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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12
FOUGHT WITH a STARVED CAT.
New York Woman Had a Desperate Bat
tie with HuncrN Feline.

New York Woman Had a Desperate Bat
tie with a Hungry Feline.
A half-s-arved black cat made a ferce
attack last night On Mrs Celia Mather
in the apartment house at 3S7 East 18th
street and tore her arms and face 50
that she hsd 10 have the attendance OF
a surgeon IN Bellevue Hospital. The
cat escaped
Mrs Mather lives with her husband.
Charles. in the second fat OF the house.
She IS q years old Last evening she
was alone. when about S o'clock she
heard & noise az Z OF the windows.
She put down q book she was reading
and listened. Hearing the noise again.
she arose and. brushing the curtains
aside. threw open the window.
To the woman's intense establishment
a great black cat with fiery eyes, leaped
through the window and Immediately
attacked her. He first bit her hands.
which she thrust cut in front Of her
face invoiuntarily 70 protect her eyes.
The cat clawed az her violently bidn-
her wherever he could and scratching
al the While. Il seemed 10 the woman
as II be were making AT her face, 50
fierce and determined was the on
slaught. Mrs Mather could not protect
her face enectually from the cat. and
the animal succeeded IN tearing IL with
his claws IN several places.
The woman shrieked, and many OF
the inmates OF the house ran down 10
/ Ter apartment The door was thrown
open, and the car hearing the scurrying
vas frightened by the confusion and
~hu-riedly escaped By the window.
Mrs. Ma1her was bleeding from 3
number OF wounds and she was q pitts
bic sight. Her husband when he came
In took her with him 10 Bellevue Hos
pital for treatment.
Dr. C. 7. Graham Rogers c~aute-ized
and dressed the wounds. The woman's
left srm had been severely lacerated.
and I OF the terrible digs had sew
cred s blood vessel. No one seems 10
know who owns the cat. and il vas
thought 10 be s strange animal thar
had been unable 10 procure enough 20
est. and when crazed by starvation Ead
attacked Mrs. Mather.-New York
Tribune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

would give q back door entrance By
water for torpedo boats. Il would oner
a means FOR Transporting munitions Of
wal and troops. as vel as general sup
plies, which might Be endangered
should TIE outside route be taken Rec
ognIzing this. the Government Is CO.
operating in the work, and 1921. 600
has been appropriated for widening and
improving the northern and southern
entrances.
There @ IS Al open passage BY an
inland water route from Jacksonville
north TO Charleston, S c. Some easily
constructed links would carry the
route 10 the Dismal Swamp canal
Through this canal 10 the Chesapeake
bag, Baltimore IS reached; Phiiadel-
phia By way OF the Delaware and Ches
apeake canal. and the Delaware and
Raritan canal thence affords an inland
protected waterway u New YORK
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There is more Catarrh in this section o

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed 10 be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced IL a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling TO cure
with local treatment, pronounced II incuraole.
Science has proven catarrh TO be a constit7-
tional disease, and therefore requires eOnstitu-
tional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
u'actured by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio,
is The only constitutional cure on the market.
II is taken internally In doses from 10 drops 10
q te~aspoonful. L 5cfs directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They oher
one hundred dollars for any case il fails TO
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials Ad.
dress, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

The expense of maintaining schools in
Porto Rico is very high if we consider the
amount spent for the small number OF
pupils enrolled. Education, however, is
always essential to success. In our conn
try the people are being educated TO the
fact that there is a sure cure for indigestion,
dyspepsia, constipation. nervousness and
malaria. fever and ague, and that medicine
is HosteNer's Stomach Bitters. Try il.
Our Private Die Stamp is over the neck OF
the bOttle.
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caIIer n.Id un-
Mistress-Jane, have you eve been
,ooo-d of-r L-fora1

Mistress-Jane, have you ever been
second girl before?
Jane-No mum; allus cook.
Mistress-Then, when a caller
you take the card, show the
lady into the reception room and
bring the card to me. / will then
veIl you what to do.
Next afternoon: Jane appearing at
the door OF her mistress sitting
room-Caller down stairs in tn hail
Mistress-In the hall? Why didn't
yon show her into the reception
room7
Jane-She didn't have no ticket.
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Expert Testimony.

jenkins has just wrote a book on
How to Succeed. :"
Il wonder if it will be a success. "
ut ought to be, Jenkins has failed
at everything else.
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saved the King froan kidnapez.

An interesting Incident happened as
Queen Maria Cristlna drove The other
day 70 the station in Madrid on her
way 10 the court. Her majesty was
seen to nod and smile and wave her
hand TO a woman in the crowd. while
the young king. who sat opposite his
mother, showed signs OF delight. The
woman. who was decently clad. bowed
low in recognition. her face radiant.
II was AlfonsO's former nurse. who. IL
may not be generally known. once res
cued him from k~idnspers. The woman
had left her charge asleep in his cradle
for s. few minutes. and returned to
ind him gone. She tore down the
stairs. into the road. and soon overlook
two men carrying what seemed TO be
n basket OF clothes. She at once threw
herself on the basket and pulled on
the covering. and there was her fos-
ter child in a halfsmothered state.
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Smith's Handicap.

Rev. DR.. Thirdly wish to an
pounce brethren and sisters. that next
Sunday my place in this pulpit viii
be occupied by the Rev. Mr.. Smith
We will now sing three verse Of
hymn No. 1876, That Awful Day Will
Surely Come" >
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Bitter Experience.

Mrs. Rasin Kane-Ohl Rasin:
there's the wedding march. Do you
remember when we marched up the
aisle to If ten years ago?
MI. Raisin Kane-Yes. and I have
been marching yer since.
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BTooklyn, y. y, Oct. sist.-After investigat
ing Garfield Tea. which is quite universally
acknOw lodged to be the best family remedy, it
Is not dificult to explain its success-it is the
medi1ine for GOOD RESULTS. 1t is manu-
factured here by the Garfield Tea Co. in their
new and attractive labratory and is made
wholly from simple. sweet and withal health
giving HERE'S. Garfield Tea is the ORIGINAL
herb cnre for constipation inc sick headache
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12
A Disaar.eabIs characteri,iIc.

Katharine-I detest that Mr.. Tiff
1ngton.
Margaret-Why. Katharine?
"Oh, he's the kind OF man who al
ways calls when you are expecting
somebody else who doesn't come
Life.
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Those Low Chsractsrs.

Greene-That fellow in the short
coat was a wonderfully fluent talker.
Gray-Yes. | was wondering wheth-
er he was a labor agitator T only just
a prizefghter. boston Transcript.
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His Experience.

"spspense," sighed the condemned
man. "Ah, my young friend; you
know what moments Of torture
"0h, yes I do" interposed the cal
low youth. Il have often sat quietly
with only a dime in my pocekt while
my best girl leisurely persued che
menu of. a French cafe. Chicago
News.
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A Candid Annonncement.

Mike" said Flooding Pete" de
world owes US a living"
Yes" answered Meandering Mike.
but in order to collect it we've gos.
ter do something TO convince de
world dat we're alive. An OATS too
much trouble. "-Washington Star.
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Good Prizes for norses.

Eighty-seven carriage horses were
zoId In New York the other day for
an average of over $1,000 each.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy TO use for their
children during the teething period.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

Ere Permanently Cured. 40 fits o. Nervousness.
tt4& after first lays useof nr. klines Great Nerve
Eessqzsr. Send for FREES 81. 90 trial bottle and treat
ise. NA-R KLINE. Ltd. .s3l ArchSt-. Philadelphia Pa
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Strong P~rovocation.

"Johnnie, you must lever inter
rupt any one when they are speak
ing"
Not even to correct such bad
grammar as don't, mar"
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Hoods ~JdrSdpdriiLd

Prom;ses to cure and keeps the
promise Begin treatment with
Hoods TODAY.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

Life insurance sgents usually hate
each other almost as cordially as nil
linerA
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1901-10-27

holding go litres) containing a brine strong
enough to float potato. Here they left from
half an hour 10 an hour. depending on their SIZE,
quality ana the condition of tn" weather. lhrN
arr then placed in small wicker baskets ana
taken to the yard, where they washed in
either fresh or salt water tsalt prrf"rr.dl while
in the baskets. each basket being Put through
t"o waters THIS washing, which takes but a
few seconds. removes from tn" fish any uNiis-
solved salt. loose scales and dirt
The sardines are dried in the oIen air and are
taken from the drying racks in wire baskets t.
the cooking room. where they immersed in
boiling OIL. They remain in tn oil only few
minutes. Tho test to their being done is
made hy means Of tn" caldal fin Whom it hr,akS
readily the fish are cooked enough Tn oil is
allowed to drain OF. aud then ,hc fish are ready
TO he packed in cans or boxes oil is an nm
p"rtaut factor in tn, earliue business. and on
this POINT tn" report gives this iuformatt II.
tn sardiue manufacturers employ two kinds
of oil in their canning operations olive oil uud
arachid" or ucauUt oil. and small quantities Of
S'Safn" oil have at times been Us.d VI h4I' IL is
reported that tn" manufacturers knowingly
handle only the oils named. it is Understood that
c"tt"nSe"d OIL being tast"lcss and cheap. is
used 10y IN" French oil dealers for liuIi.ratiug
both olive and ucauut oil.
Peanut oil is used 10 meet the American de-
mand for low priced sardincs Most If tho
French sardinos exported to America are packed
in this oil. which is practically tast.less \
small quantity of spice is used in order to i'm
part flavor. The usual ingredients for each can
New-York tribune., 1901-10-27

are one or two cloves broken laurel ieaf and
a small piece of thyme: these are put in the
can before the fish. that they will be on top
when the is opened.
Most of IN" work in connection with the
canning Of sardluts is done by women and girls
few men being employed for special duties for
which women are not adapted, Among women
and girls in thu brittany factories uniform
wages prevail The rate in 1900 IL francs
for each one thousand fish. the aggregate being
divided equally among employees, \ good weeks
.noom" for cutters and PACKERS is 30 francs.
Tn" suldrrcrs. " h" sal the tops IF the cans
receive LOO francs for one hundred cans In
inter many mon devote their time To can maxi
inE. ana are paid = francs a hundred cans
other employees about the factories are paid Iy
IN" month. and receive an average ot 40 francs
y good s"ld"r"r can seal from ! loo To 1900
cans daily. and some men do cons derahly more.
In his observations comparing, the French and
th" American sardiucS the writer says.
observation has shown that French sarIfnes
when of tn" best quality, have 4 flavor and
richness which make them preferable - any
sar!iuc prepared the Atlantic Coast Of thu
ring. French sardines of average grade even
Whom cauLed in peanut and cottonseed oil ara
much superior in palatahility To th,. great bulk.
e the American output, while the cheaper
grades of French SardineS- which unfortII-
nately. find ready market in the United States
are certainly not preferable to much of thu
native pack.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-27

dyeing preserves the nets and renders them less
conspicuous when in the water. They are kept
in the water Icy numerous cork floats and a few
sinkers The scarcity Of bait is one Of the diff
culties to be overcome by the sardine fishermen
The bait now in general use is the salted eggs
Of the cod, but the eggs Of other fish are also
used. The annual consumption OF roe in
France is about $1,000 barrels, for which
the fishermen pay about S3oo.vo. Con-
oarneau alone has used 5000 barrels in
a season. Peanut meal -four is mixed with
the roe. 1t floats and attracts the attention OF
the little fish, and they devour it. When they
gorge themselves however, the mass swells and
bursts their intestines. Taking sardines is a
shore fishery" and most Of it is done within a
short distance of the home ports, and the regular
fishing is carried On only by day. The fish are
landed a short time after gillng, but no ice or
other preservatiye is used on them, and they
reach the canneries within few hours after
they are caught. The first cannery was built
ffty-five years ago, and since that time the in
dustrv has grown steadily. until now it is the
chief support Of a large part Of the population
on the Bay Of Bscay. The factories are gen.
orally large stone structures, and vary in ca
uacity some being able to utilize upward OF a
quarter Of a million fish daily
In speaking OF the canning industry, Mr..
Smith says:
When the fish are taken to the factory they are
spread on large tables and sprinkied with little
SAT- The women who remove the heads and
yiscera either stand or sit, and perform their
work with great rapidty. They hold the hsh
in The left hand, and with the right hand press
,he knife into the back and side OF the mead
of the fish, using the right thumb Tor a counter
nressure The head is pulled OF torn off, rather
than cut, and the Oesophagus, stomach ano most
of the intestines go with it. The body drops
into one basket the refuse parts into another
The refuse is disposed OF TO farmers Tor ferti-
Iizing their fields.
Immediately aitef efiSceidiou tic iia1 a.
.orted by size into large tubs (half oil barrels
New-York tribune., 1901-10-27
SARDINES.
0oW AND WHERE THE PAI.ATABI E
LITTLE FISH ARE CAUGHT AND
PACKED SUPERIORITY OF
THOSE FROM FRANCE.

1he government has published an interesting
report on the French sardine industry prepared
oy Hugh NJ Smith for the Fish and Fisheries
oustry is discussed. The writer thinks that the
supJect is of particular interest TO Americans
because Of the large consumption Of sardines
IN tAls country. The importation of French
sardines into the United States is worth about
Slcccso a year. The industry gave employ
fnent TO 3l.S1l fishermen in France last wear:
oiS4 boats, with tonnage of ;52o S63 and val
ueG at 1884 633 francs. Were engaged in the
sardine service and the apparatus employed was
worth more than 100000 francs With this
army OF men, fleet and capital lis 6:,3 400
pounds of sardines were taken and sent to all
parts Of the world.
IN enumerating the various sarsines the
writer mentions those of the West Indies and
florlda. California, Chill, Japan and New-Zea-
land, but speaks OF the French variety as the
best The fish takes its name from the island
o. Sardinia, in the Mediterranean where il is
abundant. Like other free swimming oceanic
hsh, the sardine varies in abundance from year
TO year, but there is evidence that the ex-
tensive fishing is affecting any permanent re-
cuction of the supply. Brittany is the centre
OF the canning industry giving employment to
upward of 21.opO fishermen and 4.G11 boats.
There are many fisheries on the Mediterranean
coast. but the catches are comparatively small.
The fishing is done exclusively with gill nets
and these are dyed a bright greenish blue and
the pi,tLresqueness OF the wharf scenes. The
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The German army includes more
than 10000 musicians.
Bees suck over 100000 flowers to
gather one pound of honey.
Twenty-eight different kinds of
food are needed TO feed the animals
in the Berlin zoo.
The average distance travelled by
British locomotive engine drivers is
from $4,000 10 $4,000 miles every year.
There are about 10000 drivers in the
United Kingdom.
Emperor William has ordered all
German officers on leave in France,
in places where there is no garrison, TO
report their arrival 10 the local civil
authorities within the first a hours.
With a view of preventing dust
from accumulating on the line and
blowing into the carriages, the whole
OF the London & Northwestern main
line from London TO Carlisle is now
ballasted with clean granite chip
pings in place of cinders.
The pig, as is well known, will de-
stroy and eat rattlesnakes with i'm
punity. II is said that the poison is
not sufficiently introduced into the
circulation TO cause death, owing TO
the thick, adipose layer with which
the domesticated pig is covered.
AT the Brooklyn navy yard work
has begun on two novel targets which
are shortly to be used in testing the
new Gathman gun. Each target viii
represent a brOadside section of the
battleship Iowa, and viii have the
same resisting power as the armor
of that vessel. They are 10 cost S4O,-
OnO-
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
MEN AND AFFAIRS AT HOME.

Rev. Theodore Cuyler, of the Lafa-
yette Presbyterian church. Brooklyn.
has refused his consent to the erec-
ton Of a monument of himself in
Cuyler park, Brooklyn.
United States Senator John P.
Jones. of Nevada, has over $4,000 in
vested in orange growing near Los
Angeles, Cal, and has become quite
an exert judge of the fruit.
Mr. Jean Fuqua Beckham, wife OF
the EJvernor of kentucky, is only %
We old She met the present gov
ernor while he was speaker of the
Kentucky house of representatives.
, President Mckinley is planning to
make a trip 10 the northwest early
next summer, visiting Washington,
RECON and the northern belt Of states,
taking in the Yellowstone park, which
-hf bAs never seen.
y Chairman Burton and II members
of the river and harbOr committee,
after their return from Alaska, eX-
,ect 10 visit the finland empire"
They viii inspect the Columbia and
Snake rivers from Portland, Ore, TO
Lewiston, Idaho.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12

apartment house Whirl away TO. the
summer gardens for an ice and :
breath of air. But the girl who owns
a set Of steps in fee simple or by lease
murmurs mo" 10 the invitation of
her caller, drops down on the steps
beside him when he has finished
squeezing the lemons and huns the
honeysuckle song while he is hunting
for the right quotation. After that II
depends on the size of his salary
whether they wait month or year.
Crafty bachelors who know of the
porch party seek the chairs on the
landing. for the man who takes 10 the
steps IS lost. Bores and ineligibles
swallow their root beer in the mau-
soleum of the back parlor. An invita-
ton TO sit on the steps is equivalent
to a rating in the family Bradstreet,
and the young man who draws the
GOLF cushion ranks with the double
As. Confirmed cynics rail at the
groups in the shadows, chanting
"Spoon. spoon. spoon" 10 a certain
popular air as they drift down the
street. But both Romeo Of Halsted
street and Romeo Of Drexel boulevard
catch the same disease, and Minnie
O'Connor and Mss Vivian are one in
the knowledge that the porch party
wins q solitaire every time.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
FROM A DOCTORS NOTEBOOK.

Physicians assert that baked Pota-
toes are more nutritious than those
cooked in any other way, and that
fried ones are the most difficult 70
digest.
Prof. Fiusen. of Copenhagen. the
discoverer of the light cure for lu-
pus, is himself an invalid, suffering
from heart disease, but he neyerthe-
less is a t.reless worker.
In 1890 there were only 1855 houses
in Paris draining direct into the sew
ers. The mortality that year was 24.1
per 1000 Of the population. In 1896
the number Of houses draining into
sewers was 9.46O and the mortality
was reduced o 10 per 1000.
German surgeons have discovered
that the delicate membrane which
covers the contents Of an egg viii an
swer as we'll as bits of skin from a
human being 10 start the healing OF
open wounds which would not other
wise heal. The discovery has already
been success Sfu.lY tested.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12

The bird was very excited. 1t jumped
up and down, screaming and talking all
the while, but none of the Rehwalds
were in sight. The neighbors then be-
gan an investigation from the outside.
which revealed the fact that a burglar
had forced the front window with a
chiSel and thus succeeded in gaining ac-
cess to the house. He had gathered up
q lot Of valuab,es, including several
new pairs Of shoes, and had stacked his
plunder up ready for removal, N a
front room, when the idea came into
his head to explore the kitchen, prob
ably for eatab,es.
This action turned out very unfor-
tunateIy for the daylight thief, as the
parrot no sooner espied the intruder
than he set up an unearthIy racket,
which so scared the burglar that he
fed precipitately without taking the
trouble to gather up his loot. When
quiet had been restored the polly
became unusually ausrere and pos
itively refused 10 give the de-
tective a description Of the thief.
The bird is a big Mexican parrot,
possessed of a coPious vocabulary
as well as a current knowledge of sew
eTal living languages. The detective
addressed the parrot in Irish AMI Span
ish. but his talk had no effect, the bird
positively refusing 10 hold converse
with the man from police headquar-
tiers. greatly 10 the surprise of the
cOngregated neighbOrs, who have an
idea that this particular polly is almost
supfrhuman.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
Frogs Do Not Swallow Water.

At a recent meeting of naturalistS
at Chicago Mr.. H. H. Donaldson de-
scribed experiments with frogs, tend
ing to show that those animals rapid
~ absorb water through the pores
of the skin. He emphasized the fact
that frogs never take water by the
mouth. On being exposed for sew
eral hours to dry air, the frogs ex-
perimented with lost Il per cent. Of
their weight, but this was nearly all
regained within q hours when they
were placed in a dish containing wa.
ter only one centimeter in depth
Youths Companion.
The Washington bee., 1901-10-12
Where Defects Prove Geauineness.

Where Defects Prove Genuineness.
The best test for rubies and emer-
aids, says DR.. Emmanuel Friedlaender
of Berlin, is microscopic examination.
Nearly every ruby and all emeralds
have many defects which are so char
acteristic that the expert can reeog-
nize them, and which cannot be pro-
duced in artificial stones. True emer-
aids have minute Enclosures of liquids
and curious dendrites. Sapphirss also
show peculiar netlike formations. A
magnifying power of 100 diameters
suffices to reveal the characteristic de-
fects. For diamonds a good test il
that of hardness. \ genuine diamond
cannot be scratched by a file or by
quartz, and q ruby should stand a
similar test: but emerald is not much
harder than quartz, and cracks easily.
Youths Companion.