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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

When you offend woman, and take
her box of candy in the hope that she
viii make up. she accepts the candy.
eats it, and. after it is all gone, wipes
her lips, knocks the crumbs Off her
dress. and says to you: Now, don't
you think you are meanT'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

That newly found African plant,
woandsu. which is said to furnish
practically ideal food, ought to be pop
ular in Boston, since It is in the ma
ture Of benn.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

Gen. Miles has long advocated II
standing army which should consist of
one man for every thousand of our to-
tai population, and that is substantial
ly the size of the present establish
mentr The police force Of our largest
cities consists Of one officer to a popu-
lation Of about 400.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

A young man in Indiana has been
sent to Jail ON an in leterminate sen
tence of from one to two years for
stealing an umbrella. A get-rich-qulcll
CRATER of New York who swindled
the public out Of 100000 was sent to
prison for six months.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

c. =. Huntingtons estate has made
so much money since his death that
Russell Sage must be tempted to die
and save expenses while his fortune
keeps on piling up.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

A Texas man succumbed to heart
failure when they told him oil had
been found on his farm and he was
rich. Well, he died happy anyway
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

Discussions in the British Parlia-
ment have recently brought out most
strikingly the backwardness Of Eng
land. as compared with the rest of the
civilized world. in providing free pub
lie school education. In Germany, tax
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

A fourth recently having been added
TO his family recalls that the Gar of
Russla's children are all girls. This
also incidentally suggests how many
young fathers not monarchs have had
a royal time with the boys
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16
A RICH HElREss.

Margaret Carnegie Will Soon Be the
Happy Owner of a Castle.
Whether Andrew Carnegie dies IN
disgraced in not dying rich, it is GER
tain that his little daughter, Margaret,
will not come to want Some years ago
Mr.. Carnegie erected two great office
buildings on Fifth avenue, New York,
one of them decided to his wife and the
other to Margaret. BY the time that
the latter is Of marrying age the in
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

There are mean men in this world
who Willingly pay what 1t costs 10
keep hired girls just TO see their wives
bossed around.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

Your really undesirable relatives new
er see any reason why they should not
accept invitations unwillingly given.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

The law is no respecter Of persons
in England; King Edward will pay his
income tax just like any commoner
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

Beauty may be able to draw with n
single hair, but it never adds to the
attractlveness Of the butter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-08-16

The wake of UNCONVENTIONAL YES
sci has anything but funeral aspect
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
THE BATTLE IN PHILADELPHIA

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
The Summer girl and Dont's.
BY Teddy" sawyer.

How TO make Herself Popular as Fly
does about playing a piano.. The trunks
are packed, Mamma pays her Ten per
and they DO a Spiel back TO town.
The Fact Is, Girls, II you want 10 be
Winner DON'T get the Swelled Bonnet
Holder. IL DON'T go Down with the
Push. for I'm Nine cases out OF Ten the
Individual who Thinks they're All Right
gets II I'm the Neck-sometimes. DON'T
KNOCK and DON'T try and Create the
impression mat you are a Warmer
Proposition than you Really are. DON'T
monopolize every GOOD Looking man on
the Premises
Give the other Skirts a Run for their
Money. They pay as Much per week as
you do. probably, and are Entitled To All
the Privileges. IL you Play (mind you,
PLAY) the Piano do so when Asked with
out being Coaxed. You may not be Ru-
bernstein In Skirts but Do the Best you
can. Give everyone a Smile-t Costs Lit
tie and pays l. Interest.
DON'T let anyone get the Idea that
you have a Sour-Dall4n your Stomach
that won't Dissolve. BE pleasant even II
it be Painful. II you Can't say anything
good Of People DON'T SAY, III you
know Mrs. B Is wearing last seasons hat
this season-trlmmed over DON'T howl IL
out. You may want TO work the Same
Game yourself some day
DON'T believe Alt you hear and only
Half OF what you See.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
THE DEFEAT OF CONSTITUTION.

In yesterdays off Newport for the Astor cup the
fairly squarely beaten point sailing
by cup defender Columbia This disappointment
supporters the Bristol yacht, because from earlier peo
mances ability designer
improve his productions after year, they
believed would invincbe proved
trials She independence
by twenty yeght thirty
course
first stages of the New York Yacht Club
Constitution able get away the Columbia
the finish line with fair margin of time to her credit.
wind strong steady the Columbia
speeder. leg thirty
gained Constitutions the leg
third
entire 1854 seconds.
The question by such performance nauraly-
Columbia peede than the Constitution There
Islander who knows anything yachts yachting
airmatvely They the Bristol
world They confidence their designer they
faith that when the Constitution has been proper
will only outsal the Columbia give Sir Thomas Iptons
challenger as bad beating Columbia gave Shamrock
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
5hs Gossip.
A Tramp Author.

A cable dispatch from Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons the other day from Nizhni-
Novgorod. In Eastern Russia, signed
"Gorky'' and contained the single word
Accepted" This means the introduction
TO America of a Russian novelist who
year and a half ago was unknown 10 any
except his personal friends, but whose APP
pearance now at the opera or other pub
lie gatherings I'm Moscow Is the signal for
vociferous applause.
In his native land he is hailed as the
successor OF Tolstoi. and In France his
stories are read I'm translation from sea
To boundary line. And all this within lit
tie more than a year,
The young man who has solved so
quickly the problem OF success Is Maxim
Gorky, of whose queer career the Sun
day Press told several weeks ago. His
novel. which Isabel Florence Hapgood Is
translating, IA entitled "Foma Gordyeeff."
1t is the most distinguished OF stories he
has had time TO publish within his brief
period OF fame. IL has made his reputa-
tion both I'm Russia and France.
Young Gorky doesn't know how 10 take
the praise that IL pressed upon him lie
is embarrassed by his popularity. Once
when the audience at the theatre stood
up and cheered his entrance into box
he got angry, for he felt that this was
too much
"I'm not a ballet dancer or Venus OF
Milo" he shouted getting red I'm the
face. what are you staring at me for!
Keep your eyes on the stage"
Everybody laughed and cheered the
louder. and poor Gorky was much con-
fused over his outbreak and the failure
Of Il.
Gorky's father was an upholsterer and
died when the boy was years old. The
young author is about 80 now, by the
way. lie was hired out n a shoe shop.
ran away; apprenticed 10 a draughtsman.
ran away; put at the making of wooden
saints; hired out as cooks boy on
steamer and then made gardeners as
sistant. He also peddled apples, worked
on a dock, sawed wood and acted as por-
ter. Then he went 20 Tzaritzyn and was
watchman on a railroad. lie tried 10
get into the army, but they refused 10
accept "a tramp.
He sold beer for awhile, then was hired
by a lawyer, but tramped off 20 Tihis,
where he worked I'm a railroad shop and
published his first novel i'm local paper.
Then he wandered back TO the Nolga,
and at Nizhni-Novgorod lived by selling
sketches 20 the newspapers. In this way
he met the writer Vladimir Korolenko,
one OF the most brilliant men OF Russian
letters, and developed rapidly under his
guiding hand.
Gorky is the favorite author with
Young Russia. - Exchange.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Hoyt and the Young Actor.

Tnnumerable stories are told hy former
friends and actors In the companies pro-
ducinC Hoyts laugh-provoking farces
saws the New York Clipper. one Is related
how IIovt came behind the curtain after
the presentation OF "a Temperance
Town" 90 express I'm his own peculiar
manner his opinion of the performance
Those having come under his convincing
criticism never forgot a. This night all
but one word OF the PLAYERS received some
word OF criticism or suggestion for inn
proVemcnt OF his nart.
This one actor who seemingly escaped
notice was mentally concentrating HIM
self-in fact, was metaphorically pattinR
himself ON the back. for he concluded
that his performance must have been
above criticism.
Hoyt. after giving all necessary direc-
iions 60 his players, turned 10 go. with
the remark.
well I guess that's ALL"
Just then the young actor. much pleased
with himself. walked up 20 the play
wright saying
''You have forgotten me. Mr.. Hoyt. You
haven't told me what you thought OF my
performance.
Hoyt turned. and during tho brief space
of ten seconds looked volumes into the
eyes of the eNpcctant young fellow. whose
vanity moment later received a most
what / think 81 your performance,
Young man would not bear telling In the
presence of ladies' ia best toll YOU prt-
Vntelv" and with these consoling words
the critic quickly turned and LETT the
stage.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30

used when the great nations OF today
were still unborn. Now and again ~ hap
pens that searchers after antiquities come
across fragments OF fabrics which were
dyed thousands OF years ago. and they
are astonished by the wonderful rich
ness OF the colors OF the cloths. which, de-
spite their age are brighter and purer
than anything we can produce.
Modern artists buy their colors ready
made and spend large sums OF money on
pigments with which 20 color their cam
vases. The pictures OF modern artists
Will be colorless when many of the works
OF ancient masters are as bright as they
are today. just as the secret of dyeing
has been lost, so has the secret OF pre-
serving the colors OF the artists paints.
Yet the secret was known 20 every an
Client artist, for they all mixed their own
colors.
How 10 make durable ink r. another
great secret we have lost Look at any
letter five or ten years old, and you Will
probably notice that the writing has faded
TO brown color and Is very indistnct
Go 10 any big museum and you will find
ancient MSS. the writing OF which is as
black and distinct as II the MSS. were
written the day before yesterday
The secret OF glassblowing and tinting
is not yet entirely lost there are a still a
few men who can produce glass work
equal to the things OF this kind which
the ancients turned out hundreds OF years
ago. But the average glass manufacturers
can not produce anything that vv..- at
all compare with some OF the commoner
articles OF the Egyptians and. later. the
founders of Venice manufactured; and
those who still hold the ancient secret
guard II SO closely that II will probably
die with them and he added TO the long
list OF things Ia which our ancestors beat
us hollow.-Tit- Bits.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Secrets Scientists Cannot Solve.

hard that they could cut In two most
OF the swords used in our army today.
There are "A dozen different methods of
making artificial diamonds, but none OF
the stones produce, by these methods can
compare with those made of old French
paste, the secret OF which is lost. SO per-
feet were paste diamonds that IL was diff
ficult for even a person with expert
knowledge OF diamonds To tell that they
were artihcially produced, whereas most
OF the modern artificial diamonds, can
easily be detected, and their durability is
nothing like so great as the old paste
diamonds indeed. good paste diamonds
are now, almost as valuable as real dia-
monds
Probably not one out OF every ten thou
sand buildings standing In all parts OF the
world. and built by modern masons will
still be standing five hundred years hence.
We do not know how to put stones ana
bricks together as the ancients did, and
consequently the buildings we raise nova
DAYS are really mere temporary structures
and will be In ruins when the ancient
buildings OF Greece and Italy, which were
built thousands OF years ago. are I'm as
good condition as they are now. The Sc
cret In not i'm the bricks or the stone. but
IN the cement and mortar neither Of
which essentials can we make as the an
clients made them.
In modern buildings the cement and
mortar are the weakest points; I'm build
ings which the Romans and Greeks raised
thousands OF years ago. the cement and
movtHr are the strongest points. and hold
good .vN,is the very stones they bind TO-
gether s~imble away with age We car
rot; with all our science. make such ce.
meat and mortar. and therefore we car
not build such buildings as the ancients
raised.
Chemistry. one might imagine, r. tho
science which has. perhaps. made the
| greatest strides during the last FIVE o'
| decades, Yet modern chemists can no
eompond such dyes a. were comment,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30

The Summer Girl in Many Cases Is
Long on Theories and Short on Practical
Common Sense. She may be the Most Sc
date Thing that Ever Happened. In Win
ter. but when Summer comes and She
hies Herself with Her Mamma TO some
watery Spot at Ten per week She i'm
mediately Fills up with Personal Enthu-
siasm and Summer squash. She goes up
In the ar! She Swels and becomes
Wrapt UP in Herself and Not Much
around Her at That. She is 1T, In her
own mind. and gets Mashed on Herself
for Fair.
In Her weakness she Imagines she is
Cutting Huge Bunches OF CONCEALED
Moisture, while in Reality She has a
Wheel that is going the Wrong Way
Then She becomes a "Knocker" and her
Little Hammer is on the Bump! Bump!
most OF the Time. She gets the Insane
Idea that She is tAe Most Popular and
Fascinating Ever and that the Other
Skirts look like lot of Mud Scows. In
comparison TO Her.
This Goes on for some DAYS. One Day a
Streak of Common Sense gets Lost and
finds its way into Her Grey Matter and
She Wakes Up 10 the Fact that IL Had
Been Pipe Dream and that She WAS De-
cidedly Out of 1t. She knew as Much of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Three Little Ones.

John Drew, the actor, speaks French
with an excellent accent, of which ne Is
pardonably proud, and hence he was I'm
mensely pleased when Nine. Bernhardt
said to him recently: "You must really
come to Paris and appear in Partisan
theatre; yes, I'm my theatre and play
with me-" Mr.. Drew was naturally fat
tered to have his French SO greatly ap-
preciated. He felt several inches taller as
this is most gratifying. What sort OF a
part would you like to have me play?"
oh" said Mime. Bernhardt. with her
sweetest smile, naturally, the part Of an
Englishman."
The London flower girl Is not so guile
less as some writer's OF idealist fiction
would indicate. one of them rang the bell
at a Kensington house some time ago,
immedia tely after young lady had
driven away I'm a carriage Giving the SER
want who answered the bell an accurat te
description OF ...e carriage and its occu-
pants. she informed the maid that the
lady had purchased half crowns worth
of flowers and having no change had-sent
TO the house for IT, But the servant maid
and the lady OF the house, whose daugh-
ter had driven away in the carriage. fell
into the trap, and the flowers that were
never bought or sold were paid for.
Sir Courtenay Boyle was one OF the best
dinner companions imaginable. He had
more stories than would nil half a dozen
big volumes. One OF them was OF a slut
terer who called at poulterer's shop
for some turkeys Some are though
and some are t-tender2" he queried of
the shopman, who admitted the soft i'm
parchment I'll suppose there is a d-dif-
ference in the price," the customer re-
marked. only TO be informed that his
supposition was wrong. I'll k-keep a
b-boys' school," he said would you
m-mind plpicking out-t-tough ones ?"The
|. shopman, with wink, separated the
tough ones rom the tender ones and
once more the customer asked If no diff
ference could be made I'm the price. The
poulterer was sorry. that is was impossi-
BILE and he was sorry too. no doubt. when
the customer said: Then I'll take the
tender ones!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Thrifty Senator Mason.

'T was standing in the lobby OF the Au-
ditorium I'm Chicago remarked ex-Con-
gresham Il. j Sommers recently 10 a
writer i'm the Milwaukee Sentinel. talk
ing with Senator William T.. Mason of
Illinois. when a trampish looking fellow
came rushing in, and addressing him,
said.
Bill. lend me $40: have a chance 20
make IS I'm fifteen minutes
Billy went in his trousers, fshed up a
50 and a 81 note, and passed them over TO
the man
II want so to make the DEAL remark
ed the man as he stretched forth his hand
for additional aid.
"-You said you could make 50. didn't
your
Yes
"-'Well. you've made sa and I'm 81
ahead Sect
"The man saw the point and regret
fully withdrew
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30

Taking into consideration the marvellous
studies we have made in almost every
branch of knowledge during the last two
or three hundred years, IL seems exceed
ingly strange that our forefathers should
have been able to do things which We hnd
impossible or next door to impossible
and that we can not discover secrets
which were almost common knowledge
hundreds upon hundreds OF years ago
But, despite the fact that the average
modern man knows more than did the
learned man OF long ago, there are nys-
teries OF knowledge and science whicn our
most advanced scientists can not solve.
Thousands OF years ago, Tor instance
the Egyptians used to embalm the bodies
of their dead kings and nobility so per-
fcctiy that the bodies are IN wonderful
preservation today, as may be seen AT
the British Museum. Clever as We are IN
this age, we can not do the same. The
valuable secret Is lost, and modern science
can not recover the lost knowledge we
can. OF course. and we do. embalm bodies.
hut ,nly for temporary preservation, and'
comparatively speaking, In most unsat-
isfactory manner. Bodies which are en-
balmed nowadays, will not be preserved
or more than few years at most; very
many OF the bodies the Egyptians en-
bairned before the birth OF Christ are SUI
SO perfect that the lines OF their faces are
still as clearly marked ne when they were
hrst emblamed.
Sheffield turns out the finest. hardest
and most perfect steel the world produces
but even Sheffield can not produce .
sword blade 10 compare with those the
saracens made and used hundreds OF
years ago. and the Saracens never pos.
sessed the machinery we have nor nae
the advantage OF knowing 40 much about
metals AZ We are supposed 20 know. A
huge fortune awaits the man who dts
covers the secret which enabled the sara.
Gems 10 make sword blades 90 keen and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Odd Ways to Get GOLD.

turn OF from ten cents TO forty cents
gold per ton.
In both of the above experiments. how
ever only the lowest part OF the trunk
OF the trees had been used, and In order
TO ascertain in just what part or tree
the maximum of gold may be obtained,
similar experiments were made with the
larger of the branches.
The test proved that the branches were
undoubtedly the richest part OF the tree,
although II was found that the increase
I'm the amount of the gold obtained
varied considerably with the different
trees The best result obtained, however,
was Sl.17 gold per ton of ashes.
Just what result the success OF these
experiments will have upon the continued
existence of trees in mining districts II is
as yet too early TO determine, as the ex-
act ratio of the amount OF ash produced
from the wood of tropical trees to the
weight OF the wood I'm its natural state
has never yet been ascertained, and would
undoubtedly vary with the species or tree,
so that " Is uncertain at present whether
any extensive operations against the
trees would prove profitable.
Although II may be regarded as proved
that gold is dissolved by the surface wa
ters of gold regions, yet the substance In
the water responsible for that effect has
yet to be discovered.
The water itself is so poor In the mat
ter OF gold deposits that It Is only after
an enormous amount or II has irrigated
the vegetation of the neighborhood that
the gold becomes sufficiently concentrat-
ed In the plants and trees to be appre-
ciable.
In the case of the experiments OF DIR.
Lungewitz the trees were undoubtedly
many years old, and though II was only
certain trees that were made the subject
OF the experiments, IL is safe 10 say that
the results then obtained are fairly repre-
sentative OF those to be obtained from
other trees and other mining DISTRICTS
phfladeInhia Tuotlirer
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30
Pennies Scarce in the West.

There Il always a scarcity of pennies
I'm the West" says an official Of the Phil
adelphla mint. "and a superahundence OF
them I'm the East Every little while the
banks out there set us n hoot and cry for
pennies. but our hanks here are ever
glad 90 rid themselves of their surplus
age I'm these coins. 10 II difficult to see
why such a state Of things should he j
m sure n penny r. just as dear 10 the
Fasteners heart as 90 the Westerner' -;
one would no more throw pennysaway
than would the other. Vet here Nc al
ways have too many pennies, there they
never seem 10 have enough. - Buffalo
News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-30

Many botanists would tell you that
some trees are worth their weight in
gold. But that is because of their
rarity.
But now. according to a series OF ex-
periments of Dr.. r. r. Lungewitz, IL has
been found that trees of all kinds and
otherwise of no intrinsic value are veri-
table gold mines in themselves; that is,
provided they grow in the neighborhood
of gold deposits.
IL was long suspected that gold might
dissolve I'm water and ultimately find its
way into vegetation OF all kinds depending
upon the water for existence. The only
reason that can be advanced why all
analyses made to demonstrate that fact
have absolutely failed Is that the solu-
ton IL infinitely weak.
On the assumption that II gold were
dissolved by the surface waters IL ought
to be found I'm trees growing I'm the neigh
borhood OF lodes or on placers, DIR. Lunge-
witz directed his efforts toward trees
themselves instead of analyzing the
water.
In the first experiment several trees
were felled and cut into pieces OF con-
venient size. The bark was then re-
moved to within one inch OF the surface.
After the wood had been placed upon a
clean sheet of corrugated iron and hred,
the ashes were collected and assayed,
although they still contained grains OF
charcoal
The first assay revealed the fact that
gold was undoubtedly present, but It's
quantity was too small for anything like
an accurate estimate of amount to pe
made. The poor result of that expert
ment was attributed to the fact that the
subject was a peculiar kind of soft wood
tree.
Aceordinplv the experiment was re-
heated upon several specimens OF the
black IRON wood tree, a tree being 30 per
cent. heavier than water. The ashes, be-
,ng collected and assayed showed a re-