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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

capital, for no one would use a cable
at the rates charged for messages when
for a fraction Of the cost he could tele-
graph by the wireless system.
1t not only costs millions to manufac-
ture and lay cables across the ATTAIN
tic, but keeping them in repair costs
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Cable ships are kept in commission all
the time. and they find continually
something to do in the way of repairs
on the great oceanic telegraph lines.
Repairing a cable is a work of skill.
science and money. A defect in the
cable having been located by means
known to the telegraph experts. the
cable ship steams away to the part Of
the ocean where the difficulty is and
drags the cable with its graphing
irons. When finally the cable is
picked up the repairs are made and it
is again deposited upon the oozy bed
Of the sea. The initial expense and the
cost of maintenance make it expensive
to talk with Europe, but it does not
cost much to erect two poles and buy
a Marconi outfit. 1t is obvious that If
the great Italian keeps his promise the
cost Of talking with the old world will
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

The modifying influence of death.
which Is so often felt in private family
relations has been manifested on n
largo scale, internationally, since the
death Of Queen Victoria. The English
people have been often irritated by
the German Kaiser His commercial
and naval schemes have seemed to
them to be aimed against England. His
message of sympathy to President
Kruger, after the jameson raid. still
rankles in their memory, and more
than once they have taken offense Mt
some impulsive thing which he has
said or done. But when, as soon as he
knew that the Queen was seriously i'll.
he left the scene of the festivities with
which the Prussian bicentenary had
just been celebrated, and hurried
to the death-chamber at Osborne. they
were profoundly moved: all the more
so because he waived official formaIi-
ties, and joined the waiting family
group simply as the grandson of the
Queen. The same influence was felt
elsewhere. There was no discordant
note in the worldwide expression of
sympathy. The French and Russian
journals, which are apt to be critical
If not hostile. toward England, Joined
in the tributes to the Queen. American
journals were as cordial as if there
never had been any Alabama claims or
venezuela difficulty or Alaskan bound
airy or other yeXatious question he
tween the two countries. Under the
reciprocal kindness thus induced.
English journals began to suggest that
perhaps too much had been made Of
annoying amendments to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, and that it might
be well to concede to the United States
the disputed points. So it came to pass
that the good Queen, who has all her
life strlven for peace, in her death tx
erted a strong influence in the same di-
rection.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

A cooking school for doctors has been
established in Berlin, and among the
numerous attendants are physicians
from several countries besides Ger
many. Branch schools are to be open
ed in other European capitals. The
medical man needs to be a good nurse.
lie ought to be able to apply the prln-
ciples Of wholesome cooking likewise,
II need be, in preparing delicacles for
the sick room. A supervision by the
doctor himself competent to cook what
he orders for the patient, would turn
many kitchen into serylceable addl-
tion to his equipment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

81 would joyfully, many a time" said
n famous singer the other day, Eek
change all my public ovations for my
mothers knowledge how to prepare a
palatable meal" Nevertheless, so
fashionable have culinary and house
hold subjects become, that my moth
er's pies" have formidable rivals in
my daughters doughnuts." Even col
leglate straws show which way the
wind blows. Themes recently chosen
for senior theses In several leading
women's colleges include 'The Ser
want Problem" Household Econom-
les and Foods in Relation to Intel
lect and Sanity" and stand in marked
contrast with the poetic and platitudin-
Gus graduating essays of only genera
ton ago. To be "a good housekeeper."
said Shakespeare. goes as fairly as to
say a great scholar" To-day,
as never before, the two accomplish
ments walk hand in hand.
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CHAT ACROSS OCEAN.
AN ITALIAN ELECTRICIANS WON
DERFUL INVENTION.
Will Make 1t Possible for Is to Have
Conversation with Our Kin Beyond
the Sea without the Medium of
Cables.

Great things are promised for the
new century by G. Marconi, the author
Of wireless telegraphy says the New
York Press. Before the first Christmas
In the twentieth century he will, he de-
clares, have England and America on
speaking terms without the aid of sub
marine cables. One big pole erected at
southampton and another at Montauk
Point will, he says, be all that is need
ed. The cables which now connect Eu-
rope with America will, If Marconi full
fills his promise, become as obsolete as
the stage coach became when the rail
road came in. The optimistic electri-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Il am no longer young" said an
Alaska pioneer the other day. "hut
expect to live to see continuous line
Of railway from New York to st. Pc
tersburg by way of Boring Strait. In
fact, work on one of the connecting
links will be begun within a year" The
line he referred to will extend from
Port Valdez on the sea to the Yukon
river at the mouth of the Tanana.
From this point another road is project
ed to Nome, and II that should be built,
n railway across the strait to Siberia
might become at least a possibility. II
expanding trade should demand such
3 road. neither the engineering nor the
financial difficulties would be insur-
mountable. 1t is an interesting thing
TO speculate about, at any rate.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

1t would be misfortune if the pas
sion for getting on" should narrow
our educational ideals and substitute
the man of facility in affairs and the
expert for the man of broad culture
and the man OF freed Imagination. The
movement In colleges and universities
to Introduce practical courses may
sometimes appear to be tending in that
direction, but 1t Is rather to be regard
ed as an effort to give young men and
women a better introduction to certain
typical phases of actual life. saws a
Chicago Tribune editorial. and to af-
ford them in certain lines that special
lied preparation for particular occu-
pations which, to a degree Mt least. can
be more economically attained in an
institution than otherwise. The School
of Economics and Political Science in
the University of Wisconsin has re
Gently announced certain modified and
enlarged courses, including one on
Public Service and Diplomacy" and
another in Preparation for Journal.
ISM" One of this country's greatest
editors once expressed the opinion that
no one could be prepared out Of hand
for journalism; and yet it is evident
that not only general culture but famil-
iarity with certain lines of information
and thought furnish the journalist an
Invaluable background for his work.
Training for public administration AID
for diplomacy Is even more obviously a
great present need in this country. Our
easy theory that the duties of public
life can, under our simple system. be
met by the ordinary citizen, is largely
chargeable with our perniciOus prac-
tice of rotation in office" and with the
lack OF vigor and efficiency in much of
our public life. The action of Madison
University is a part of a general move
meut during the last ten years among
American Institutions of higher learn
ing. the valuable effects of which.
though not conspicuous as vet. are
bound to be increasingly felt as time
goes on
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mediums. The fortune thus made was
squandered by Dr. Canning Woodruff.
Mrs. Woodruff left him and married
Col. James H. Blood. The two sisters
now began agitation for women's
rights, suppression of population and
other programs which brought them
into ill favor They left America for
for England early in the sos. Miss
Clafin married the wealthy Sir Fran
els Cook, and her sister took a third
husband in the person of a rich stock
broker.
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clan is confident that he can establish
telegraphic communication between
the eastern and western worlds by his
system at a hundred part
of the cost of laying a cable and main
tanning it. Marconi says he has discov-
cred a method of controlling the sound
waves so that the messages from con-
tinent to continent will be flashed back
and forth close to the surface Of the
ocean over the whole distance.
Heretofore the curvature of the
earth has presented a dreaded diff
Guilty to be overcome in the transmits
sion of wireless messages over long
distances. Marconi's new control of
the sound waves. it is asserted, has OBJ
Waited the difficulty. How it is done
Marconi does not explain-that is his
secret-but he says that he is confident
he has found method of doing it. He
contends that the masts erected at
MOntauk Point and at SOUTHAMPTON
need not be higher than a New York
"skyscraper" in order to make the
working of the system effective. He
has invented new appliance by which
he says he can lengthen the air waves
to an almost unlimited extent.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

1t is not only the rural resident from
up the creek that buys gold bricks.
Sometimes important sales of this sort
of merchandise are made to wise ones
who dwell In cities. A certain pro
fessor' Of fortune telling appears to
have done a particularly neat piece OF
gOld-brick work in an Eastern city. He
has been telling some of the social
lights Of that town that his insight into
the future would be wonderfully sharp
ened If he were allowed to sleep over
night on jewelry belonging to his eli
ents. He intimated that the larger the
quantity Of precious metal he had to
sleep on, the better he could forecast
future events. One Of his clients was
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

A woman whose husband beat her
regularly once day for forty years
has at last appealed to the police. 1t
seems that there was point where
even II patient, loving woman could
stand it no longer and the head of the
household tried it once too often when
he started to take his daily exercise on
the first day Of the forty-first year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

"Kldnapers are bound to be caught
In the long rum" says the Boston Her
aid. Let's see-when were the kidnap-
ers Of Charley Ross caught?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

HOrseshOes weighing an ounce each
and just a trife larger than a silver
dollar were turned ont is a California
shop recently. Taey were made for a
Shetland pony 6 months old, and small
for its age.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

A Vanderbilt descendant has proved
capable of something more than spend
ing ancestral money. 1t may yet be
fashionable for hereditary American
wealth to have brains and disposition
TO use them. Young Corneers" tireboX
shows some inventive power beyond
the mere talent of deyising new dissi-
patton.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

The powers want to make progress
in the Flowery Kingdom, and this de
capitation business is supposed to be
one way of getting a head.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Emperor william may import the
American hen to Germany, but will the
time ever come when the politics Of
that country will permit Of our election
ROSTERS appearing in the public prints
thorel
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
LADY FRANCIS COOK.

Former Tennessee LIaflin One of Tho
Richest Widows in England.
Lady Francis Cook, whose husband.
the rich shawl importer and ware
houseman, has died in London. is one
of the wealthiest widows in England.
She was formerly Miss Tennessee
Clafin, of New York, the sister of Vic
torla Woodruff. The two women were
born in Homer. Ohio. Of poor parents.
They were pretty, witty and talented.
and began to earn their living as spirit
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

the wife Of a well-known manufac-
turer, who willingly gave up her jew
elry and what gold coin she had in the
house. The next day the professor had
left town. HiS inspection Of the future
was perfectly satisfactory to him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
KnightIy Warfare OF O,a

Medieval knights often took ! vo,,,-
tary oath that they would never snare
the life Of an enemy. pa I
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

A Boston merchant probably ex-
presses the views of most business
men who have had large experience
as advertisers in saying: My idea is
TO appear before the public in as many
ways as possible. l have used all
forms Of publicity. some of which did
not pay except as a part Of my scheme.
l rely first and mainly on newspaper
advertising, and regard all other kinds
as merely supplementary"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

In the last hundred years Turkey has
lost about half Of It's territory. This
looks as If somebody had been using
the Ottoman to walk on.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Only 6,356 new books were published
in the United States last year. How
ever, people vainly looking for some
thing new to read can always fall back
ON the magazines and newspapers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Don't talk at random. Make every
thing you say hit the mark or save your
ammunition.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
A weII-Earned Re,rnr,l.

Angelina, you are so extraordinarily
popular"
wen, dear me, don't l nearly kill
bodyT
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Among other things, has Mrs. Nation
smashed that old proverb about its be-
ing dangerous to fool with edged tools +?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Some men use Sunday as a sort Of
sponge to wipe out the sins they com-
mitted during the previous six days.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Manila harbor is to be improved,
though II is admitted that it is much
less dangerous than when Admiral
Dewey sailed into 1t the first time
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

What are you doing for that babv >.
I'm simply avoiding all the adyico
my friends have given me."-Harnor,s
Bazaar. ~ .
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

Advice to heroes and statesmen:
When about to write letter, don't
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

1t Is the easiest thing in the world for
a man whose wife is fond of him to get
whatever he wants to eat. es'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

a woman has brought suit for di-
vorce on the ground that her husband
refuses to eat her pies. Still, she would
rather be real widow by the pie
route.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

AS to the lash for wife beaten, why
not tie him up securely and let the in
iured wife give him good tongue lash
ing in the presence OF all the neigh
bOrs?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
A Commercial Revolution.

If Mr.. Marconi can fulfill his prom
ises, what revolution there will be
in the commercial world The millions
invested in cables would become lost
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

A successful advertiser who has used
most of the methods of publicity has
written toan advertising periodical that
he would choose a single newspaper in
a community for his business an
nouncements in preference to all the
other means of advertising combined.
Nearly every method is good, but only
as an adjunct to newspaper advertis-
ing he said. People take up a news
paper for the distinct purpose of read
ing, and therefore. with minds in an
impressionable state. They read adver-
Using not by accident, and not when
their minds are otherwise employed.
II the advertiser can say anything to
interest them they can remember it,
The newspaper columns are the places
where people look for such information
as the advertiser should be able to
give"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

1t is far better to have large feet
than small understanding
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19
Accounted For.

Dr' Duck-Your feathers are just too
pretty for anything.
henrietta-Yes; you see, l was hatch
ed from a dyed egg.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-19

The advertisement of the future will
be one that will leave out any idea of
being funny or catchy" says an adj
vertising expert. 1T will tell store
news plainly, clearly, honestly. When
1t talks about goods it will tell some
thing about them" Store news is very
much like any other kind of news.
Newspaper readers do not confine their
attention to funny or catchy" stories.
ana there is no reason to believe that
tney are constantly on the lookout for
humor in lads" "Ads" as we'll as
news stories are read for the informa-
ton they contain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-08
INSTITUTE PROGRAM,
Interesting Topics to Be Dis
cussed at the Session Feb.
Ia and Is.
Prof. Curtis. Of Ames. and Super.
intendent Barrett to Take
Part.

The program of the Marshall County
Farmers Institute, to BE- held in the
east court room Thursday and Friday.
Feb. 18th and 18th, has been arranged
by the committee .as follows:
THURSDAY. 10. y. NJ. no H.
Business
sheep Hushandry- /. Lybarger;
discussion led by w. II. G.. Woodward.
The Improvement of Our Roads. leg
islation relating thereto-G Governor S
B. Packard; discussion led by w. II
iArney.
Practical Construction-G F. Kirby,
discussion led by Joseph Rails.
THURSDAY 4AFrTERNOON.
Attractive Farm Homea--W'iIl II
Wilson; discussion led BY Warner
Nichols.
How to Increase Probably the Yield
of Farm Crops Prof. j. j Edgertoa;
discussion led bye. +. Arney.
F'RIDA. FORENOON.
Feeding Gattle. for PROFIT Henry
Smith, sr,; discussion led BY G. w
Wells.
The Management of Meadows and
Pasture. Lands s. Prof G. F. eurtiss, Of
Ames, discussion LED my N. q. Keen.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Rational Problems Relating 10 the
Rural Schools State Superintendent n.
g. Barrett discussion led by County
superintendent j. MorrsseS..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-08

isct carefully your ten or a dozen hens,
especially of the heavy breeds, and put
with them your chosen cockerel. After
he has run with his family two or three
weeks, which Will bring you TO the last
Of the month, the eggs will be of sutii-
Cent fertility to set in Your machines.
Your whole flock should now be in full
winter lay. Keep them 50 by judicious
feeding and plenty of exercise.
Kerosene roosts. upper and underside,
each week.
Give houses plenty OF ventilation by
cpenng wide the Windows every pleas
ant day.
Keep shell boxes well filled, and thus
avoid soft-shell eggs.
If the litter in the pens is damp and
foul, renew it AT once. Houses must be
kept dry and clean during such cold
weather. Clean roosts every day, and
give fresh water every morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-08
and 2, block 10, Babcock's addition, and
Hot 4, block 8. Barrett,s addition. State

and 2, block 10. Babcock's addition, and
lot 4, block 8. Barrett's addition, State
Center. 5000. -s
Bennett N. Wirner and wife, Of st.
Louis county. Missouri, to A. p. Bratt.
two acres in Linn township. 400
Luther L. Wheeler and wife, of Santa
Clara county California, to Amina II.
Richards, lots 2 and 8. block ;. Eden
willie, $175.
A. 2. Bratt to Virginia Richards, two
acres in Linn township. $500.
David Ryan and wife, OF Polk county,
ct all, to Ernest Toedt, land in Lowan
township, ST.
William Thompson and wife and Olive
Adair and husband to A. d. Hanegan,
lots 1, and 3, block 5, LeGrand, 81.
A. g. Leeper and wife, Of Jasper
county, to Lizzie Van, 300 acres in Eden
township, $10,50O.
Anna p. Willis to Clarissa c. Biga-
low, lot 5, block 8 north Marshall, ST.
300
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-08
.LUMBERMEN TO MEET
Central Iowa Lumberment to Meet
In Sixth Annual Convention
Feb. q.
Meeting Will Be Held at the Pill.
srim...Ofiicers and the
Directors.

The sixth annual convention of the
Central Iowa Retail Lumbermen's AS
ISOLATION is announced to meet in this
City on Friday, Feb. %, al the Pilgrim
Hotel.
The association was born in this city
and its meetings are held annually here.
The lumpermen who belong to the asso-
5ciatino are, as the name implies, deal
ers located in the central portion of this
state For the most part the meetings
are of secret character, as the bust
ness transacted is of interest only tc
lumber men. The officers of the asso-
citation are as follows:
President-z. IL. Hoag, Iowa Falls.
Vice President-F. w. Brockhausen
Tama
secretary-c f. Greet, Eldcra
Observation-Disclosures Rath. Ackley.
The board of directors is composed Of
the following lumbermen: L. limbel-
man. Boone: j. w Young and y. L.
Willis, Webster City: George Noss
Belle Plaine; b. j. Carney, Grinnell; D.
F. Baker and NJ. KahIer. Trasr; War
zen Brown, Waterloo, and a. G. Bacon
of Lacrosse, Wis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-08
LaGrippc Quickly cured.

In the winter Of 1898 and 1893 I was
taken down with severe attack of
what is called la grippe. says f. l..
Hcwett, prominent druggist of Win
field, Ill. The only medicine L used
was two bottles of chamberlain,s Cough
Remedy. 1t broke up the cold and
stopped the coughing like magic, and /
have never since been troubled with the
grippe. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
can always be depended upon to break
up severe cold and ward off any
threatened attack of pneumonia. 1t is
pleasant TO take, too which makes it the
most desirable and one of the most pop
ular preparations in use for these a!l-
ments For sale by all druggists.