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Its wonaerfui Growth.

The growth Of Christian Science has
been marvellous, the more because Its
followers have been drawn from the
rich and comfortable classes. 1t was
founded by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy in
Boston in 1856, but it did not begin to
attract general attention until 1890 and
the beginning Of the erection Of the
splendid temples found in the large
cities was undertaken within the past
five years. In New York City alone
there are three churches completed or
on the way to 1.-THE aggregate value
of which is 81, 10000. The First Church
cost S67O,OOO and the Second S55O,OOO.
Both are paid for. In addition there
are six more societies in Greater New
York. In Boston. the mother church,
built at a cost of SjO0.O0O and dedicated
in 1894, has the greatest number of
members of any church in the world
$500. of whom 1000 were added last
year. Chicago has three handsome
churches erected within four years.
Tennesseeans take to it strongly. espe-
cially in Memphis. where two flourish
ing churches have been established
within two years with 1900 followers.
Philadelphia has four churches and
1000 believers. Buffalo is a stronghold
Of the cult and Denver is preparing a
temple to cost S25O.OOO to further its
principles. Boston. however. is the
leader in winning followers. From %
members in 1889 the church there has
now a membership OF more than 10000.
Altogether in America the Scientists
have 623 church societies, with a mem
bership Of 100000. and with churches
to the value Of $12.OOO,OO0.
Abroad the cult is taking wonderful
ly, especially in Great Britain. London
has 4 nourishing church. as have Dub
lin, Liverpool. Manchester, Blrmlng-
ham and bennington. Among the En-
elish converts enumerated are the Earl
of Dunmore and the Earl OF Tanker
Vile. Mrs. Henry Montague Butler.
wife Of the master of Trinity College.
Cambridge. and Mrs. Charles Smith,
wife of the head master Of Sidney Sus-
sex College. Cambridge. 1t is said that
King Edward, while in no way wayer-
sing in his allegiance to Angiicism. is
we'll disposed toward Christian Science.
The churches, or temples, are open
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
The Other Lady.

Speaking of the misuse of the word
lady, a story is told Of a poor woman
whose arm had been severely bitten.
and who was being cared for by the
house surgeon of a London hospital.
As he was dressing the wound, the sur
geon said: Il can't make out what
sort Of a creature bit you. This is too
small for a horses bite. and too large
for a dog's.v 'Oh, sir" replied the
patient. 1T wasn't an animal, it was
another lady!' A similar case occurred
not long ago at one of u own hos
pitfalls. One poor little fellow had a
badly bruised head. and the visitor
asked him how it happened "Oh," he
explained c%heerfully, the lady down
stairs came to call on mother, and
while they were talking got excited
and threw a pitcher which hit me-"
Isn't it about time to either reform or
drop the use of the beautiful Anglo
Saxon word which should mean u wo-
man of refinement?
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MILLIONS OF RAILROAD TIES.

How to Make Them Last Longer a Prob
lem Railroad Men CAN'T Solve.
1t is impossible to estimate, except
vaguely, the number Of railroad ties in
use in the United States, but a single
road, the New York Central, replaced
100000 old ties with new ones last
year, the Erie 100000 in New York
State and 100000 on its whole line, the
Delaware-Laekawanna 10000, and
other New York roads in like proper
ton.
On all the roads of the country fully
100000 new ties are required for re-
newals, extensions and additions each
year and this entails a vast use of rail-
road materials, is a steady drain upon
the available lumber supplies and costs
moreover a large sur for the labor and
hauling. Much ingenuity has been ex-
pended on projects for retaining wood
en- ties longer in use than is possible at
present.
The standard American railroad tie
is 9 feet long by s inches deep and s
inches wide. and a fairly hard wood is
required to prevent the rails from sink
ing and from becoming displaced. Oak,
chestnut, locust and cedar are the usu-
al cross-ties.
Many attempts have been made to
treat the ties so as to prevent decay Of
the wood. Some years ago the cross
ties used on the Reading railroad were
notched where the rails crossed them
and their ends dipped in coal tar. 1t
was supposed hat the tar would pre-
serve the ends from decay. Since then
another process by which the ties were
saturated with a solution of zinc has
been tried, but it was found too costly.
A railroad tie costs about 90 cents
and it Is customary to add % cents
for the labor Of putting ties in position.
or 10 cents for each new tie. Any plan
whereby the durability OF ties may be
increased without undue expense will
be welcomed by railroad men. but SO
far the problem remains an ~unsolved
one.-New York sun.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

The spokesman Of some Of the leading
denominations have been attacking
Christian Science, and they have not
minced matters In dealing with it. Dr..
Parkhurst for the Presbyterians, DR..
James VI. Buckley for the Methodists,
Rev. DIR. Alfred G. Lawson for the Bap-
lists. and Rev. DR.. David G.. Burrell for
the Reformed, have by a vigorous as
sault upon the new faith made plain the
line Of acton which these powerful bod
les will pursue in the attempt to crush
It out Of existence. These gentlemen
declare that their respective churches
have not suffered in membership by the
Introduction of the propaganda, but as
sert that its rapid growth has come
from that great body not affiliated with
any of the churches. DR.. Lawson says
Christian Science is bound TO bring a
sad harvest Of corruption. Rev. Mr..
Buckley thinks it ridiculous and indie
cent and that it should be spurned by
respectable people everywhere. DR..
Parkhurst charges It with being the
greatest deIusion of the age in that Its
followers are the biggest dupes Of its
wickedness. DR.. Burrell says he re-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

liberated condition of the neck Of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
toms, and no woman should allow
herself 70 reach such a perfection Of
misery when there is absolutely nc
need Of it. The subject of our por-
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of
Englishtown, Nj, has been entirely
cured Of such illness and misery by
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound
No other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is Just as good Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

81 am so nervous, there is not a well
inch in my whole body. 1 am 50 weak
ut my stomach, and have Indigestion
horribly, and p~alpitation Of the heart,
and l am losing flesh This headache
and backache nearly kills me, and yes
terday / nearly had Mysteries; there
is a weight in the lower part Of my
bowels bearing down all the time, and
pains in my groins and thighs 1 can
not sleep, walk or sit, and / believe /
am diseased all over no one ever
suffered as I do"
This is a description Of thousands OF
cases which come TO Mrs. Pinkham's
laboratory for advice An infamed and
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B
Plantations Increasing In Mexico and
Africa.

Plantations Increasing In Mexico and
Africa.
THE cultivation Of rubber, prompted
by the wastefuI methods of the natives
on the upper Amazon, in Central
America, and the East Indies, who chop
down trees to drain the milk quickly
a foolish notion-promises to be an inn
portant industry some day, and plant
ers already derive a profit from it. The
oldest plantation in the world is on the
Pamanukan-Tjiassem estate, in the
Residence Krawang in Java. 1t was
started in 1864 from plants Of the Fis-
Gus elastica. In 1898 its seventy-two
acres, as many trees to the acre, pro-
duced 6.731 pounds Of pure rubber Of
a value Of $4.213 above expenses. I'm
porters of crude rubber from Para make
light of the Nicaraguan and Mexican
plantations. Why cultivate rubber
they say, when you can go into the
forest and get itY They declare that
millions of trees in the Amazon basin
and the Congo Free State have never
been tapped and will endure for gen-
erations. Nevertheless, the Congo gov
eminent. by a decree Of Feb. %, 1899,
requires hat for every ton Of rubber
taken out annually $50 trees shall be
planted. Nicaragua offers a premium
for the cultivation of rubber, and has
interdicted the gathering Of it in the
national forests for expectation. In
Peru the '~caucherOs' have destroyed so
/ -, ,. - 4r.uor tkok Fr~.C-%u fr1n1 Tnutnnn
have greatly declined. In the East In
dies restrictive legislation is general.
But, after all. the question with the
planter is whether cultivation will pay.
Such is the demand that he can sell
every pound he produces. The uses
Of rubber are illimitable. In Mexico
and Central America the tree grown is
the Castilloa elastica of the native for
est. which fourishes in a rich, but not
a wet soil, like the smaller Hevea bra
s~iliensis of Amazonas. Senior Jose Hor-
ia, of the city of Guatemala, an expe-
rienced agriculturist, calculates that a
1~O-year-old plantation win produce
double the amount expended during
that time taking into account that for
eve years there is no yield OF milk,
He says that the net annual product
will be mcomparably more remunera-
tive than that which coffee under the
best and most favorable circumstance
can yield. During the eve years Of
waiting, he advises the cultivation Of
vanilla simultaneously. A plantation
In Mexico produced In 1893, 30,0O(
pounds Of rubber. In the neighbor
hood Of Bluefelds, Nicaragua, there
are some promising plantations. Cur
rent expenses are light, for labor Il
t cheap and the trees require little care
But cash and patience are needful 70
success. Our Department OF Agricul
ture, it is worthy of note. is preparing
to give its attention to the cultivation
/, of rubber in the Philippines."-Ains
lees.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

CARDS it as a dangerous delusion. So
far from being a form of Christianity, it
is, in his judgment, blasphemy against
God the Father, in denying his person
atty; against God. the Son, in denying
his divinity and the reality Of his atone
ment for sin. and against the Holy
Ghost, in asserting that Christian Sci
ence itself is the Spirit of God. There
are undoubtedly Christian people in the
circle Of the Christian Scientists, but
they labor, he says, under a delusiOn Of
the most dangerous sort, and as to their
leaders, they are deliberate enemies Of
true religion and wilful deceivers of
those who follow them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

The Pope does his private writing
with a gold pen, but his pontifcal sig
nature is always given with n white
feathered quill which is believed to
come from the wing of a dove, although
persons who have seen it say.it must
have come from a larger bird. The
same quill has been in use for more
than forty years. 1t serves only for
important signatures, and is kept in an
ivory cise.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Captain Bernier estimates the cost
of his proposed Arctic expedition at
$3.50, 600. He has applied to the Ca
madam government for a grant and
has also opened subscriptions in the
principal Canadian cities.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

The young bride who reads with a
proud thrill ''she swept up the aisle
on her fathers arm" never thinks Of
the after days when she will sweep up
the kitchen and dining room floors
and not even get a mention in the
society columns.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Germany will endeavor to be its
own mold Of form and glass of fash
ion" Berlin will soon see a fashion
exhibit by which it is hoped that
special fashions for German women
will be established. The managing
committee will include members Of
the highest society.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
.Alps on am Arise.,'

First Poet-I've read that it took
Gray seven years to write his "Elegy."
Second Poet-Yes. Say, wouldn't it
been a shock to him if. when he had
finally got it written. he had sold Ii to
a magazine, and then found out that
they paid on publication brooklyn
life
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

every day, and in some OF their features
and appointments are suggestive Of
club houses rather than places Of wor-
ship. This has lone much to popular
ize the Institution, especially in large
cities. and to wean away members Of
other Christian denominations.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Lena-I didn't think you would let a
man kiss you on such short ~acquaint-
ance.
Maude-Well, he thoroughly con
WINGED me that it was all my own fault
that l hadn't met him sooner.-Smart
Set
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Abiding pocket camera, making 81
x3% pictures, for $11. %. No expert
ence required to make perfect pictures.
Film go cents. Send for full descrip-
ton. Kirk, Geary & Co., 800 sutter
St., S. +.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Sue-You said your were going to
marry IN artist, and now you're en-
gagged to a dentist.
Flo-Well, isn't he an artist? He
draws from real lifel
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
yery Amusing.

Wife-What's funny in that letter
you are reading?
Husband-It's from Boston. He
asks if I don't want to pay that $40 l
owe him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
In Eden

Eve-Just think, III be two weeks
old tomorrow
Adam-Well, my dear, you don't
look it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Never did have any luck" COM
planned ST Engrone. "I'm always
left out ia the cold.
"Never mind, " replied Job Scum
fter, you won't be in the next
world"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

"who is that girl with a face full Of
freckles over yonder?'
"She's a recent importation from
Switzerland"
"Ah. l see. Dotted Swiss"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
Not PLAY TO Him.

Briggs taking up a book)-Ahl
You have Dryad's play here.
Griggs What was his play has
been my work. l have tried to read it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

When a man finds a woman for
whom he thinks there's nothing good
enough he asks her to take him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

When a girl marries, there is always
a howl from her sisters that she is tax
ink away their things"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SPREADING RAPIDLY OVER THE
CIVILIZED WORLD.

One Million Members in America
The Boston Society Has the LArgsst
Congregation in the worId-Has 90
OOO Members.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
An Ancient An.

The art of manicure had It's origin in
the converts of France many centuries
ago.
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Etc Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness
HtAO after hTsr day'F useOf ~. kline's Great Nerve
Rcstorer. Send fnr FIR RE 81. 90 trial bnttle and treat
80. DR. h. u KIM. Lnl. u3l Arch st. Philadalnhia. Pa.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
@MAnu

This signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO=Q uiniHe Tablets
the remedy that cnres n cold in one day
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
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you KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING

When YOU take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic,
because the formula is plainly printed on every
bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Qui-
nine in a ~tastelesa FORM No Cure, Ne Paw. roc.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
The lmpoIIte Man.

my face is my fortune, sir" she
said.
That's very plain" said he.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Fair Mountain Climber-These are
the very same picture postal cards we
saw down in the village. There real
ly was no need OF our coming up here.
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H@zzMRz402E@4z6z1


Tess-I see a notice in the paper of
the wedding Of Mrs. Nubride.
Jess-Yes, / know her very well.
"Do you? What was her maiden
name?"
81 suppose her maiden aim was to
get married. "
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

People frequently pass remarks, Jet
no u ever sees them
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle Of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in
q ~tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay. Price soc.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
The Boomeranv Of Busiue-..

"Well. has the current prosperity
reached you yet?"
''Oh, yes; I've got so much to do now
that 1 can't get time to do any Of it,"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28

Large Doses.
Fortieth Friend (since breakfast
BY Jove, old fellow, you've got a
fearful cold. What are you taking
for it?
Sufferer (hoarsely)-Advice.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-06-28
no CuRE a coLn IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
refund the money If fails TO cure.
3. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
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Your Guide and Guard
Is The lannon's Oregon Blood Purifier,
tested and true. Use il now.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

scheme when he says that Admiral
Schley should ask for a court of in
quiry. 1t would seem as if there should
be settled first the question of veracity
raised by Maclay and the Navy De-
partment. Maclay is quoted as saying
that the department saw his proof
sheets and approved them. The de-
partment says this is not true. Then
Mr.. Maclay says perhaps it is.
Would he mind telling If Capt.
Chadwick did not revise them-Chad-
wick, who only saw the battle from a
distance of twelve miles? Clarke, of
the glorious Oregon, or Cook, of the
Brooklyn, or Philip. of the Texas, all
of whom were up to their necks in the
fight, did not revise them or assist in
writing them. q
IF they are going to court martial
somebody, why don't they get Samp-
son to say why he did not coal at sea
off Santiago, but depleted his battle
line daily by sending ships fifty miles
away to coal? Ask him why he left
the battle line with the fast cruiser
New York to chase schooners for prize
money. Ask him why he never said
a word or signaled a word of praise
to officers or men after the fight, al
though Schley asked him to-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

do nothing, so my father and mother
moved here My father is a carpenter.
I went TO many different doctors and
hospitals. A year ago last January a
brace was put on my right leg and l
had to wear a great heavy sole on my
left shoe.
Ever since then the brace has been
on. Once in a while l had it treated,
but it did not seem to get much bet
ter Only last Wednesday l tried to
walk across my room without the
brace. but it hurt me so much L had
to sit right down again. ......
"Since Wednesday l have been going
to the shrine of st. Anne with my
mother. Yesterday mother was too ill
to take me, SO at s o'clock in the morn
ing | got on the. car and went alone
A woman noticed, me sitting in the
front part of the church. She asked me
if 1 did not want to come with her
to the shrine of ST. Anne and have
, the bone put on my hip.
Il went with her. The bone was put
on my hip. | took off my brace and
to my JOY found l could walk without
pain and but for little stiffness as
we'll as l did two years ago. l laid
my brace on a rack with others and
left the church. Looking for my car
fare l found | had lost it. 1 felt Sc
we'll 1 walked home. l feel a little
tired this evening, but suppose this is
only natural"
Another cure was effected yesterday
at the shrine Johnnie Dun. years
old, has come with his mother from
their home, No. 1872 Columbus ave-
nue., to the. church every day since the
novena began. For twenty-five months
the boys left leg has been helpless
without an iron brace, At the eleva-
ton of the host yesterday, the child
lisped the prayer which his mother
had taught him and then he was
touched by the relic.
Take this off. mother" the child
whispered. Il can walk now" and
taking the child to the sacristy, the
mother quickly removed the straps and
iron and the boy ran across the sa-
cristy and back and then bent his
knee that before had been helplessly
stiff, to receive the blessing of the
priest. .
Mrs. Ratzman of No. 1867 Second
avenue, removed the brace from the
left leg of her son Freddie, who has
never walked without the appliance,
having been paralyzed on the left side
when a year old. The lad walked about
the sacristy, but his leg is so wasted
and shrunken and his foot is so frail
that Father Roy, directed the mother
to put on the brace again and to bring
the lad back to the shrine in the
morning. --s ,-t.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-24

From the Ledger Monthly.

the AStahbtA mummy
Perched high up in mid-air. atop the
lofty office buildings of the city, are
little homes as quiet and secluded as
though they stood beside some country
lane. instead OF directly above throb-
bling. hurrying maddening Broadway.
Quaint little houses they are. with am
pie dooryards. many Of which are filled
with brightly colored flower beds. To
one who is hungry for a glimpse Of
country greenery they are as GASES in
the great stone desert that constitutes
the business section OF New York.
These are the dwellings OF the modern
cliff-men, most OF whom are the Jani-
tors and superintendents of the great
skyscrapers. Several years ago some
Inventive architect devised the plan OF
locating the caretakers and their fam
allies on the roofs OF the buildings Of
which they have charge. The plan was
80 satisfactory in every respect that Il
has been very generally followed.
Within an area Of a few blocks I'm the
downtown district dozens OF families
are living thus, above the caves OF the
tallest buildings In the world. They
form a quaint and interesting colony