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

partially unpack, as the garments may
be lifted out almost as if the towels
We're trays.
The upper tray should be carefully
packed, precedence in it being given to
any hats or bonnets to be carried. The
crowns of either should be carefully
packed with soft, crushable articles,
as this economies space. and the
weight also aids in keeping them in
place. The hats also may be kept in
place by packing numerous small
crushable things about them. An inn
prOmptu hat or bonnet case may be
formed by putting pasteboard about
either one. Everything in a trunk
should be packed closely and nothing
will suffer
Handkerchiefs should always be
packed in case: wells. gloves and rib
bons in boxes; cuffs and collars also in
boxes; sewing materials in 4 tightly
lidded box. If medicines are carried
they should be put near the top of the
trunk, the bottles being carefully
corked, wrapped in cotton batting, and
packed in a box with the lid securely
fastened, so that there may be no dan
ger of ones clothing being ruined il
case the bottles should break.
The convenient dresser or bureau
trunk is invaluable for the summer
traveller Summer hotels are always
lEIifferently supplied with closet ac
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
Cnriositr ofIdfe INSURANCE.

Accident insurance companies do
more business when times are hard
than they do when everyone is pros
porous" says an insurance man. The
wOrkingman thinks he should insure
his family against danger when be ID
out of work."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
MIDGET WHEELMAN.

Elmer Thompson, the Worlds Cham-
pion Juvenile Cyciist.
Elmer Thompson, the worlds cham
pion juvenile cyclist, resides at Come
aut. Ohio. He now holds the world ;
., and T-year-old bicycle records. Ell
mer began to ride a bicycle when he
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07
10 A PaoMINENT MASON.

Statue Erected in Washington to
Memory of Gen. Albert Pike
All the world over, wherever. the
Scottish Rite is a recognized institu-
ton. the name Of Gen. Albert Pike, for
forty-three years sovereign grand COM
mander of Scottish Rite MasoRs, IS
known and revered. In Washington,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07

Doctors keep a rich sick man alive
longer than poor one, but that is the
only difference. Both die when they
get good and sick and the poor mans
doctor bill is less.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07

We have noticed that when women
refer to another woman as. refined
looking. it win be felnd that she Is
very thin.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-07

The circulation of the blood is an af-
fair Of the heart
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
China Methods.

Nowhere else are the principles Of
sound banking better known and un-
derstood or so universally practiced,
while the word Of a Chinese merchant
is accepted the world around. The
Chinese were the first to coin money
and they have long since solved the
problem of bank note issues. Business
conditions are stable and values set
tied. Their internal commerce is high
ly developed and all products that can
stand their slow methods of ranspor-
tation are well distributed.
Yet this, the greatest country in the
world, is without any Of the modern
means Of transportation and exchange.
Its immense traffic is still handled in
the most primitive manner-strings of
camels that reach from the city gate
to the horizon carry the tons Of coal
for the peoples fuel. Pack mules
from western provinces laden with
dried fruits, silks and rugs, return with
salt fish and sea weeds. Heavy carts
groan beneath casks of fragrant wines.
Towboats are dragged along the canals
and rivers by dozen Of straining men.
The travelling merchant may make
his trip by cart, boat or sedan chair,
if the weather be mild, but If it be
winter, the mule litter will carry him
over the rougher country, or he may
skim along the waterways on a light
sled propelled by human arms and
legs,-Leslie's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
nIonav in Ginseng.

Few crops offer as promising rn-
turns as does ginseng when properly
cared for, and where the climatic cou
ditions are favorable. In my expert
ence I have found it more satisfactory
to make the beds in the open field
giving artificial shade-than in the
forest or under trees of any kind.
Whether the plants are raised from
seed or from roots the beds must be
we'll prepared. I I'm in favor of plant
ing the seed three inches apart in
rows in which the plants are to re-
main until the roots are ready to be
dug FOR market. Plants raised in this
manner and properly cared for will
mature fair quantity of seed the Sec
ond year and good crop the third
year.
Planted in this manner the roots
will be much larger at two years.
growth than when the seeds have
been planted closer. Then in trans
planting the roots nearly one years
growth is lost, and the small stunted
roots that result from too close plant
ing are for more apt to be destroyed
by grubs and, worms 4nfesting the
ground than larger and fully devel-
oped roots. On sowing the seed it
should be borne in mind that not
every seed will mature a plant. In
=theifall, after the first years growth,
the vacant spots can; easily be filed
with roots standing closer than de-
sired, or these may be transplanted to
new beds. e. D. Crosby, in New
England Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
Iluts Of the Navajo Indians.

} The Navajo Indians in Arizona live
in rude, earth-coyered huts scattered
widely throughout the reservation and
never grouped into villages. Rude as
the huts appear, however, they are al
ways built strictly according to rule
and the building is followed by an
elaborate religious ceremony by which
the house is dedicated. Each timber
in it must be laid in a certain way and
in prescribed order, and finally q
doorway is added not unlike the dor
mer windows Of our houses. This is
the home proper, but all over the reser-
vation there are hundreds Of little
structures which are miniature models,
Us it were, OF the houses, except that
they lack the projecting doorway.
These miniature huts, scarcely as high
as q mans hip, look like childrens
playhouses, but they occupy an impor-
tant place in the Navajo system, for
they are the sweat houses or bath
houses and are the main reliance Of
those people against sorcery and dis
ease. Each of these structures is de-
signed to hold but one person at a
time, and he must crawl in and squat
upon his heels, with his knees drawn
up to his chin.-New York Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
NUNS the Word.

After they had their breakfast and
he was preparing to 60 to the office he
called the eldest daughter to one side
and whispered: Anything special to
say to me this morning?'
'.No, papa. Hope you'll have pleas
ant day"
us, that all. Nothing you want to
tell me about, no advice to ask, or
favor, or anything of that sort?"
stt.only to wear your mufler and not
take cold.''
every WELL" his voice harder and
louder. II was conceited enough to
think that you might think some con-
sideration due me, and confide in me.
Il didn't know that might have es-
tablished some claim, but the fate of
the married man is to pay bills and
keep out Of the road"
"Why, papa dear, don't understand
you"
"That's all right. Don't try to soft
solder me. I am no spring chicken,
and III tell you right now that you're
making it hard for him. I'll make him
feel as though he'd jumped from a
Turkish bath into snow drift"
"Himl Who?"
& %;5 go, drop that innocent sir. What do
you take me for? Do you think have
I to get the help of an expert to add two
and two? He came last evening and
you said: why, how do you do, Mr..
Brown?' When he left it was Good
night, George DEAR and you punctu-
ated audibly after each word. You
came up stairs singing and when I
asked what time it was you said it
seemed too sweet to be true. Now
will you tell?"
"I cannot. You'll never know a
thing about it till he buys the ring
Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
Poultry Notes.

Never allow the mother hen to take
her brood out in the early morning.
Brooder chicks should be allowed to
go out during the warm portion of the
day. <,
Hens will lay more eggs when con-
fined in yards than when having free
range.
Do not let the little chicks get
chilled or wet. Either means death
for them.
Do not cross pure bred poultry.
There is enough variety now for all
practical purposes. ~
One breed is enough to keep on
any farm. More than that usually re-
suits in neglect of oil. AZ
The time to cure sick hen is
wasted. If she fingers longer than
two days it is better to kill her. a
Do not put over eleven eggs under
o setting hen in the early part of the
season. Later thirteen will not be
too many.
If there are any rats around the
poultry house get rid of them before
the chickens hs:ch. Otherwise they
will soon make way with every brood
that is put out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
Electricity and Soda.

Consul Boyle of Liverpool reports
important discoveries and uses OF
chemical engineering in England. He
refers to the electrolytic process for
decomposing common salt with the re-
suit Of producing soda Gad chloride Of
lime at very cheap rates.
The same method is being applied to
the manufacture Of other chemicals.
Electricity, having become compara-
lively cheap, is now used to effect de-
composition with which chemists have
long had theoretical acquaintance,
but which till recently remained lab
oratory curiosities.
In our own country metals are now
being reduced from their ores to an in
creased extent by means OF the electric
current. Electrical engineering is now
distinct branch in most Of our techni-
cal schools.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
GENERALS sLAlN1IN BATTLE.

fEContingencies Which, Muat Be Expected
In Every Army.
Many persons seem to consider the
killing Of general officer like Law
ton asnnps1al, while the very oppo-
site is the case,' said General Miles
to the Washington correspondent OF
the New York Post. ssThis impress
sion is probably due to the small NOR
tality among officers in the Spanish
war, but it must be remembered that
there were few real battles in that war.
Several generals have already been
killed in the South African war, and
in our civil war about 200 general off,
GERS were killed on the Union side.
Phil. Kearny fell at Chantilly, Baker
at Balls Bluff, and Stevens at South
Mountain. Reno, great commander,
was killed at Antietam. At Get VS.
burg we lost Reynolds and Zook. Sill
fell at Stons River, Tenn, Mcpherson
at Atlanta, Smyth near Appomaltox
just before the surrender, and Wads-
worth in the Wilderness fighting.
Sedgwick was picked off by sharp
shooter while sitting in front of his
tent at Cold Harbor, and Lyon was
killed at Wilson's Creek in Missouri,
one of the first deaths of commanders
in the war.
Among the Confederates, the losses
were greater in rank, because they
had 8 full generals and 1S lieutenant
generals, while we had no officer of
such high rank in the field until Grant
was commissioned acknowledgement
in 1864. The Confederates lost Is
general officers in the Nashville fight
ing. Lieutenant General Polk, q bishop
in the Protestant Episcopal church,
was killed at Atlanta; General Albert
Sidney Johnson fell at Shilo, where
Grant had a narrow escape from being
shot. Stonewall Jackson was killed
at Charlottesville by his own men by
mistake. Zollicoffer was another Con-
federate general who was killed, and
there were many more. The death of
general in command is contingency
for which an army must always be
prepared.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
miperal Constituents Of Plants.

A correspondent wishes an explain
alton of how mineral substances get
into plants, that is, rs he expresses it,
minerals that are insoluble except in,
acid" Insoluble mineral matter cam
not get into the plant. But the min:
eral elements Of plant are carried
into it in solution. II It is a mineral
that water can dissolve, wholly or par
TALLY, the particles that are held in.
solution are carried by the charged:
water through the roots into the tree.4
If salt is added to water in an unglazed
earthen dish, like flower pot, with
the hole in the bottom stopped up, it
will be found in time that there is a
deposit on the outs de of the pot, and,
if tasted, it will be found to be salty.
The moisture has gone through the
sides of the pot and carried the salt,
with whioh the water is charged, with
it. This is what. water does with sol-5
uble minerals when it enters the roots
OF plant. There is, too, at the end
of roots an acid that aids the water. in
dissolving minerals. It is not true,
however, that the water takes into the.
plant all the minerals which it holds
in solution. In the economy of ma
ture, the roots, in natural condition,
permit the entrance into the plant Of
only such minerals rs the plant needs.
There is an important lesson in this
connection, for the tiller of the soil to
learn. We all know that moisture is
necessary Tor the growth of plants.
but if it is necessary for dissolying
mineral plant foodyin the soil, it will
be seen that too much or too little
moisture i'll the soil must be injurious
to the plant because in the one case
the solution will be too weak and in
the other it will be too strong, OF fail
to take up as much mineral as the
plant needs. To illustrates: If we
place just q little salt in glass Of
water, the water will have but q slight
ly saltish taste. If a plant was in
need of salt that weak solu on would
not supply it with what it required.
Now if we keep adding salt to that
water there will ultimately be ai5de-
post OF salt at the bottom of the glass.
There will not be enough water to
hold all the salt that We have added.
We have too much salt for the water.
The tiller of the soil, therefore, can
see that if his soil contains too much
water at any time, the sooner he
drains it, the sooner he will feed the
crops as they should be fed; and if he
is irrigating he will have no trouble in
perceiving that too much water will
have the effect that we have men
toned. The necessity of frequent
cultivation and of keeping soil mulch
upon the surface in times of drouth
will also be apparent. The use of
water is not it's entire function in rela-
ton to plant g. owth, but it is an i'm.
portant one. Agricultural Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
COCOA PALMS MANY USES.
From 1t FIlIpinos Get Food, Drink, Shell
ter, Ropes, Brooms,and Soap.

From 1t FIIipinos Get Food, Drink, Shell
ter, Rapas, Broomsand Soap.
There are several species OF cocoa
palms growing in the Philippine
archipelago but the ordinary cocoa
nut tree (Cocos nucifera) is the most
important. The Indians make use Of
it in good many ways, but only the
principal ones need be enumerated.
The kernel of the nut they use for
food, while the liquid the shell CON
tains makes refreshing drink. If
allowed to stand for some time this
liouid forms a very agreeable. milky
Juice, that is relished not only by the
natives, but by Europeans as we'll.
After this juice has coagulated it is
mir ed with sugar and made into bon
bons, known as cocoa sugar, and also
into various other delicacies. s
According to a report of the United
States department of agriculture, by
tapping the central bud that crowns
the cocoanut kind of wine called
tuba, of an agreeably pungent taste,is
produced. This tuba, when allowed
to ferment, produces vinegar, and
when distilled kind of brandy, that
is highly relished by the natives.
From the husk of the cocoanut the
Tagals make rope aud cords and q
material for calking their boats.
Fr,m the woody shells they carve
spoons, cups, beads for rosaries and
many other articles.
The leaves they use to cover the
roofs of their houses. Roofs madein
this manner are thick and tight, but
they have the disadvantage of burn
ing readily, so that in the towns and
villages where the houses are thus
covered conhagrations spread with
great rapidity.
The veins and smaller ribs OF the
leaves are used to make brooms, the
midribs serve as fuel and the ashes
are utilized in making soap.
The trunk of the palm is made to
serve as pillar to support the houses
that it's leaves overshadow. Oil bar
rels, tuba casks and water pipes are
fashioned from hollow sections ofthe
trunk.
From the roots the natives ex-
tract red dying material, that they
chew in place of the areca palm nuts
or bonga when the latter cannot be
procured.
Large quantities of cocoanut oilare
manufactured in the Philippines.
This oil is much priced by. the natives.
The men and women both, use it to
anoint the thick growth of hair that
adorns their heads, and it thus finds q
ready sale at remunerative prices. 1t
is also used in the lamps that take
the place OF gas burners in the streets
and in tho used by the natives and
Chinese in their houses. Il i5.9
Manila exports annually about 15l,- :
600 Lesos ($l25, 0oJ worth of cocoa
nuts to China and British India, and
about $25, 600 worth Of cocoanut oil
to China.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

The purpose firm is equal to the
deed.-Young.
Dare to be true; nothing can need
lie. Herbert.
Fidelity is seven-tenths of business
success.-Parton.
Flatterers are the worst kind of
enemies. .-Tacitus.
The greatest of faults is to be con-
scious of none.-Carlyle.
The way to fame is the way to
heaven; through much tribulation.
Sterne
He that buys what he does not want
will soon want what he cannot buy
Franklin.
He is q wise man who wastes no
energy on pursuits for which he is
not titted.-Gladstone.
The man who can be nothing but
serious, or nothing but merry, is but
half a man. Leigh Hunt.
His heart was as great as the world,
but there was no room in it to hold
the memory of wrong.-Emerson.
Fate is the friend of the good, the
guide of the wise the tyraut of the
foolish, the enemy of the bad.-W. r.
Alger:
Our grand business in life is not to
see what lies dimly at distance, but
to do what lies clearly at hand. -
Carlyle.
That man is, wise to some purpose
who gains his wisdom at the expense
and from the experience Of another
Plautus.
Peorl can easily take the sacred
name "duty" as the name for what
they desire my one else 20 do. =
George Eliot.
Remember that in every qua, rel the
person who has beent least to blame
is generally the most ready to be rec
onciled. -Bowd;er.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
Stone Crooks in tho Dairy.

A word about stone crooks. Their
weight alone should decide everyone
against their use in the dairy. With
the most careful handling they are
soon cracked, and then it is impossible
to keep them sweet. Seamless tin
pans are light and easily kept clean,
with no possible lurking places for
microbes. IF all substances milk is
most susceptible to adverse influences,
and from nothing else is so variable q
product evolved. Over the purity of
the milk the housewife has little or no
control. Hundreds of women all over
the land are daily disheartened by its
want of. cleanliness when it reaches
their hands. Slovenly mixers are
responsible for great deal of poor
butter. Prime butter can never be
made from milk having the slightest
taint. Milk should never be allowed
to stand in the stable while cooling.
Cream begins to rise almost immedi-
ately after the milk is drawn and agi-
tation causes more or less losss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-25
Care of the Apple Orchard.

Keep the ground stirred about the
trees by using the garden rake after
rains heavy enough to pack the ground.
This will conserve the moisture and is
better than any mulch that can be
applied, and the trees will take deeper
root. If weeds or trash of any kind
have accumulated about the trees,
clear away or cover up in the foil with
soil, making little mound to prevent
harbor for mice. Remove it in the
spring.
There are several reasons why the
young orcha d should be planted to
corn. The cultivation of corn is the
proper cultivation for the orchard.
The corn helps shelter the trees from
the wind. The stalks help lodge and
retain the snow, making winter pro-
lection, and if the corn is poorly
husked there will be plenty of food for
the rabbits. Crop to corn until the
orchard is fruitiug well, then seed to
clover.
Spray with kerosene emulsion just
before the buds open, or apply white
wash with brush to the body. A So
luton made thin and strained can be
applied with spray pump to the
tops. This will destroy many of the
enemies of fruit and fruit trees that
find a breeding place and winter har-
bor on the { aes.
Bruises !. on any cause that deadens
the bark make an ideal spot for the
propagation of the borer. In the dead
bark is where the egg is deposited
and by natures law is brought into
life and his work of destruction is
commenced and done. Ca1Ty a roll
! of grating wax and q roll of old cot
ton and twine to do up any bruise or
break of bark as soon as done, before
the wood or bark becomes dried, and
It will grow fast lain, but if left until
The sap in the wood and bark becomes
dried you will have scar that will
take two or three years to grow over
and If the borer gets 3 lodgment there
IL may be a lasting blemish. It's bet