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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
ALE 10 skATE ON wATER.

How a German Sea Captain Moves in
Shoes Thirteen Feet Long.
Capt. Grossmann, German sailor, is
the inventor of a pair of shoes for walk
ing on water. He recently gave an exhi-
bition on the Rhine at Worms near the
new and imposing bridge across the
stream named. The shoes are made Of
tin, weigh twenty-five pounds each. and
together are capable Of sustaining a
weight of more than 220 pounds. They
are about thirteen feet long and are
provided with three-hinged metallic
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
GentIe Sarcasm on Athletics.

With reference to the dedication Of
the athlete at public schools, the Ok
ford Magazine has the following: 1T
appears that few days back the vice
chancellor received the following let
ter from a gentleman: How much
would I have to pay for the education
Of my son in your university? Let me
know if I shall have to pay more in
case my son, besides rowing. should
wish to learn to read and write st
James Gazette.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
BARONESS Won swARTzENsrEIM
Wife of Germany's Minister to China
Was An American Girl.

Wife of Germany's Minister to China
Was An American Girl.
Maud Roosevelt La Vlnsen, now Bar
oness Won Swartzenstein. whose hus-
hand has been recently appointed Min
lister from Germany to China. was one
Of the bellies Of Washington three win
tiers ago She is an American woman
Of the highest type beautiful. well ed
ucated and well born. She is blonde,
whose blue eyes are the glory of a face
that is delicate Of feature. Her figure
is slender and graceful. A member OF
the Roosevelt family. and a second
cousin of Governor Roosevelt. she was,
after her debut in New York City. n
conspicuous beauty In the most ex-
elusive sets. but she was truly "a penni-
less lass in a long pedigree" and her
face was her fortune. She spent her
winters with her mothers cousin. Bar
oness Won Orendorff. in Washington,
with whom she frequently went
abroad. The acquaintance with Baron
/ Mumm Won SchwarzensteiD began in
Washington. when the diplomat was at
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
FkJMS5ClenCe
IN D., Ap
: : TlVentiOn

DR.. F. Larroque reports to the French
Academy Of Sciences that his studies
Of the action of sounds upon the hui
man ears prove that the auditory APP
paratus of each ear operates independ-
entity of the other. This appears to
have a bearing upon the question
whether loss of hearing by one ear
exercises an injurious effect upon its
mate.
Under the best conditions obtaining
at present. out of every hundred tons
of coal delivered at gas works or cleo
trio light stations, something like nine
ty-eight tons are, as far as the produc-
ton Of light Is concerned, absolutely
wasted and 90 to produce useless heat.
When one considers the enormous
quantity Of coal used annually for the
production of artificial illumination. the
absolute waste OF ninety-eight per cent
of it seems little short of criminal. Yet
scientists are engaged in solving the
problem.
One scientist counted the hairs on a
hy's feet and found an average of be-
tween ten thousand and twelve thous-
and, from each of which flowed the
minute specks Of oil. The oil is abb
Eolutely necessary to the fly when walk
ing on a vertical surface If a pane
of glass should become wet or very
dusty It would be impossible for the
/ fly to walk over it, in the one case be
cause of the flowing Of the oil between
the hairs of the feet and destroying the
strength of the capillary action; in the
other. because of the clOgging of the
hairs with the dust.
Prof. R. H. Thurston Of Cornell Uni
versity calls attention to the fact thai
since the Spanish War, the manufact
ure of chilled-iron turrets for coast de
tense has been established in this
country. He regards the chilling" OF
the surface of cast iron so as to give it a
hardness exceeding that of tool steel
as zone Of the most remarkable scien
tific achievements OF the time" The
chilling Of cast iron for car wheels has
long been practised almost exclusively
in this country. but although it is al
bottom an American invention, the use
of the process for making turrets fol
coast defense has hitherto been devel
oped only In Europe. Professor Thurs
ton remarks that American iron is the
finest in the world for this purpose.
E. d. Preston. of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey. who has recently studied
the language of Hawaii, calls attention
to a remarkable popularity in which
that language shows a sharp contrast
to others. Usually when a foreign WORD
is adopted into language It is debased
in its meaning. Thus, Saloon" mean
ing a bringing place. comes from the
French salon, a parlor; and the Span
ish word hablar, TO talk. is transformed
by the French into a word signifylnl
a babbler and liar. Many similar ex
amples are found in European Ian
guages. But in Hawaii the opposite
rule prevails. and words that have beer
adopted from the tongues OF white mer
have been elevated in meaning and des
ignate better things than they did IL
their original language
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

fukes. which admit Of easy movement
forward, but retard movement back
ward in the water. Capt. Grossmann
uses a paddle to assist him in his
watery promenade, and finds 1t espe-
elally useful in turning. II is said he
has saved twenty lives by the use OF
these shoes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

that old boundary between
The object
o
OF
N
Pennsylvania Their journal
Maryland land Office and another
in the
distance the
Maryland the Delaware fifteen miles below Phiade
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
EXTENT of the Florist business.

The florist business IN the United
States is by no means an unimportant
industry. 1t is estimated that the retail
value of flowers sold annually is $12..
100000 and Of potted plants $4,000.
600. There are no less than 10000 es.
adjustments IN the United States de-
voted TO the growing Of plants under
glass.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TAB
lets. All druggists refund the noney
II IL fails to cure. E. w. Groves slg-
nature is on each box. zoe.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

So ussiui are toads in gardens chat
they als sold in France by the dozens
for stock gardens to free them iTom jus
furious insects.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

A recent scientific test demonstrated
the TACT that cent may be drawn out
into 5,70O feet Of wire.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
Vacant Land i'm south Dakota.

South Dakota has an aggregate Of H.
100000 acres Of vacant government
land which is now subject to entry by
qualified applicants.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
DOCTOR WAS NOT DECEIVED.
With Mouse He Exposed a Girl Who
Pretended 20 Be Blind.

Trcteudeu 20 BE Blind.
Physicians often have to exercise
great care TO avoid becoming the vic
tins of imposition. II dishonest APP
plicant for pension can hoodwink
some doctor the latters certificate may
be made the means Of perpetrating a
fraud upon the Government, and social
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30
GREAT AUK'S EGGS.
RELIC OF THE EXTINCT BIRD
SELLS FOR SI,e7e.

Fabulous Price Paid for It at Stevens
Auction in ADMINISTRATIONS of the
Bird Are 10 BE Found in Some Pub
lie Mu.eums.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
A ~Praiseworthy Pardon.

Some time ago, when attention was called
to the small number Of pardons which had
been granted by Governor ROOSEVELT. an
unfriendly critic of the Governor remarked
that this was no evidence Of a good admin
istration, since it would hardly be deemed
praise Of an Executive Magistrate to say
that he never granted any pardons at all.
The real test, OF course, IA to the proper
exercise Of the pardoninG power Ia the mali
ner in which the Governor considers and
determines the applications for Executive
clemency as they successfully come before
him. II many Of these Cases show that
wrong has been done the respective prs
oners which only a pardon can rectify, then
1t is the duty OF the Governor to grant
many pardons. II, on the other hand, the
convictions in these cases appear 70 have
been rightful and the sentences just. the
Governor il equally bound not to interfere
with the action Of the courts. No general
verdict can properly be pronounced upon a
Governors exercise OF the %pardoning power
without knowledge of each case in which
he has granted or refused a pardon.
One praiseworthy instance OF It's exer-
else by Governor ROOSEVELT. at all events,
was announced last week, in the case OF
Policeman JOHN HANNIGAS, who on very
questionable evidence was convicted Of
having shot and slightly wounded a small
boy in this city on Thanksgiving Day,
1897. The Appellate Courts were COM
PEELED to affirm the conviction on account
OF the regularity OF the proceedings. hut
plainly intlmatcd their doubt as TO whether
the boy was really wounded by any pistol
shot at all and the Governor has adopted
the view which was evidently entertained
by the Judges. that the case was one which
not only justified but also demanded
Executive clemency.
No one who has examined into the facts
will doubt the propriety Of this pardon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
Progress In the Philippines.

The great war-gamc in South Africa has
drawn the eyes OF Americans somewhat
away from the remarkable progress, mill
tary and civil, which has been made by the
United States in the Philippines. Only the
rags and remnants OF the insurrection are
left. The Tagalog army organization is
broken up. AGUINALDO is sk~e1addling or
skulklng somewhere or other. No
breath signs from his golden whistle.
What vigor is left In the dlsiect
members Of his disintegrated en-
terprise comes from the false hopes raised
by the anti-imperialists, especially the
Democratic party, for whose success
AaUINALDo was praying before he put on
the cap Of invisibility. His good wishes
will do the Democracy as much good rs its
good wishes are doing him. Most Of the
other insurgent chiefs have taken 10 their
heels or have come over to the Americans.
As a competent authority, DIR. SCHURMAN
Of Cornell, wrote last week: Our armies
fighting now in northern Luzon will soon
be required only to keep down bandits"
Gen. YouSG, who made so brilliant q chase
after A~GrrNALDo, was appointed Governor
Of seven provinces OF northwestern Luzon
About Christmas Dayand has been engaged
since that time in setting up civil govern
ments In his district, appointing collectors
Of customs and OF internal revenue and
opening custom houses. Col, HOOP has
had work Of the same kind in the three
northern provinces, Of which he was ap-
pointed Governor ut the same time. Thus,
with an almost surprising rapidity, civil
administration, the preparations for Or
derby civic life and business are succeeding
to war. To-day, il the programme has not
been changed, the Luzon ports Of Apart.
Dagupan, Laoag, San Fernando and Vigan
are formally open to In a
letter TO Congressman LoSG Of Kansas, last
week, Assistant Secretary OF War MEIKLE-
goHy said that the hemp ports would be
opened as soon rs sufficient troops to gar
rison them could be transported thither;
probably early in this month. Some Of Mr..
LONGS constituents had been Worrying I'M
necessarily about the Manila hemp supply.
II is an interesting fact, and to tho Akin
sonian agitators, n dispiriting fact, that
the farmers of the West are looking to the
new American possession for their binding
Irvine for next fall. They don't want the in
surrection to go On. Peace with business
in Luzon, as in Iowa, is their motto. To
the pockets Of American manufacturers,
merchants and ship owners the opening OF
the Philippine custom houses is a Happy
New Year,
Gen. BATES sailed from Manila for Fam
boanga. in Mindanao, last week. He will
open a custom house at that port and a
number Of others in Mindanao and in the
Sulu archipelago. The New Year will bring
peace and the beginnings Of permanent
prosperity under American control to the
Philippines. There will be more or less
sporadic attacks of banditti, but, ultimately,
the innocent and inofiensive patriots who
sally out to loot their countrymen and
kill ours will understand that their diver
sions must stop, however much encouraged
by the LcutZes and tho pettigrows.
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original army. The fall OF Ladysmith, un-
less such succor comes to II eventually or,
maybe, soon, appears inevitable, and II II
takes place, the consequent blow TO English
hopes would be as stunning as any they
they have received so far during the South
African war. That possible and even
probable contingency must enter into all
speculative calculations.
Nor is there now any prosperous outlook
for either Of the two other British columns.
The most hat can be expected in the imme-
date future Ia that they will continue 10 be
able to hold the positions where they are.
This Is altogether probable, FOR, evidently.
the tactics OF the Beers are to avoid the
certain loss and possible disaster OF general
assaults, We hear Of tussles with them
by the British. but they are petty In char
acter. Somewhere about the middle of
che present month Marshal ROBERTS
may be expected to arrive on the held
OF war. but his coming, with that OF Gen.
KITCHENER, is more likely 10 DO followed
by delay in the pursuit OF the cam
paign than its acceleration. II seems
reasonable to suppose that the fatal
policy OF dividing the British columns will
be superseded by a policy Of concentration,
involving tho sacrifice OF some seemingly
important places now held, but as the dis
tances to be covered are great, and as OBJ
stacles in the way OF transportation will
intervene, the preparations for such a com-
bined movement will necessarily be slow
and tedious, and they can hardly be pom.
pleted and the new campaign OF aggression
got under way before next spring.
Speculative reliance on any great or even
considerable victory orthe British arms in
South Africa in the early future is. there
fore. very dangerous. The hard facts do
not yet afford an y reasonable basis for it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
The Transvaal's Open Door.

Another consignment Of heavy guns has
been landed in Dolugoa Bay and forwarded
by rail to Pretoria. The fine Portuguese
harbor, nearly fOur.ffths Of whose trade
has been with the Transvaal ever since the
railroad was completed TO Pretoria in
1894. has suddenly come into prominence
as a factor in South African affairs, though
II has helped the Beers no more since the
wal began than it did during the four years
in which they were preparing every day
for the impending struggle.
DR.. LEYDs, the Boer agent in Europe,
SAYS that the war material accumulated in
the Transvaal will supply the republican
armies for several years, and his opinion Is
supported by facts that have come to light
since the war began. We know now that
ever since the Jameson raid the Transvanl
Government has been buying in Germany
and France rifles, ammunition, and light and
heavy artillery, 10 the amount OF over a mil
lion dollars a year. This is proved by the gem
eralized statement asto the expenditure Of
the Transvanl war office beginning in 1890,
in January Of which year the Jameson
raiders were captured. Every dollars worth
Of these munitions passed through DeiagOa
Bay and over the railroad to Pretoria. II
would not have been possible to enter them
at the British ports further south or 10
carry them over the Cape or Natal rail
roads without the full knowledge of the
British authorities. The Delagoa BAY
route and doubtless the port authorities at
Lorenzo Marques have thus been Of in
estimable service 10 the Beers. They made
il possible for them to strain every nerve
TO place their country on n war footing and
nj the same time to deceive the British
completely as to the magnitude of the
preparations.
The fact Is well known that the Transvaal
Government was long opposed to the cx.
tension Of the British railroads To their
capital, Will" desiringa rail connection with
Dclagoa Bay. This harbor is one Of the
most spacious and naturally one OF the best
In the world, and geographically it Is the
best outlet for the mineral and other
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OF the Transvaal. II Is easy to
see one OF the motives that inspire the
opposition OF Germany and France TO the
mere suggestion that the bay shall ever
pass into the hands Of Great Britain or
that the British Government shall interfere
with its commerce in any way.
The Germans have large material in
terests in the Transvaal, The maps and
statistics in the "Deutscher Kolonial-Atlas"
show that they have colonies In twenty OF
the largest towns and cities and that these
colonies are prominent in the business
affairs OF the Republic. The German steam
ship line to Delagoa Bay is subsidized by
the Government and the German immi-
grants at Lorenzo Marques are among
the leading shippers who have started
the port on the way to prosperity. The
French are much less prominent, but Mar
settles merchants are established at the
port and are securing a part OF the Trans
vaal trade. These powers believe that the
possession Of Delagoa Bay by Great Britain
would be inimlcal 10 their commercial
interests in the Transvaal. There are other
considerations, but the purely business
aspect OF the matter is the chief reason
why they are watching the drift OF affairs at
DelagOa Bay with intense interest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
Taxation in Ohio.

The Ohio Supreme Court has recently
laid down In regard TO the taxable value OF
telephones n principle which, II 1t Is
adopted in the other States OF the Union,
will work an important change in their
system Of imposing taxes.
The cost Of a telephone is said to be about
s34O. The rent charged for the use OF 1t Is
sl4 a year. The telephone companies ron.
tended that the cost should fix the taxable
value, but the court decided that the rent
ing value should govern, and sustained an
assessment Of each telephone upon a valu-
alton Of s233, capitalizing at 3 per cent.
the annual rental Of s14.
The decision is in line with a similar de.
cision In regard to the Adams Express
Company made by the same court n few
wears age and which has been sustained by
the Supreme Court OF the United States.
The value OF the express c%ompany's tangi-
bic property situated in the State OF Ohio,
consisting ~ horses, harness, wagons and
Office furniture, was admitted TO be only
$500, 900, but the earnings ofthe company,
derived from the Use OF this property
within the State, amounted TO an interest
upon several millions. Hence it was
obliged to pay taxes upon these millions,
and not merely upon the cost Of the appa-
ratus 1t employed. In other words, it was
taxed upon its earning power. representing
the skill and efficiency with which it con-
Quoted It's business, and the confidence
which the community had In it.
Precisely the opposite doctrine prevails
in this State. Our Court OF Appeals de-
cided, in the Union Trust Company case.
that the intangible. good will which the
company has created by the skill. enter
prise and integrity Of its management, and
which leads buyers to pay for its stock a
vastly higher price than Is warranted by
the mere book value Of its assets. Is not a
proper subject OF taxation. II is analo-
gous to the professional reputation Of a
lawyer or q physician or to the credit OF a
banker or a merchant, which, indeed, have
a pecuniary value to their owners, but
which. being incapable Of transferrence to
other owners, should not be taxed. II is
worthy OF note, too. that the court, in rem
dering this decision, having incautiouslv
called this intangible but valuable property
a franchise" subsequently decided that
all franchises, including those TO operate
street and elevated railroads. were also
exempt from taxation, and il was to correct
this blunder that our Legislature. last
winter, enacted the special Franchise Tax
law. which Is about 70 he put in force.
OF the two rulings, that Of our court
seems to be the more consonant with COM
mon sense. Under that Of the Ohio court,
the pen, ink and paper used by a writer for
the press should be assessed according to
the amount Of money he earns by means Of
them; a lawyers or physicians library
according to the amount OF his fees, and an
artists or an architects Instruments by the
value of his artistic work.
We trust that our cOurts will adhere TO
their present opinion. and not change it for
that OF the Ohio Supreme Court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
The Great Expansion Year.

1890 may well be remembered by the
United States, although 1893 saw the
beginning Of the territorial growth com-
pleted last year. The Philippines, the
sulu archipelago and Guam are much,
but the with the East Ia infinitely
more. Ultimately this trade expansion
will be seen to be oven greater and more
momentous than 1t now looks to be.
In imports. in exports, in bank clearings,
IN the general increase OF wages, In the
formulation and development Of industrial
enterprises, in the volume OF domestic
trade, In the business OF the railroads and
In business Of almost every Kind the expan-
slon has been tremendous, and the figures
are beyond precedent.
The country Is busy. contented, making
money. It has had O golden year, and
expects another. Such a frame Of mind is
agreeable to everybody but the Democratic
marty