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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
Iron Dissolved by Wat r.

Some interesting experiments and re
searches into the ability of water to
exercise a destructive influence on iron
pipe, which have been recently made in
Europe, have yielded results not gen.
orally expected. 1t has been ascer.
tanned that waters containing a little
lime, but an appreciable quantity OF
dissolved carbonic acid, were observed
to exercise a solvent action on the iron,
and the course of the action was
traced.
A known quantity of iron filings was
placed in each Of three vessels, which
were respectively filed with ordinary
river water, and the same water after
carbonic acid had passed through It for
a few minutes, and after the addition
of sufficient lime to just neutralize the
carbOnic acid. The vessels were sealed
by mercury from contact by the air,
and after the lapse of a certain time,
the iron dissolved in each case was de
termlned. In the first case the water
had dissolved about $1,000 per cent. in
the second 2-1OOO per cent, while IN the
third only traces of iron could be dis.
eerned. The water in the second case
was clear, but on standing exposed to
the air ferric oxide separated. 1t was,
therefore, inferred that water contain.
ing earbonic acid and very little lime
dissolved iron as ferrous carbonate.
The latter is then decomposed by the
oxygen Of the air and ferric acid is de.
posted and carbonic acid formed. The,
latter can again attack the iron. ana
thus water containing little carbonic
acid may have a powerful action upon
IRON pipes.-Philadelphla Record.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
WAYS THAT ARE DARK.
A Few of Them Expose in conveE
sation in a Car.

A Few of Them xpose in a CONVEX
sation in a Car.
"She told me looked pale" said the
se1ious-faced girl on the car, "and so
she took me upstairs and put some
rouge on my cheeks and sent me off to
the party feeling like an Easter egg.
"She said / was lovely. however, and
/ admit that l thought the embellish-
ment rather becoming when l gazed IN
the mirror at my pinky reflection. But,
I had a miserable time at Mary's. j
had forgotten to ask my hostess wheth-
err my complexion was fast color or
not, so when the rest bobbed for APP
pies in the most ridiculously undfgni-
fed fashion, was obliged to abstain
for fear Of emerging many shades
whittier than when l went in.
ALSO, though my face became very
warm from dancing, | did not dare
pass my handkerchief over it, lest the
senseless linen absorb the rich, warm
blood that mantled my blushing cheeks.
Il was never so stiff and uncomfort-
able in my life. / spent my time en-
deavoring to catch surreptitious
glances at myself in the many mirrors
that adorned the walls. was self
conscious and absorbed, and I've no
doubt every man there considered me
a brainless idiot.
when l got home found my COM
plexion was intact. 1t hadn't rubbed
off in spots or done any of the horrible
things l expected it to, but it looked
to me dreadfully as if it had come out
of a battle.
This was my first experience with
'boughten' beauty, and it's going to be
my last" said the serlous-faced girl
emphatically. up to this time | have
pinched my cheeks when wanted
them flushed, but 1 can't recommend
this method, either, it gives one such
spotted look, quite as If spinal men.
nights were about to supervene."
81 battle mine in scalding water when
want a good color" said the girl next
her "a cloth dipped in the boiling
liquid and then held to each cheek until
1t is scarlet is the prescription Then
dash on eau de cologne, and by the
time one is ready to go out ones skin Is
delightfully."- pink"
THAT makes wrinkles" said the
third young woman of the trio.
Mullen leaves are good enough for
me. Get your country friends TO send
you box of them. They're fuzzy
things, and one will act as a cosmetic
half a dozen times.
"Course there's no color to come OF
they're green. It's the fuzz that
makes ones cheeks red. Grandmother
told me about them. She used to use
them when she was girl. Every one
did then, she says. l think it's vul-
gar to spread the bright vermilion ont
the tenderloin' as my brother says"
And then the shopping district was
reached and the young women filed out
soberly, leaving a couple of highly edi.
fed men in the seat in front of them.
Baltimore News.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

A recent study of the industrial posi-
tlon women now occupy in New York
State dlsclOses some facts of interest
to women everywhere. The first thing
which attracts attention is the increase
In the number of women who support
themselves and the greatly increased
list of occupations open to them. Fifty
years ago there were only twenty call
ings In which women were engaged.
To-day they compete with men in al
most every known occupation. In the
middle of the century only one woman
worked for every ten men. The ratio
at present is one to four, and ten years
later it Will probably be lower still.
Moreover, women are changing from
unskilled to skilled labOrers, thereby in
creasing their own earnings. and add
ing to the wealth of the community.
Only thirty years ago two-thirds of all
the self-supporting women in New
York State We're domestic servants;
that is to say, unskilled laborers. The
relative number has gradually de-
creased, until now the domestic" rep
resents only one-third Of those who
work. In diversity of calling the men
have little advantage over their sisters.
Among New York women there are
more than five hundred hotelkeepers.
five hundred janitors. one thousand
journalists, one hundred and fifty
preachers, and one hundred each of
lawyers, dentists, inventors, designers
and physicians. Even occupations here
tOfore regarded as exclusively mascu-
line have their representatives. There
are women blacksmlths, brickmakers.
butchers, glass-workers, gunsmiths,
tanners, machinists, marble-cutters.
sawmill hands, steam-bOiler-mak
engineers and wood-workers. Feminine
ingenuity has also created new occu-
pations. One woman has established
what she calls 'cattery." where she
breeds hlgh-class Angoras. Another is
a physician for parrots, mOcking-birds
and canaries, and still another dolls
boot-maker. Much Of wOman's indus
trial progress Is attributed to the repeal
Of the law under which husband was
entitled to his wife's earnings. Let us
hope that the women, when they oh
tain full political power. will refrain
from passing any law under which a
wife win be entitled to all Of her hus-
bands earnings.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
Women's Paw i'm Russia

Can women practice law in Russia %
The question was asked of Miss Alice
Serber, the woman lawyer, by a writer
In Success. Miss Serber replied:
"Oh, no! The great majority Of the
men Of my native land would be horri-
fed at the idea. The women of Rms
STA who desire or are forced to worI,
for their living can become dressmak-
ers at dollar and half to two dollars
a week; they can be school teachers at
a little more. None Of the professions
is open to them, except medicine. and
for this they must have a certain high
status in society, and must have large
means to defray the great expenses OF
the wOmen's course at the university
There is a considerable number of
women doctors in Russia, but most OF
them studied and obtained their diplo-
mas in Switzerland. where the attn
tude toward ambitious women Is much
more libertal than in the domains OF
the Gar. A woman servant in Russia
is doing well to receive twenty dollars
n year for her services. The wives and
daughters of the peasants work harder
than the men. They bear nearly an
equal share in the labor Of the fields
and in addition have all their house
hold duties to attend to-"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The general illiteracy Of the Russian
country people has one curious result.
A writer in Scribner's who has Travelled
widely in their country, notes that the
shopkeepers announce their wares by
pictures rather than by names. The
attention Of customers Is sought by
paintings Of the articles on sale; as Of
coats and trousers In the clothing
stores; bread. butter, cheese and sau-
sages In the line of provisions; knives,
forks and carpenters tools at the hard
ware dealers, and so on. Even in the
barracks, the sentry is taught the prop
er military motions by series of pic
lures. 1t all seems like dealing with
children-as II Isl There are millions
on millions who read no books or news
papers, and write and receive no let
ters"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
Laws for the soudan.

Benign paternal government is 10 bt
the general note Of Soudan adminlstra,
ton In the earlier stages of its reorrapi.
zation, says a Cairo correspondent
Here are a few Of the chief heads OF
the new code just promulgated: rbe
Importation, manufacture or sale Of al
cohouc liquor is prohibited. No person
VIII be allowed to sell his land or Ia
make loans at usurious rates EVEN
mortgages will be subject to formal
authorization. Trade, industry and nav.
igadon are free, and every chieftain Is
magistrate in his own district
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

II has been said by one of the frater-
nifty that 1.-THE easiest sucker on earth
Is the man who tries to live by his wits
or thinks that he is up in the sporting
game" Credence is inclined to go out
TO this statement when it is noted how
many Of the class referred to pay big
prices and make fool bets these days
In their zeal to see fake prize fights and
simulated knOck-outs. They are not
half wise or ordinarily smart.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
IMPROVED POSTAL SERVICE.
Apparatus for the Rapid Collection of
Mail Matter.

Apparatus for the Rapid Collection of
Mail Matter.
The main improvement in the postal
service of this and other countries for
some time past has been along the line
Of increased rapidity of collection and
distribution of mail matter, and in all
the larger cities wagons have been util-
lied in taking up the mail from the col
lection boxes. But heretofore no
thought seems to have been given to
an improved box which would allow
the collector to make his tour without
leaving the wagon, it having been con-
sidered a sufficient improvement Of the
service to provide rapid transportation
between boxes. Andrew L. Henry of
LadOga, Ind, has now invented a box
which makes it unnecessary for the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Experiments which the Weather Blu
reau has recently concluded will soon
bear fruit In a new system OF signaling
far out at sea intelligence OF impending
storms The signals will be powerful
lamps placed upon lofty steel towers.
The lights will be visible for twelve
miles In any direction, and the line OF
one hundred and eight OF them. which
It is purposed to erect along the Allan
tic coast. viii give a continuous series
OF warnings visible for nearly two
thousand five hundred miles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

In the discussion of economic ques-
lions we are accustomed to speak of
capital and labor as the two prime
ESSENTIALS In the conduct OF enterprises
and forget one of the great factors
brains. An illustration of the value OF
executive ability and controlling brains
Is to be found In the condition of affairs
at the great Rogers locomotive works
at Paterson, N. j., the second largest in
the United States. The head Of this
concern, Mr.. Rogers being now an old
man and having accumulated a fortune,
has been for some years DESTROYS of re-
firing from active life. With this in
view, he has for some time past been
endeavorng to find some one capable
of running the plant and taking his
place in the management of affairs.
Not being able to finG n suitable man
ager, he has endeavored to sell out the
entire plant at a price much less than
Its valuation, but while capitalists
were willing enough to invest and even
to pay his price, they would do so only
on condition that he retained active
management of affairs. This MIR. Rog
ers is unwilling to do, and as last re
sort he has decided to permanently
close down the entire works, thus
throwing 5000 hands out OF employ
ment for want of a business head to
keep 1t going and to successfully man
age its affairs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

1t is a great mistake for the people Of
Europe to feel that they have an enemy
IN this great peaceful republic. We
want not war, but peace, and peace
with all the world. We have no grudges
to pay OF, no defeats to avenge, no lost
territory to recover and no acquired
territory to defend against imminent
attack. We have the friendIiest feel
ings for all peoples and the peace OF the
world will not be broken by us except
for grave and weighty cause.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
A Young Hero.

A 12-year-old boy lay dying in a New
York hospital as result of a railroad
accident. He and some friends had
stolen ride, and one of the others had
pushed him OFF. with the result that he
fell under the wheels. His father asked
him who it was that had pushed him.
"oh, what's the use of telling?" said
the little fellow. 1T was all done in
fun. The boy who did it feels bad
enough. Why should make any more
trouble for himy Half an hour later
the lad was dead
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
eAMsLER WAS EXPOSED.
Betrayed by a Ring Which He Wore
TO Prick Cards With.

Betrayed by Ring Which He Wore
TO Prick Cards With.
"The story that John w. Gates, the
Iron trust baron, was feeced on an
ocean liner by card sharps who used a
pricked deck reminds me Of curious
thing that happened years ago at Mem
pills." said veteran sporting man. 1T
was in the days of 'wide-open' gam
bling along the river, and the principal
figure in the affair was a strapping Cal
ifornian who was known as Colonel
Henry and who had attracted some at
tentiOn as phenomenally successful
poker player. He made no secret Of be-
ing a professional gambler. but nobody
had ever detected him doing anything
crooked, and he enjoyed an entree to
most of the places where gentlemen
played IN those days.
"One night Henry got into a row
with man in a cluhrOom, and jumping
I'D from the table where he was playing
poker, he struck him in the face with
his clinehed fist. The man fell like a
log. and when he was picked up every
body was surprised to see that one
cheek was cut open from eye to lip. AS
Henry had nothing in his hand, none
could understand how the cut had been
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The Electrical Review thinks that the
time will come when grass grown
streets will be a Sign Of progress. When
all freight traffic has been banlshed to
underground railways and the automo-
bile has displaced the horse for surface
travel, nearly the entire street between
the pavements can be devoted to green
turf Cities Of the twentieth and fol-
lowing centuries may be free from dust
and the vile doors arising from animal
traffic. tbs arO mobile moving ma
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The microbe experts who have sue
ceeded in charging to the mosquito the
responsibility for disseminating mala-
ria germs, and have made the same ac-
cusatiOn In connection with the house
fly and typhoid fever, will have rem
dered a real service to mankind when
they have succeeded in telling us how
to get rid Of fles and mosquitoes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
Too Much Court Plnster

Although court plaster is useful in
protecting small scratches or abrasions
Of the skin from harm. It should not bo
used over any considerable cut or
wound in process Of healing. These
will heal much faster II simply covered
with bit Of soft linen, held in place
at the ends with strips of surgeons
plaster.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The performer OF a perilous diving
feat at a circus in New York lost his
life the other day. A slight miscalcula-
ton OF distance resulted In the crushing
OF his skull. The large audience was
Mortified, and the manager Of the show
was promptly arrested. This is the
usual program. SO long as the per
former misses breaking his head by
just a hairs breadth the audience is
delighted and the manager is compli-
mented. But when the tenth chance
comes everybody is righteously indig-
nant
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

In thirty-two years the dominion Of
Canada has granted only 271 divorces,
but II still marries first cousins while
insisting that man may not marry
his dead wife's sister.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

An Arkansas man asks for legal sep
nration from his wife because she has
not spoken to him for more than year.
Why, you idiot, can you not see that
you have been entertaining an angel
unawares. Go get thee to a gunnery
and turn one on yourselfl
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Anarchists who demand freedom of
speech that advocates the assassina-
ton Of the President ask too much of
American institutions. They are not
intended to make crime free.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Time at last sets all things even. An
automobile tried to run over a street
car in New York City. The car is stn
making regular time and a junk dealer
is negotiating for the remnant Of the
mobile
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

chine may be substituted for the sweep
ing machines, to the great improvement
Of health and increase Of enjoyment Of
citizens.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

That a $l0a-week bookkeeper In New
York embezzled $4,000 from the Wee
hawken Wharf Company indicates
how poorly paid is talent in that town.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The small man who sits back sneer-
ing at the great gives the monkey in
the jungle no credit for making faces
at the distant lion.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

An Ohio man has been sent to jail for
kissing a girl. We have not learned the
name Of the play in which she intends
TO star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Navlgators In the air are doing their
best to keep up with the inventors Of
submarine vessels.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

This is the season to feel sorry for
a girl. She has two or three dollars
for spending money, and list Of TWEEN
ty to buy Christmas gifts for. Atlas
with the world on his back isn't in II
compared with this girls burden.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

The trust proves that It Is only a
human institution by slipping up on
the banana.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01
r.. H. cLOPTON. Pub.

He that has no enemies needs tonic,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

A married man says that he was nj
ways fond OF tongue-and he Hkes
still.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Cincinnati street-Car Lines.
cincinnati is enjoying a street-car-lins
boom. Eight lines are to be extended
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-01

Some people have so little business
that the carrying Of a message swells
them I'D.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
GBe Coat.
The Why of the Buttons on
Back and Sleeves.

A PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION.
Modern mans coat is as much a crea-
ture of evolution as modern man him
self" declared a New Orleans tailor to a
newspaper man Of that city. "Au it's
principal features have been gradually
developed from a primitive gasment that
was Itself the great-great -grandson of a
shirt of mail, and those features have
been modified by environment. lust as
they say human beings have developed
and modified since they gave Up walk
ing on all tours and went in for nol:sh
and politics. It's very interesting to
trace such things back" continued the
scientific tailor. but unless you are pref
ty well posted you are apt to make Sc
rlous blunderS as to the origin of diff
ferent details.
Take the two buttons above the coat
tails. for instance. They occupy pre-
cisely the same relation to the garment
that the vermIform appendix does to a
man--in other words, we know they must
have performed some valuable function
In the remote past, but at present they
are not only useless, but are actually
a nuisance. Their location brings them
INTO constant contact with the backs Of
chahs and unless they are closely
watched they soon become ragged and
SHINY ana make the whole coat look dis
reputable Like the appendix, they are q
source Of anxiety, with no corresponding
benefit
The carly Office of these mysterious
buttons is quite generally believed to
nave been a support for a sword belt,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

and have often seen the statement in
print, but it is a great mistake. If Won
VIII look in any costume album for the
court coat of the Louis XIV. period. YOU
will find the skirts folded back diagonal
ly and buttoned to the rear of the waist
Take hold Of the lower front corners Of
your fashionable frock coat and draw
them back and up so they touch the but
tons behind and you will have a fair
imitation of the old court Costume The
idea was primarily to get the garment
out of the way of ones sword hilt and
you VIII notice in some of the plates that
only one coattail, the left, is folded
nack but for the sake of symmetry and.
1 dare say, to display the handsome silk
or satin Innings, both sides were eventu-
ally treated alike
The folded and buttoned coattaiI sur
ViVed in military costumes clear down
to the Revolutionary war, and YOU will
see it In pictures of some of Washing
tons officers. In civilian dress the
heavy flap Of cloth soon evoluted its. If
away, but the buttons fingered and are
likely to stay with u.s.
The origin OF the two buttons on +he
cuff is little less clear, but 1 think 7
struck the right solution one day when
l found an old engraving Of a dandy Of
TAO making his toilet. He was in the
act OF buttoning a wide. detached cuff
to the sleeve Of his dresg coat. The cuff
was richly embroidered, and when the
garment was not in use it was probahI1,
laid away by itseH That unless I am
much IN error. wa the birth of the but
TONS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19
THE BIGGEST FARM.

The largest farm in this country, and
probably In the world, is situated In
the southwestern part of Louisiana. 1t
extends 100 miles north and south and
twenty-five miles east and west It was
purchased in 1883 by syndicate of
Northern capitalists, by whom it is still
operated. AT the time of It's purchase
it's 100000 acres was vast pasture for
cattle belonging to a few dealers in that
country Now it is divided into pasture
stations or ranches, existing every six
miles. The fencing is said to Have cost
about $4,000 The land is best adapted
for rice, sugar, corn and cotton. A
tract, say half a mile vida, is taken
and an engine is placed on each side
The engines are portable and operate a
cable attached to four pIows. BY this
arrangement thirty acres are gone over
in a day with the labor of only three
men. There is not a single draught horse
on the entire place, If we except those
used by the herders Of cattle, Of which
there are 5000 head on the place The
Southern Pacific railway runs for thirty
six miles through the farm. The COM
pany has three steamboats, operating on
the estate, of which 300 miles are nav
igable. It has also an ice house, bank,
shipyard and rice mills.