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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

ling which grows somewhat like the
elder. The bush is cut down and the
pith extracted from the stem, which is
afterward peeled, polished. dried and
painted with primary cOlors in barbarie
style. The simplest form is a straight
stem from three to six feet in length.
A more expensive kind is made from
step with two terminal branches. This
demands much more care in extracting
the pith and enables the owner to offer
a friend a mOuthpiece on one branch
while he is enjoying another upon a
second. Three-stemmed sticks are also
made, and very rarely, four-stemmed
ones. These are kept as curios rather
than as useful articles and are sup
posed to have been employed upon es-
pecial occasions in the days of the
Incas.
The bowl is of red clay, gray clay or
sandstone and the mOuthpiece may be
of bone or horn or decorated silver and
amber. The length Of the stem causes
the tobacco smoke to cool appreciably
in its passage from the bowl to the lips
and gives a taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental narglle. The
tobacco used with it is of a rich red
brown color, about intermediate in fla
vor and appearance between Virginia
and Havana leaf. These pipes make
very pretty ornaments for mantel or
for a wall, being much more pleasing
to the eye than the church warden"
/ familiar to all smokers. They are
strong and durable. but. unless oiled
or vanished now and then, they are
apt to split in a dry climate. Collect
ors make it a rule to oil them on the
/ inside once a year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

ANNOYED his mother. When he was a
child she had said one day, "Where he
gets that look beats me. He minds
WELL an he'd oughter, seem the trou-
BILE I've been to, bringing him up. HIS
hands an feet are quick enough to do
as / say. but l can't feel but what
there's somethin' back of his eyes that
/ amt never touched"
Lorinda North kept a little shop,
which was the local exponent of metro
politan STYLES. She was a woman who
took life hard 1t did not come easy TO
any of these hard-worked, narrow
lived women, and she had fought
against each hard knock until all the
softness. which may once have been
hers. had been rubbed off. There had
been an old love affair between these
two but how far it had progressed no
one ever quite knew. Some one had
once ventured to ask LOrinda about 1t.
"She wasn't going to be an old wom-
ans nurse" she had said. Shed al
ways made out to make a living Tor
herself, and she guessed she could still.
She wasn't going to live in any man
house and have another woman boss
it,"
Perhaps in these years in which
there had been plenty of time for quie'
thought she had sometimes regretted
her lost chance of happiness. Surely
they had been lonely years, hard years
too, and they had borne their fruit IL
I4orinda North. There wasn't woman
in the town who did not feel a little
uneasy when under the battery of hel
sharp eyes. Phineas Harden had beer
the only one who had ever pushed open
even ever so slightly, the door of he
heart; and after she had closed THU
little chink, love had gone to easie
pathways, and left the door of Lorin
da's heart closed hard and fast.
People had specialized somewhat a
to how she would take the news o
Mrs. Hardens death. Perhaps it ha'
stirred, more deeply than she knew
the undercurrent of her life. Surely
Phneas was often In her mind in thes
days. Not with any tenderness of fee
ing did she think Of the lonely man
but perhaps because his solitary lif
bore so closely on her own did he
thoughts so often turn to him. As sh
looked forward, as she did sometime
of late, to the years and years stretci
ing out their weary length before he
a thought. which was at first vagu
and underlined, gradually took deiini'
shape In her mind.
They had both always been regula
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

learned the game while attending
Wooster University in SO. He at once
became a devoted student of the
checkered board. He plays a system
largely his own. and his successive vic
tories are proof that it is a valuable
one. He entered the newspaper bust
ness at Pittsburg. but decided to take
up the law. and he Is now studying at
Titfin. Ohio experts, who have seen
"Opens at play, believe that he is a
coming Pillsbury. and that he will win
international honOrs some OF these
daYs
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

know whether you've ever thought
much about your father; he died when
you were pretty young He was one
Of the best friends / ever had. They
said he died of consumption; I said
so myself, and l suppose he did; but If
ever a man died of loneliness and want
Of sympathy it was Dick Harden. Just
before he died he gave me a letter to
give you. He told me to keep it as long
as your mother lived. and at her death
to give 1t to you if you were still I'M
married; so, since you're a blooming
old bachelor like myself. here it is. And
whatever is in it, just remember that
your father was a good man, and lived
better than most men die"
In the afterglow of the sunset Phin-
cas- sat turning the letter over in his
hand. The fading light was too dim
for the faint, indistinct writing, and he
lighted the lamp.
He looked at the date and it gave him
a curious feeling to know that his
father had been younger than he him
self was when he had written the let
ter. 1t was true that he had thought
of his father but little, and perhaps
nothing in his life had ever touched
him as did this letter, which seemed as
real to him as though it were his faith
er's voice coming down to him through
the years.
The writing was stiff and cramped.
He read the lines again and again, see
ing his father through each word:
To My Dear Son Whether you will
ever see this l cannot tell When life i:
almost ended, some things seem very
clear. I cannot leave you much, but per
haps you will some time understand
There is only just enough to take care
of your mother. I wish, God only knows
how 1 wish, that could leave you happi
ness. Lying here I've had time to thinl
it all over, and l am leaving this lette
with the prayer that God will somehow
make it do the work.
There is just one thing l want to say
Be sure of yourself. Never make friend
because you are lonely. There is no lone
illness like that of heart that cannot ge
back to itself. Perhaps you will know
what l mean; if you don't, it won't max
any difference anyway. l leave you M
dying blessing. Your father,
RICHARD HARDEN.
The evening hours wore slowly away
When her little. restless clock struc
nine, Lorinda North blew out the ligh
in her sitting Phineas Harde
had not come.-The Springfield Repul
lican.
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PIPES SMOKED BY AzTEcs.

Curious Specimens of Ancient Smokers
Articles from Central America.
The increasing commerce with Hon
duras and Nicaragua is bringing to
this country many of the odd imple-
ments and curios of those lands. The
Spanish population has a large admix-
ture Of Aztec or other aboriginal blood
and preserves many of the implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time Of the MOntezumas. One of
the queerest survivals in this regard
Is the long pipe, which is still employ
ed in the rural districts of both repub-
lies. 1t Is made from shrub or u sap
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31
Snecihc directions.

A Memphis gentleman who has just
returned from an overland trip through
Mississippi says that one day he
stopped at a negro cabin to ask the way
to the village for which he was bound.
In reply to this hail an old white
headed man came to the door and the
following conversation took place:
Can you tell me how to get to B-g"
asked the traveller.
"Saitinly l kin. sah," replied the dar-
ky. you follow dis here road till jist
before you gifts in sight oh de next
house. and den you truns to de right.
and dar amt no Odder road to put you
off from dar on till you gifts to whar you
Is a-goiRg Memphis Scimitar
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for improvement. 1t urges that not
only should growths of nOxiOus weeds
he destroyed as a sanitary measure.
but that vacant lots should be put to
the best possible use while they remain
unoccupied. They should be made to
yield their highest value to the people.
In crowded cities it is suggested that
they be used as Fairgrounds for the
neighbOring children. Most city chill
dren are accustomed to seeing either
vacant lots overrun with weeds and
not available as Fairgrounds on that
account, if no other. or carefully kept
parks, where the turf and flowers are
labeled Hands Off" What they should
have is a chance to play untrammeled
by rules which forbid them to walk on
the grass.
The work Of destroying the weeds
and improving vacant lots can, in the
opinion of the department. be best done
by municipal direction under the i'm
mediate supervision of the park or
street departments. If it is done gen
orally it will not only improve the pub
lie health and furnish Fairgrounds for
thousands of city children but will
avert millions of dollars of damage to
the farmers of the surrounding coun-
try.
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weeks. and he is quick to adopt desper-
ate measures when he sees field grow
ing up with the Canada thistle, for in
stance. In the city. on the other hand.
there is no crop to be affected, and va
cant lots. even in the best residence
districts. are often given up to what
ever will grow upon them.
in Chicago sternly declares the
Agricultural department trough pig
weed. tall ragweed, and cocklebur are
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In many Of the
smaller villages
the State weed
laws are well en-
forced. or t h e
weeds are kept
down because Of
local pride in neat
ness, but this is
seldom true in the
larger cities"
The department
concludes wit h
some suggestions
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31
PHINEAS HARDEN'S
INHERITANCE

GO HEY stood about the farmhouse
in awkward, constrained groups.
- waiting, as they might have ex-
pressed it, for the funeral to start
The dead woman was lying in the best
room. 1t had been the passing away of
a hard life.
Phineas Harden leaned his head
against the shutter which had been
closed to keep out the glaring light, and
as he sat there, half-hearing the sounds
which came to him through the open
window, he heard quite distinctly these
words:
Died peaceful at the last, they say.
Well, there'd ought ter be some peace
in the course of a natural life, an If
there was going ter be any in old Mis-
Hardens life, guess it had ter get its
Innings in at pretty nigh the last lick,
an a close shave at that. My, didn't
she lead Dick Harden a life. Rec'lect
when there wasn't a sprucer man in
town. but she took the spirit out of him,
an it warn't much of job fer CON
sumption ter finish him up"
Phineas never forgot that. It had
been the putting into words what he
had never quite admitted even to him
self
The days that followed his mothers
death passed peacefully enough. After
a while he became used to the quiet OF
the house. 1t didn't seem lonely to
him. he had never felt lonely, not even
at the first. 1t was only as though
some discordant note had dropped out
of his life
People sometimes looked curiously al
him and wondered if he ever thought
of LOriEda North. But no one coulC
read the thoughts that We're bidder
back of his eyes. They were eyes thai
rather baffied you; they had always
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31
A FORTUNATE KICK.
Unceremoniously busted from Train,
1t Made This Man Wealthy.

1t Made This Man Wealthy.
During a recent conclave of railroad
magnates in New Orleans something
reminded well-known general man
ager of a whimsical story, says the
Times Democrat of that city. Il am
afraid there is no particular moral to
this yarn" he said, but it happens to
be true, and I'll give it to you for what
the newspaper boys call human inter-
est Not long ago the millionaire pres
ident of big manufacturing concern up
in Ohio made a speech at a banquet,
and to illustrate how seeming misfor-
tunes may prove blessings in disguise,
he said that he got his start in life
through being kicked off of an accom-
mediation train in the dead of winter
1t was during the hard times of the
SOS, he went on TO relate. and al
though a skilled mechanic and some
thing of an engineer, he found il i'm
possible to procure work of any kind.
even manual labor. Things went from
bad to worse, and at last he found him
self stranded somewhere in Southern
Ohio. He was stone broke and desper-
ate, and wanted to get to Dayton.
where he had heard vaguely there was
something doing in his trade. So one
bitter cold evening he slipped on board
an accommodation train, hoping to be
able to talk the conductor into carrying
him. but he failed ANONYMOUSLY.
He begged and pleaded, and told his
story with all the eloquence of despair,
but the ticket puncher refused to melt.
On the contrary, he pulled the bell rope
when they came to the next station,
grabbed the unhappy young mechanic
and propelled him off the car with a
series of swift kicks. He landed in a
snowbank and slept in a freight shed
but next day his chance came. A span
suddenly gave way in a new iron
bridge over a big creek at the edge OF
the town, and the whole structure
threatened to 90 down before experts
could arrive from the builders fOun
dry. At that critical juncture th'
stranger jumped into the breach. bull
temporary supporting trestle out Of
logs and crOssties. and saved something
like $4,000 worth of work. OF course
the bridge people were delighted, anC
when they saw what a really scientific
Job he had done they offered the shabb!
engineer a handsome position in the
establishment From that on his ris'
was rapid, and. in concluding the littl
tale. he laid especial stress on the ap
parent hopelessness of his position tn
night he was elected from the trail
and made the point that one shOul'
never give way to despair. IF tina
conductor had carried me on instead o
kicking me ~" he said, Il would hav
missed the great chance Of my life
and might be working now at tn
bench. l am really indebted to him 70
my start in the world. and have ofte
wished that could meet him and te
} him about it,"
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TO BE CHAMPION
CHESS PLAYER OF OHIO.

Tiffin claims the champion chess
player of Ohio. He recently won the
title at the State tournament at Co
lumbus julius c. "Opens is not ma
tive Buckeye, although ne was edu-
Gated at Canal Dover, having removed
to Ohio from Missouri. his place of ma
tivity. when he was quite a yOungster.
His father-nOw deceased-was a Ger
man Evangelical minister and good
chess player himself Young "Opens
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cant city lots have
usually been culti-
waited at one time
or another. so that
the native vegeta-
ton has been de-
str0yed and the
conditions are ia
vOrable for the
growing of migra-
tory weeds. Again,
1t is the farmers
business to look
out for dangerous
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31
CANADA THISTLE.

CANADA THISTLE. AEfIcuIIuIdI q 2
partment. for the original Introduction
of weed in cities to one upon farm. -
The foreign weed pests are brought
into the cities in many different ways
All kinds of weeds have a better
chance to grow in cities than in the
country. because in the first place va
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

abundant, while
there are hundreds
Of acres within the
city limits covered
almost with Can
ada thistle, and in
$ e veral places
Russian thistle is
rapidly increas-
ing"
From Chicago
the wind and the
water and t h e
railroads carry the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

only the centers
where vice and
crime thrive and
from which they
spread. but they
are also the nur-
series for all sorts
obnoxious and crop
destroying weeds.
Almost all the i'm
ported weeds get
their first start in
the cities. There
are a doze q
chances" says the
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seeds of these and other noxious weeds
to different parts of the country.
The Department Of Agriculture points
out that it is not only as a protection
to the farmer that city residents should
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

According to the wise men of the De
partment of Agriculture at Washington
the great cities Of the country are not
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

A msn who understands women is
willing to admit that he doesn't under
stand them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-31

\ favorite way to praise a man is to
abuse his kin for imposing upon him.
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The evening hours wore slowly away.
When her little. restless clock struck
nine Lorinda North blew out the light
in her sitting-room. Phineas Harden
had not come.-The Springfield Repub-
lican
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-04
Proposals For Wood.

Sealed proposals for furnishing I25
cords of split wood and IS cords Of
limb wood to be delivered at the Ne
vada State Prison will be received UP
to (but not including) October 9TH,
1901, when said proposals will be op-
ened in the presence of bidders at II
a. m. of said day.
, Bidders shall in their proposals, state
the portion Of above amount, and kint
OF wood they will furnish and the price
thereof.
Bids shall be directed to the Clerl
of the Board Of Prison Commissioner
and marked, Proposals for Wood"
The Board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
By order Of the Board of State Pris
on Commissioners.
Attest: ARTHUR w. MORRIS.
Clerk OF Board,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-04
Proposals for Wo0d.

The Board Of Capitol Commpsion-
ser will receive sealed bids for fur
aishiAx 50 cords Of yellow pine split
and IS cords Of limb weed, the limb
wood to be not less than three inches
in diameter and all to be sawed ixta
IS inch lengths and piled in the base
nelt Of the Capitol building ander the
supervision Of the Board Bids vii
be received up to noon sn the ,7tl
day of September and will be openee
and considered by the Board at :
O clock ?. n. On said day. The WOO,
must be corded and measured bcfcr'
saving, must be sound and dry, an.
delivered On or before the 1st gay .
November, 1901 The Board reserv
the right to reject any and all bids.
Address Clerk of the Board of Cap
itol Commissioners, Carson City. Ne
eaas
w. r. DAVIS. Clerk.
Seotember & 1901.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

in the District Court OF the First Ju-
d:cial District of the State Of Ne
vada, in and for Ornsby County.
In the matter of the estate OF
Thomas Millard, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed was on the 2oth day of July,
1900, duly appointed and qualified by
the District Court of the First Judi
cial District of the State OF Nevada
in and for Orinsby County, as admin
istrator Of the estate Of Thomas Mil
lard, deceased, late of said county.
All creditors having claims against
said etate are required to file the
same. with proper vouchers attached
with the Clerk of the Court, wlth,r
three months of the first publication o
this notice.
! Dated August 81, 1901.
JOHN A. WALL,
| Admin:stratO
F. NJ. Huffaker and Ed. I. Dupuls
attorneys for estate,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS


In the District Court Of the First j.
dicial District Of the State Of Nc
vada, in and for Orms5y County.
In the matter of ta~ estate Of Sarah
Millard, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed wa. on tho 2Sth day Of July,
1900, duly appointe. and qualified by
the District Court of the First judi
cial District of the State of Nevada,
in and for Ormsby County, as admin
;strator of the estate of Sarah Mil
lard, deceased, late of said county.
Ali creditors having claims against
said etate are required to file the
same, with proper vouchers attached
with the Clerk of the Court, within
three months of the 6rs publication q
this notice.
Dated August Il, 1901.
JOHN A. WALL,
| Administrator
If. M Hufaker and RI r. Dupuis
attorneys for estate
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-04
SICK HEAnACn1.

~ 1wAy cnrea by xari's 'aOvsr T. - -. ~
Dsa e,S { puii ,er :, 4 tisgve i,E.af-f A1ssV q.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-26
A Most Liberal Offer,

All our farmer readers should take
advantage Of the unprecedented club
bling offer We this year make, which
includes with this paper The Live
htock Indicator, its special Farmers
Institute editions aud The Poultry
Farmer. These three publications are
the best ni their class aud should be
In every farm hnmc. TO iheh We
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news, our own paper, aud make the
price OF the four one year only
si.7y. Never before was 40 much 81.
pclior reading matter offered for 50
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out the West, aud commend them
selves 10 the readers favorable aticn-
ton upon mere meniioB. The Live
jock Indicator i the great agr!euI-
tural and live stock paper Of the West
and Southwest; The Poultry Farmer
il Tho most practical poultry paper for
The f1tmer, while the special Farmeis'
Institute EalitIons arc the most prae-
lieal publications f1r the promotion Of
good farming ever published. Take
advantage Of this great offer, rs L sill
hold guod for short time only.
Samples Of these papers may DO "a
snined hy calllng NJ this office.
1HE FAnarxGros ftaEs.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-26
Docket Probate Court.

Term noginalag Jannary 10. 1909.
Eatate OF benjamin . tass Ct NJ, minors
:. n. Maiatssn. curator.
Estate OF William Mason. minor Milton
Hawkins, rnFators
Estate % antgie Cay, ct al. minngs-P l..
keitn. curator.
Estate OF George y. shaver ct al, minors
A. -. BOSE curator.
Estate ~ JAMES y. wcscoat. deceased II.
u. Leihetter, admir-.
Estate ai Jesss =. Gideon 81 al. minors
Jahn q oidcpn. guardian.
Estate Of Peter II. I'ratt. mln1r-MeFrigl
rlpkin. curator.
Estate OF PaiflcS and Nellie Mclaughlin.
mlnora-Eveline Mclaughlin. guardian.
Estate og wm. II. Bgyan, dscea sed--CAag.
=. BFynn. aatn's.
I Estate of Fred Groves. mInoT--josh Long,
curator,
Estate OF j l.. Mitchell. decreased y.
/ Mitchell. admir-.
/ Estate ~ Mm, Il. Gipssn, DECEASED -Ny. II.
Young. alm'r.
Estate Of FTans SehraIier. minnr-- Oliver
Esiaie NJ J. 81 DcSioge. deceased-R. g
I 1lrker. admir-.
Estate ~ Mary Seidcrt. Decentralization
( Netdmft aGtnr
F, Estate ct Mary j. Nases. decrasei--,i. Mc,
/ Cunningham, executor.
I Rsiste Ut CiTsun D. wn1i, ninog-..p 1.
MORRIS guardian.
Estate OF Alta and lena ktTticy. minors,
J, ;, Clay, egrntuf
jEgE :. ulssoa.
Judge pf PROBATE.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-26

Poplar Bluff Is 10 have ospose lac
tory.
A nrRibcr Of the Southeast papers
snaounce no paper during 80 So;
days.
Antoine Senate Of fre,lctl1k'pwn
broke his arm on the 18th while
skating.
Twonty-onc cases Of small rox arc
reported ia Concord township. nrr
Iroudaic.
a. u. Sparks Of ruiosi reccatly
/ killed two mad dogs aDl u steer earn
bis home.
Fredctickiowu !, again making :
( eight to have tho Bismarck acrommo'
ditiun run to that Town.
The handkerchief sent by Mrs
Roosevelt - the Methodist blz1r a
Ftedcrica,own brought 80 cen'-, au'
The man who bought Il will franc It.
! Felix Declue Of Cade, Is prepared
to enjoy Christmas Ills pension
money has just b,en received, siIt
for hack pay aud sS IA month reg
ularly.