The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-01-26
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A New Jersey man has patented
hitching post which will accommodate
b,cvcles as we'll as horses, the portion
Of the post nearest the pavement Dehg
nrovided with slots of sufficient width
to admit the wheel of the machine.
The city of Concord, n. H., has ex-
empted from taxation for ten years the
new machinery, to the value OF S6O'OOo'
Of the New Hampshire spinning Mills
of Penacook, reported as organized re-
Gently for the manufacture of fine grade
combed yarns.
Railroad building has been actively
engaged in throughout the country dur
ing the current year, 300 miles of new
track having been laid up to Oct last.
This is at the rate of 5000 miles year,
which would be about 400 miles in ex-
cess Of the new mileage for 1913.
A dip in the "briny" is nowhere con-
sidered sufficient for cleanliness, and
among the POlynesians one can hardly
insult a man more than to state that his
skin shows marks of salt water. In
fact, directly after bathing in the sea
bath in fresh water is considered a ne
cessity to wash off the salt.
Herman Mcintyre is suing the city of
Binghamton, n. y, for damages. Some
time ago, under city authority, the num-
Der 49, was tackled on the door Of his res
idence. Since then on Jan. Is his wife
died aud on May 10 his house burned
down. He is sure that the unlucky
number which the city tackled on his
door hoOdooed him.
to him.
1t appears that there is now a very
well-established carrier-pigeon service
from London to Belgium, under the aus
pieces of the Chatelet Club. The result
of a recent trial of birds liberated in
London and homlng to Chatelet was
that out of 300 birds released one-half
reached Chatelet, 200 miles distant,
within fifteen minutes of each other.
A handsome young woman was ar
rested in New York recently, charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses by advertising to furnish tips on
the stock market But the Judge dis
charged her. He held that the girls
offer was 30 manifestly nonsensical that
the dupes who would have faith in it
were not entitled to either pity or pro-
lection.
The cost Of operating the great steam
ship Oceanic is between $4,000 and
$4,000 a month. The extreme earning
capacity of the Oceanic is about 100000
a month. When the cost of repairs in
surance and deterioration in the value
Of the ship itself is taken into considera-
tiOn the profit remaining represents
only a fair return on the investment of
$4,OOOOOO.
A Persian, six Porto Ricans and full.
blooded native Of the Sandwich Islands
are among the students that attract es
pecial attention at the University OF
Michigan. Yale has a blind law stu
dent. He is Robert G. Dayton, OF
Bridgeport, who lost his sight on ac
count OF an accident three years age
while he was a student in the Bridge
port high school. His lessons are reaC
The occurrence of French names like
Joubert on the Boer side of the Trans
vaal literature is explained by the fac
that many HuguenOtS went to the Can,
of Good Hope while it was still Dutcl
colony and there became prosperou,
and prominent. The descendants Of
many of these Huguenots are found il
the Transvaal to-day and are quite a,
Dutch in all their ways as the othe
Beers.
John Jentzen, fumigating official O
the sanitary office at Atlanta. is said t,
have become suddenly bald from tn,
action Of formaldehyde gas on hi,
skull He had been called to disinfec
a house in which there had been a cas-
Of scarlet fever. He adjusted the tub
OF the generator to the front door kew
hole, but failed to remove the key. HI
then turned on the gas, when the tub
blew out, spraying him with steam an,
Vapor. Before he reached his office al
Of his hair had fallen out.
In recent paper DR.. Sheard. medica
officer of health in Toronto. saws tina
during the past year in the Blood India
, reserve of the Canadian Northwest tel
rltories, in population of 1000 Their
We're l2I deaths from pulmonary cor
sumption, constituting % per cent q
, the total death rate. This occurred in
a tribe occupying one of the finest cl
mates of the world, among the foothiu
. OF the Rocky Mountains, a region
, which consumption is extremely rar
| among the white population.
S Prof. A. Czeke, of Pensacola own
r perhaps the oldest violin In the Unite
e States, and one Of only seven of III
T. make in existence. 1t was built in 1h1
+ oy Gaspard Duiffopruggar, who wa
porn IN Welch-Tyrol in 1467, and wa
called at the court of Francois l.. Kin
OF France in 1910. Only seven of the.
s oiu Duihropruggar violins are known
p De IN existence. Three are owned
d Alx-la-Chappelle, one in Boulogne. or
: III London one in St. Petersburg, al
r 'na' OF rrof Czeke the seventh.
BOY CHIEF OF AFRICAN rRlR.
) Aonngster Of Twelve Commands Crou
of Savages.