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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-06-15

park and stood watching the young
men rivaling each other at q lifting
machine They were doing great deal
Of loud talking and laughing. but not
much lifting One Of their number,
however. made a fairly good record.
which the others could not equal He
was declared champion a small crowd
attracted by the noise had collected and
the alleged champion addressed them
challenging any Of their number TO step
forward II they thought they had
chance.
George Collins. remembering the days
Of his youth, accepted the challenge
and stepped forward into the circle
/ Naturally there were shouts of derision
at the gray hairs and the bent form,
F but the TWO men went to work with a
will. At first the old man made a lift
or what he thought was one-and the
machine registered GO pounds The
youth tried his hand and had difficulty
in reaching 700 pounds. Collins tried
again and made il 500 pounds. which
the Young man increased 10 so pounds.
By that time all was excitement The
third and last trial was at hand. The
old man gave q frightful tug every
muscle and vein in his neck stood out
and all the force of his back went into
the work. So the machine when read
registered 1910 pounds. The alleged
strong youth looked at il with sickly
smile. He tried 10 better il, but failed
dismally. The old man was declared
the champion Of the park.
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DIT McIayisl Of Edinburgh was
something Of a ventriloquist. and il be-
fell that be wanted lad 10 assist in
the surgery who must necessarily be
of strong nerves.
He received several applications. and
when telling q lad what the duties
We're. in order 10 test his nerves, he
would say. while pointing to a grin
ming skeleton standing upright in a
corner:
Part of your work would be 10 feed
the skeleton there. and while you are
here you may as well have a Try 10
DO so"
A few lads would consent TO trial.
and received a basin OF hot Cruel and
a spoon.
While they were pouring a hot mass
into the skull the doctor would throw
his voice so as to make it appear 10
proceed from the jaws of the bony Gus
toner. and gurgle out:
"Gr-r-r- gr-h-uh. That's hot"'
This was too much. and without ex-
ceprion the lads dropped the basin and
bolted.
The doctor began TO despair Of ever
getting a suitable helpmate until a
small boy came and was given the
basin and spoon.
After the first spoonful the skeleton
appeared TO say:
"Gr-r-r-uh-r-hr, That's hot"
Shoveling in the scalding Cruel as
fast as ever. the boy raped the skull
and impatiently retorted;
We'll. jist blow ont. We auld bony "
The doctor sat down on his chair ans
fairly roared. but when the laugh wa'
over he engaged the lad on the spot
London TitBits.
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some oE REWARDS TICKS
He Sometimes Outwits the Hounds
When Pursued by Them

He Sometimes Outwits the Hounds
When Pursued by Them.
Not long ago the Washington hunt
Of Valley Forge started a young fox
in the North valley hills, and the
hounds were running IL across the open
fields when the hunters We're surprised
10 see a much larger fox come from
the woods and run diag0naAy across
the track Of the young fox ahead OF
the hounds. and when they struck the
stronger track Of the bigger NN they
took it up. young Raynard thereby be-
ing saved from being run down and
killed by the hounds.
Old hunters say they have frequently
witnessed this trick when young foxes
We're being closely pressed and ID dan
ger Of being run down and killed by
the hounds. Another and an even
sharper trick was played by an old fox
some weeks ago while being holly
chased 10y hounds. The fox had run
some twenty miles. and while crossing
an open stretch Of country was in dan
/ ger Of being run down and killed In
f field through which the fox was run
ming with the hounds close 10 its heels
was the cellar Of al old house, with
a portion Of the walls still standing
+ The fox made straight for the old eel
lar. leaped into it and made its eS-
cape through a narrow opening IN the
walls. The hounds. suppOsing the fox
was trapped. dashed into the cellar
peu nell. only TO md Reynard gone
and themselves in a trap, as the hole
in the wall through which the fox had
escaped was TOO small 10 permit them
10 get through.
When the hunters rode up they found
the pack in a trap. with one OF the
hounds wedged fast in the hole
through which the FOX had made Its e.
cape. BY the time the bounds were
gotten out OF the cellar the fox was
safe in its hole.-Philadelphia Times.
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u. Waterloo. 1915. Loss, "A per cent
10. Woerth. 1870. Loss. Il per cent.
IA. Solferino, 1859 Loss. y per cent.
Is. sadowa, 1866. Loss, L per cent
The loss in killed and wounded at
the battle Of Ellau is placed at 10000
by conservative estimates. In the fig
ures Of Gettysburg given In the table.
which are official. the total IS little
short Of 10000. The first battle be-
longs to the smoothbore and the second
10 the rifle barrel era. and the figures
show that as weapons improve casual
ties grow less in percentages. The aver
age was % per cent In the days Of the
musket and pike. 20 per cent. with the
smoothbore and bayonet. about a SINH
lar loss with the rife barrel and bayo-
net, and in the Franco-Prussian war.
fought with the breechioading rife, the
casualties fell below 16 per cent.
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A clergyman was called upon 10 per
form q marriage ceremony for couple
in middle life.
Have you ever been married be
force" asked the clergyman Of the
bridegroom.
NO. sir.
Have you?"-to the bride
.Wen. yes. l have" replied the bride
laconicauy. but il was twenty years
ago. and he was killed in an accident
when we'd been married only a week.
So il really amt worth mentioning -
san Francisco Wave.
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German Emper n at Work.

The correspondence addressed 10 the
emperor is enormous. but the bulk OF
IL, chiefly petitions. is opened and dealt
with in the civil cabinet. only the let
ters Of princely personages and others
of which the handwriting is recognized
being opened by him personally. says
Good Words. These have TO be replied
to either by himself or by secretaries,
according TO marginal notes made by
him. and then the cuttings from yarl-
Gus newspapers. pasted in folios. are
laid before him.
Each Of the chief ministers Of state
and heads Of departments Of the army
and navy has one or two fixed days Of
the week on which he is received by
the emperor and at these Interviews
all business connected with the depart
ment is transacted and his orders tax
en- on all matters requiring SUCH Va
rious interviews are also accorded In
[ the forenoon 10 officers and others who
/ have reports 10 make and thus the day
/ is filled up till luncheon, a meal the
emperor always takes with the empress
and his elder children, the younger
ones joining the circle afterward. Usu
ally there are one or two guests and
quite a small suite in attendance al
the midday meal, which is light anc
very simple.
The afternoon is taken up with mor'
work and then the emperor, frequently
accompanied by the empress. rides
drives or plays tennis for couple o.
hours. returning in time for more wori
before dinner, which is at in summe
and 5 in winter. Work again follow
dinner and precedes an early retire
ment to bed. Such is the normal pro
gram OF the emperOr's day; but. a
may be imagined. il is frequent,
broken in upon by military duties an
inspections. by representations, espe
cially in winter when numerous II
ceptions. balls. festivals. concerts an
state dinners take place, and by polii
zeal business.
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Federal batteries stationed there in
some instances used double charges Of
canister at ten PAGES; that means that
the assailants who had the courage to
march up to the muzzles were swept
from the ground by iron hail. At the
battle Of Franklin. Tenn, the slaughter
of the Confederate columns upon the
ground where the heaviest fighting took
place was frightful in the extreme.
Much of the execution al that fight was
due 10 cannon fire. The Confederate
army was about 10000 strong and be-
gan the attack on the Federal fortified
position at the close of a November day,
probably as late as 4.3O p. m, so that
there was not TWO hours of daylight
for fighting. Only one corps of the
Confederates actually closed IN on the
Federal works. and its strength was
probably not over 1900 men. In the
battle there were 5000 Confederates
killed and wounded. among them thir-
teen general officers. The officers who
fell were found close 10 the Federal
breastworks. in some cases in the ditch
where they had been shot from their
horses while attempting to ride over
the works at the heads of their col
umns. The scenes witnessed at the
battle of Franklin have seldom been
eQualed during the century.
Since the Franco-Prussian war there
has not been a conflict between armies
equally equipped until the present In
the battles between Russia and Turkey
the Turks had inferior weapons. Being
fanatlcal fighters. like the dervishes in
the Sudan. they were slaughtered by
the breechloaders and dynamite shells
of the foe.
To go back still farther for examples
Of the execution Of weapons In war
fare, it is interesting TO look AT the rec
ords of battles in the seventeenth cen
fury. In seven great battles of thai
era. when the masses carried muSket:
and pixies. the average Of casualties wal
% per cent. so thar each man stood bu
about three chances in four of IS
cape The casualties in the bloodes
battles run as high as 80 per cent. II
this class belongs the battle Of LutZen
which proved a victory for the Swedes
but their leader. GuStavuS AdOlphus
was killed. and one of his regiments la.
upon the ground in the order in whicl
the men had stood while fighting. Il
the middle Of the eighteenth centur.
the bayonet attached 10 the musket So
perseded the pike There were twenty
three great battles fought with smooth
bore muskets and bayonets from Fou
, tenoy in 1745 TO Waterloo in 1915. Tn
average Of casualties for this period o
p smoothbore musket and bayonet Ugh
- Ing was about - per cent.
Losses Decrease.
The following fifteen battles of N
. muzzle-loadng. bayonet period repre-
sent the martial nations of the world:
1. Euau. 1907. Loss. 26 per cent.
=. Bunker Hill. 17T5. Loss. - per cen
5. Stone River CMurfreesboTol, lS6;
e Loss. 2Sla per cent.
= T. Marengo. 1870. Loss. p per cent.
o .. Chickamauga. 1StS. Loss, a Pc
!. cent.
!, 6. Antietam. 1862. Loss. y per cent.
:. Leipsic. 1913. Loss. p per cent.
). Gettysburg. 1868. Loss, 20 per cen
j. 3. shiloh. lS62. Loss. 20 per cent.
p 10. Lundy's Lane. 1914. Loss, - Pc
cent.
n Il. Mars-la-Tour. 1870. Loss, 70 p,
e cent.
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AeEp MAZE sTRENeTH
Although SO Years Old, He Can Lift ~
Weight on 1910 Pounds.

When one IS young and strong" is
natural expression Youth and
strength are supposed to 90 together.
But what do you think Of an old man.
whose years are represented by two
skies placed side By side, lifting q
weight Of loo poundss Think OF It;
over half a ton. His name Is George
Collins and you can wager he comes
from the West. His home Is IN Detroit
All life long he has taken care Of his
health. II has not entirely been hob
by with him. but he bad a desire 10 live
long and that was the surest method he
knew Of arriving at his object
He moved to t,a city. where his repu-
tatlOn for strength was not known.
Not long ago he went to an amusement
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-06-15

Potash IS Of great value in an orch
ard. Ii Is the backbone Of all fertilizers
used by fruit growers. The trees where
it is used are vigorous ana the fruit
large in size. with high color and good
favor. No manure which does not con-
tain a high percentage Of potash should
be used In an orchard
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-06-15

The South African war has demon
strated some things about up-to-daJe
fighting machines. One important fact
brought out is that, for creating eX-
tensive cemeteries and making bloody
history. the old-fashioned fighters. with
their old-fashioned short-range weap-
ons, still hold the championship. by
Mantle bombs and lyddite shells. bullet
sitting machines and long-rahge smoke
less powder guns have not feazed the
worlds record for carnage an iota. The
civilized nations stand aghast at the
fall of a few score of officers in a single
hight as though il We're an unheard Of
thing and that science had rendered
warfare too frightfully CORY for it TO
be tolerated among human beings.
Probably the almost bloodless victories
of our navy at Manila Bay and Santiago
have led people to look for enormous
gains on a minimum of investment.
These were marvellous exceptions. War
means fighting. and fighting in a war
worthy Of the name means killing on
both sides.
The effectiveness of the long range
weapons used in the South African war
and the mortality which is looked upon
nv the lavmen as something excessive
attract the notice of military men who
have had actual experience in war.
Under the regime of magazine rifles the
battle usually begins at Loo or l'ooO
Yards. and may close down to Luz or
1000 wards. At the latter range the nre
is supposed to be very effective. Arti-
lerv is of course. effective TO break up
solid lines of infantry. but 1t is impos-
sible 70 make artillery fire effective
against troops who are covered DENIM
height for instance. or by the lay OF
1ba land or by rock and trees.
Ges. Sickles said recently 'ha' ue
never had much faith In the euec''e
moss of long-range weapons, for once
Won teach troops that they can SEM
bullet mile. It takes away their IN
traniditv. Napoleon Ill. demorallzeV
his army by causing the soldiers It
think that the long-range oreeenlo"'iLs
chassepOt and the ul't".''' -.
dsseot the enemy. II took all the eial
ont of them and made them mere ma
chinos The Germans. Who' u! U"'
wav also had their breeehloau'nS' 10" :
rsnre rifle. the needle gun rus"eu u
close quarters, and the result was U'9
astrous to the French.
Civil War Fatalities
Con Nelson 4. Miles said apropos 0
the subject Of modern improve ~ ~ ILL
ons and proiectiles in relation 20 pa' nc !,
6eld casualties. Losses dih.n.s" -
n nronortton as man-killlng devices pre-
p sross This is a fact, as shown by n il
Sress and is well known to close .., STU
tha Federal attack upon the Ooul '1' /,
oto Stone wall at Frederickso o,. /.
1seo The experience Of Hie S ,., ,ho
New York (Steubenl regimen ~
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The individual who climbs 10 fame
and fortune over the shoulders Of 9TH
ers must look down on their hatred
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-06-15

As soon as a man gets SO old he has
no more trouble with heart affairs, his
liver begins TO make him grief.
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LOSSES GROW LESS.
SOME LESSONS TAUGHT BY THE
ANGLO-eOER WAR

As Effectiveness of Weapons Increases,
Fatalities in Battle Apparently De-
crease-Compariso of Casualties in
Some oftheWorId's Greatest Conflicts.
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True charity begins before your own
wants are supplied.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-12-22

Val
rol, last surviving signer Of declaration OF
independence, died at Baltimore. aged s..
Nov. 19-Convention at Columbus. s. C..
adopted resolutions declaring tariff acts
March 1s-South Carolina repealed nullin-
cation resolution in convention.
Sept. 26-President Jackson directed re-
moval Of sl0.0OO,00 of government funds
from National bank to be deposited In
state banks.
Nov. 13-Great meteoric display visible In
North America
Dec. eAmerican Anti-Slavery society or
ganized in Philadelphia.
1854.
Tune 3o-Indian territory established by
act Of congress-.
Dec. President in annua message an
nounced extinguishment Of national
debt.
Dec. 16-1s-Business portion Of New York
city destroyed by fire: 648 buildings de-
stroyed: loss SIS, 900. 900.
Thomas Davenport. of Braddon. Vt. built
first electric railway motor at Spring
field. Mass.
March 2-Texas declared its independence.
March 6-Massacre at the Alamo, San An
tonic. Tex. by Mexicans under Santa
May 14-Mexico acknowledged ~indepen-
dence OF Texas.
June 15-Arkansas admitted to the union.
Jun 2S-Ex-President James Madison died
at Montpelier, VT, aged IS.
Nov. StThirteenth presidential election.
Martin a Buren, elected president with
761 $40 popular and ITO electoral votes,
against 70 electoral votes for his nearest
competitor, William Henry Harrison.
Total popular vote. LASS. 26. No vice
president chosen because of lack of ma
jority of electoral votes. Senate chose
Richard n. Johnson.
1897.
Jan. 6-Michigan admitted to the union.
May 10-Al banks in New York city sus-
pended specie payment because of fnan-
1888.
May 1O-Banks in New York resumed
specie payment.
Oct. 1o-United States bank suspended.
causing financial panic.
1910.
Jan. 1s-Lieut. Wilkes discovered Antarctic
June-Fifth census AIKEN. Population. H.
Nov. io-Fourteenth presidential election.
william Henry Harrison received 24 cleo
toral and 1,Z75.017 popular votes. and Mar
tin Van Buren, 60 electoral and LIS. ZOE
popular votes.
April 4President Harrison died. aged s..
April Svice President Tyler took oath Of
office as president.
July 6Act to distribute money from sales
Of public lands among the states passed.
July 5-Independence Of Egypt acknowl-
edged by Turkey.
1912
May -Col. John C. Fremont's first expedi-
ton started for Rocky mountains.
Aug. HEEnd Of Indian war In Florida pro-
claimed.
Aug. a-Ashburton realty. settling Maine
boundary dispute between United States
and England. ratified by senate.
Oct. 1S-First submarine cable laid by Prof.
Morse in New York harbor..
1S43.
Jan. u-Francis s. Key, author of Star
SpanKled Banner" died st Baltimore.
aIed0 O
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Feb. ~eJe6erson Davis chosen president
and Alexander H. Stephens vice presi-
dent q Southern Confederacy.
Asr : aTed S1 E snmfed R s1s@ u sf Hlrr s1lss
April Effort Sumter surrendered.
April 1CPresident called for 75.o00 troops
April T,yirzinia seeded
OF southern ports.
May 6-Arkansas seeded.
May 1-North Carolina seeded
June STennessee seeded.
July H-Federal troops defeated at battle
of Bull Run.
Nov. &Confederate ENJOYS Mason and
slidell CAPTURED on British steamer
Trent BY Capt. Wilkes. U. s. N.
1892
Feb. eForr Henry. Tenn. captured by
Gen. Grant and Com. Foote.
Feb. Effort Donelson surrendered to
March &U. s. frigate Congress and U. g.
sloop-of-war Cumberland destroyed by
confederate ram Merrimac at Hampton
March EBattle between Monitor and
Merrimac at Hampton Roads.
April &-Admiral Farragut occupied New
Orleans.
May department Of agriculture estab-
May 2o-Homestead act approved by the
June lsslavery forever prohibited in the
June ss-yuiy Aseven days fighting.
Army Of the Potomac ~retreated from
July president approved act for build
ing railroad and telegraph lin from Mis-
souri, river to Pacific ocean.
July 2+Ex-President Martin Van Buren,
died at Underwood. N. Y. aged 80.
Aug. 19-Sioux Indians attack frontier set
Elements of Minnesota.
Sept: SConfederate forces crossed the
Potomac Into Maryland.
Sept. 16-17SConfederates defeated at An
tietam. They retreated into Virginia
the following day.
Dec. 31-West Virginia admitted to the
union to date from Tune 20. 1853.
1853.
Ian. 1-President Lincoln issued proclama-
They numbered about 3,120.0O0
Feb. sNational currency secured BY u.
8. bonds provided for.
May 106Stonewal Jackson died. Wound
ed May 2 at Charlottesville
July 1-2-3-Confederate army. numbering
81, 900 men. defeated at Gettysburg by
federal army. numbering $500 men
July +Vicksburg surrendered to Gen.
Grant.
July 2lsamuel Houston. Texas hero,
died at Huntersville. Tex, aged 20.
Sept. 1ePresident Lincoln suspended writ
of habeas corpus.
Sept. 1s-eO-Federal army defeated BY SON
federates at Chickamauga.
Nov. z~3-24-25-Federal army under Gen.
Grant defeated confederates at Orchard
Knob. Missionary Ridge and Lookout
mountain.
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win 49,. % ms ed the negro state
August Of Liberia in AZ
RIGA, its object being to establish a home
for free American negroes.
1917.
Jan.-The United States bank began oper-
March flames Monroe and Daniel D.
Tompkins inaugurated-
Dec. W-Mississippi admitted to the union.
1918.
March 1s-First general pension bill for
revolutionary war veterans passed by
Xn9ii itSPresident approved act establish
Ing flag of United States at 1a stripes and
DEC e sta @I Hill ehea admitted to the union.
1919.
Feb. z-Spain ceded Florida to United
states for consideration of S. 0oo. 000:
May 24-First ocean steamship. the savan-
nah. nah; e Lent In 8 DAYS AVS i0f Liverpool
June 1s-Maine separated from Massa-
chusetts by Massachusetts, legislature.
Aug. 2sLcom. o. H Perry died at Trinidad.
Dec. it-Aiabama admitted to the union.
March 15-Maine admitted to the union.
Sept. 26-Daniel Boone died at Charrette.
No. aged s..
TompSins ina1gurated president and vice
president for second term
AuR. iO-Missouri admitted to the union.
1872.
Nav APresident Monroe vetoed appropria-
ton bin PROVIDING for seye n roaS i imi
transmitted to congress q message en-
bodying his objections to national APP
propriations for Internal tmprovements
government regarding internal improve.
ments excepting a. regards rivers q
harbors.
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1928.
Dec. 2LProclamation by President Mon
roe declared hat for the future the
American continents were not to be con-
sfdered as subjects for colonization by
any European power. This constitutes
the Monroe doctrine"
March I3.Conventton signed between
Great Britain and United States for sup
preston Of slave trade.
Aug. 15-Gen.. Lafayette landed In New
York for visit to America.
popular vote John Quincy Adams re-
Y. 81: Crawford. E.2ss: Henry Clay, a.:
2 majority Of electoral votes and cleo
tives: John c. Calhoun elected vice
president 1925.
Feb. sHouse Of representatives voted for
president. each state having one vote.
John Quincy Adams received u. Andrew
June 17-Corner stone Of Bunker hill monu-
ment laid by Lafayette.
Oct; zsEErie canal opened from Buffalo to
May 1o-American Home Missionary So
ciety organized in New York.
July tEx-Presidents o Adams Quin-
e ss,a Mas as and AND Thomas Jefferson Month
Sept. i2-WiiIiam Morgan abducted from
Ceuandaigua, N. 7. This gave rise to
the anti-masonic party that played q
prominent part in national politics for a
First railroad In the United States began
operations. 1t extended from Quincy.
operated by horse power.
1928.
May 1s-Tariff revision bill. placing high
duties IN wooden and cotton goods. APP
proved by president.
Nov. 11-Eleventh presidential election.
Audrey Jackson received S5s. o2S popular
ans received 81. 15s popular and s. cleo
toral votes.
March sWilliam T. Barry appointed post
master general in jackson cabInet Pre-
vious to this time the postmaster general
was not considered q member Of the cab
met.
Aug. s-Flrst railway locomotive operated
in America started at Honesdale. Pa
1890.
Jan. SIRobert Y. Hayne, 9. c.. In speech
lands announced nullilcation doctrine.
May F IA miles Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad opened.
Sept.-Anti-masonic party held the first
s ssases at R RGaIsaddsii sGnSen'''n In United
1884,.
Jan. 15South Carolina railroad. first pas
senger and freight railroad In United
States, opened for traffic.
July +Ex-President James Monroe died
July 26-First successful eaper invention
Of Cyrus II. Mccormick. tested at Steele's
Tavern, Va.
Chloroform discovered by Samuel Guthrie.
Of Sacket Harbor. N. Y.
Matches first used in United States.
1872