do not ask questions to
bring out III own answers, but to
learn something.
It is we'll known to many readers
of this paper that the writer has
spent sometime in the dairy business
and in the past few months in pro
noting the dairy interests of a par
ticular section of the State. Is there
any reader, or number Of readers in
any one place, or near together, who
believe in what the different writer's,
and The Progressive Farmer itself,
have been pushing fOrward-cO-
operation enough to join together in
a business undertaking on the CO.
operative plan? If so, let us hear
from you and your PLAN If you are
interested in the dairy, stock of any
kind, or cooperation in any doing
the heavy work of the farm can the
writer be of any service in bringing
a system of cooperative work into
practice with you? If you think so,
write me. It is tiresome to see SO
much about cooperation in the col
umns of The Farmer and to e no
movement toward it except bymanu-
f~acturers and merchants. We would
like to see. something move in co
operation among fairness.
F. E. e.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15
BEAUFORT COUNTY ALLIANCE.

Nearly 100 Per Cent. Gain in Membership in
One Quarter-The Beaufort Brethren Will
Make Their Fertilizers at Home.
correspondence of The Progressive Farmer
The Beaufort County Alliance met
in regular session with Acresville
Sub. Alliance April 18th, 1900. The
meeting was called to order by A. T.
Hardison, President, a brother well
fitted for the position. The Alliance
proceeded to business.
We resolved to buy the chemicals
and make our own guano for next
year, and 1 hope to hear of other
counties doing the same. Business
was very brief and noon soon came
and dinner was announced, and we
then adjourned for one hour. Invi-
tation was extended to all and every
body seemed to help themselves. l
wish Acresville much success.
The Alliance was called to order at
/ 80 p. M, by the President. There
we're many short speeches made on
subjects of importance and good at
tention paid by all. A petition for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15
T. B. PARKER,
RELIGIOUS UNREST.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
And church creeds are being
shaken up. Understand, I Am not d
deist or agnOstic, but these facts are
significant. 1.-The fault, Dear Brutus,
is with us and not with the stars"
The teaching of the Bible has been
greatly perverted, and the goth
century clamOrs for less veneering,
and more actual and consistent
piety. People are tired of being
p~riest-ridden, and want fewer of the
traditions of men. AS in the pOliti-
cal arena, there is too much intOlGr-
ance. If the heather, about whom
we are SO anxious, could read and
hear what sO-called evangelical
churches say about each other, he
would decide like the Indian. The
noble red man was asked to embrace
the Christian religion, by the minis
tiers of about five different churches.
He gave all a patient hearing, and
then begged to be excused. He said
he didn't think he could enjoy their
heaven, and, from their WI show
ing, the other place would be SO
crowded by ~paIe-faces their feet
would stick out of the windows.
"A1as ! for the rarity of all Christian
charity" CORN CRACKER.
O1o-o7o-5 ~ NJ n ...,.. ,.