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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-11
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A Quief Occa.inn

There Is a Western town 30 full Of
family feuds and quarrels Of all sorts
that the account of any festivity there
is quite sure to contain items Of any
thing but peaceable nature.
A recent wedding in the town pre-
sented such unusual features that 1t
was spoken Of with wonder by all the.
inhabitants.
never saw anything pass off as
pretty and calm as Bud and BRIDES
wedding in all my days." said one of
the invited guests week after the We'd
ding. why, there wasn't single casu-
atty excepting Bert Leroy's black eye,
and we got Hun Saunders off him with
out half trying, You know we did.
There didn't seem to be any what
you might call family feelings at that
wedding, anyhow"
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Knew No States Rights.

No criminal could ever get away
from "Big Sim" by the cross-country
method. He is familiar with every
foot Of ground in eastern Nevada and
can outtrail ki-yo-te. AS deputy sher-
If of Eureka he engaged in several
long chases, always with success. His
capture of a horse thief known as
Spanish Abe" was the toast of Eureka
| for many day.
This Spanish Abe" was a bad actor
who made 1t business to appropriate
stray cattle and the blooded mares of
the neighborhood. With a companion
he was finally rounded up and incarce-
rated in the Eureka Jail. The next
night, however, the criminals forced
the window Of their cell and took to
the brush, mounted on the feetest ami
mails they could steal. big Sim" hours
later "hit the trair' in pursuit. Span
ish Abe" turned toward Utah and was
changing horses along the road.
big Sim," renewing his mount like
wise and cutting cross country. gained
on the fugitives In the desert. Pur-
sued and pursuer had been riding con-
tinuously and the horses were giving
way under the strain. But big Sim"
kept on, and they say he was well into
Utah-near Fillmore, to be specific
when he brought Spanish Abe" and
his companion upon level with his
gun and clapped on the handouts.
you amt got no right to take us,
Slm," the Spaniard whined. Were In
Utah"
Rats !" big Sim" replied. I'm no
Come on."-White Pine
New, News.
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MisjudHed IL.

Uncle Zeb, from considerable dis
lance beyond the suburbs, In the course
of his wanderines about the city had
strolled into an art gallery, and was In
specting the paintings that hung on the
wall. He stopped In front of large
picture representing big. wooden. di-
lapldated factory, from the doors OF
which a multitude OF men and boys
were hastily emerging, some OF them al
most falling over one another In their
scramble to get out
IL reckon l can guess the name Of
that paintln'." remarked Uncle Zeb,
with broad smile.
yes" said tho artist, scentlng pos
sible purchase by an eccentric but cley-
er customer. That ought not to be hard
to guess"
Its The Earthquake amt itY'
"No," responded the disguised artist.
TITS The Noon Hour"
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Plausible Rnn.nninH

A chicken stealing slave In Ken,
lucky. before the war. though very re,
llgious, used TO lift chicken when.
ever he got a chance. One day the
slave was caught red-handed In the
henhouse, and hailed before his master.
"what have you got to say for your
self. Calhoun" the master demanded,
you, with your religious professions,
stealing chlckensl"
"Well, boss" the slave answered,
''Ah's youahs, an de chickens is youahs
-an' hain't dey still youahs. viewer
dey's inside me or outside mer'
Calhoun thought moment. Then
be concluded:
cor, boss, look at hit disway. You'se
got less chicken, but youse got more
niggah-'
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Il is sad the women do not want
pockets, or course they don't. They
are loyal TO the style They don't
make themselves unhappy thinking
what ought TO be. They take the fash
ions as they come and make themselves
as happy and beautiful as Il is possible
10 be and they succeed wonderfully.
But when Jennie comes home and tells
William that she doesn't know whore
abe left her pocketbook and says there
was s27.45 in Il be arises In state OF
submerged wrath and goes up into tho
bathroom and denounces NJ. Blanc and
all his Partisan gang In words almost
profane. But does that do any goodf
Not particle. The world swims along
as before and In the swim is the pock.
edess woman. as radiant and serene as
II there We're no husbands In the world
10 cross their fowery psths So what's
the use-the birds sing their own tunes.
the flowers breathe their own fragrance
and the women 90 without pockets lust
the same.
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Those who wouId Have, Must GIVE

Those VINO Would Have, Must Give
What would you think Of rose thai
would say to Itself, II cannot afford tc
give away to strangers all my beauty
and sweetness ] must keep 1t for my.
self. | will roll up my petals of beau
ty | Will withhold this fragrance for
myself. 1t Is wasteful extravaganza 30
give these things away But behold,
the moment II tries to store up, to
withhold them from others, they van
ish. The fragrance, the beauty, do not
exist In the unopened bud. 1t IL only
when the rose begins to open itself, to
exhibit Its petals, to give Its secret, It's
life, to others. that Its beauty and fra
GRANGE are developed.
So selfishness defeats Its own ends.
lie who refuses to give himself for
others, who closes the petals Of his
and withholds the frag-
rance of his sympathy and love, finds
that he loses the very things he hoped
to gain. The very springs Of his man
hood dry up. His finer nature be-
comes petrifled. He grows deaf to the
cries for help from his fellowmen. His
tears are dried UP. and he stares at
without wincing.
Refuse to open your purse, and soon
you cannot open your sympathy. Re
use to love, and soon you lose the
lower to love. Your affections are
'aralyzed, your sympathy atrophied
rom disuse, and you become a moral
ripple.
But the moment you open wider tho |
oor Of your narrow life, and, like the |
ose, send out freely your fragrance
nd beauty upon every passerby,
'hether peasant or millionaire, you be-
In to develop marvellous power
ucceSS
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WIT or THE YOUNGSTERS.

Little Margie after her first week at
school said to her mother: Mamma.
do J. know as much now as you don't
known
Sunday School Teacher-Some little
boys are good and some others are bad.
What kind 60 to heaven2 Small John
ny-Dead ones.
Mabel Jagged 6)-Ain't you afraid Of
our big dog? The Parson Every thin)
No, my dear. He wouldn't make
much Of meal off me- Mabel-Oh.
but he likes bones best
Willie-This paper says another oc-
togenarian is dead. What's an octoge-
marian, anyway? Flossie-I don+
know, but they must be awfully sickly.
They are nearly always dying.
A little boy on his first visit to the
country was greatly interested In a
row of sitting hens, which he saw In
the poultry yard. When he came back
to the house, he ran to his mother.
with delight at his discovery, saying.
"Oh, mother, 1 saw a row of old hens
sick abed !"
Richardson is in the primary depart
ment this year, having graduated him
self from the kindergarten, he
thought "all nonsense, and convulses
us with his learning. The very first
day he announced that he had learned
to spell hat. When asked to do 50, he
said, "i-c-a." "Oh, mol" 1 exclaimed.
Hat" but he shook his head grave
ly. They don't spell it that way now.
Perhaps they did when you were lit
tie girl. Why, didn't the teacher draw
a picture of hat on the board and tell
the class to say, I see hat'Y
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The Court warmed

"Bill, old boy" said the prisoner to
che justice, Il want you to pay par
ticker attention while I'm Amazing
of this here statement.
Don't address the court as Bill
sir" said the justice, "or I'll fine you
for contempt"
Ihats all right, William" replied
the prisoner, I'VE wuz growed up to-
gether an ! reckon you feel as digni-
ned as alligator on log In mill
pond up thar, but ef you decide this
case agin me, Lord help you when
Ketch you in the middle O. the road. Go
on with your observation-disclosures
Constitution.
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whom DID Cain Marryr

This question has puzzled a great
many people. The Bible says that he
went into the land OF Nod, where he
found wife; is 1t not, therefore, a
reasonable conclusion that people
lived in the land OF Nod who were not
Of Adams immediate family7 Some
eminent Bible scholars say that II
would be rash to assume that II under
takes to give history OF the whole
human race; that the aim OF the old
writer's, specifically, was to give a his
tory of the Israelltes, and to trace
their ancestral connections and their
divine origin. Therefore, the history
OF the fathers of mankind, before the
Deluge, is sketched only 80 far as was
considered necessary to connect the
Hebrews with the patriarchal race, and
through that race with the creation OF
the first man and the first woman. 1t
seems probable. therefore, that other
human beings besides Adams family
were living on the earth at the time of
Cain, and that the old writer's did not
think II necessary to trace out all the
branches to establish tho
descent of the Hebrews from the irst
family In Eden
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Every reader of history Is struck by
the similarity between the civilization
OF Rome and that of Greece, In ancient
times, but every one does not under
stand 1t 1t Is explained by the con-
slant intercourse between the two coun-
tries after the subJugation of Greece
by the Romans, In the second century,
b. Q. II was from the Greeks that the
Romans got their knowledge Of art,
learning and philosophy, and their
fanciful system Of mythology. In fact,
Roman civilization was only a repro
duction Of that Of Greece on a larger
scale.
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"Dementia Americana" was an I'M
lucky phrase for Harry Thaw. 1t was
not supported by circumstances In his
case, and therefore had the opposite
! effect from that which was Intended
by Mr. Delmas. But there Is another
1 kind OF dementla from which there Is
no doubt young Thaw has long suffered
| That is dementia pecuniae. the mental
| decay that steals upon the children OF
the rich In this country. Not all rich
mems sons are afflicted with 1t, but
some OF them are. The victim Of de-
mentla pecunlae Is one who, being In
possession OF great wealth which he
has not made and OF the value of
which, consequently, he Is quite ignor-
ant, gives himself up to enjoyment. He
Is idle to begin with, and idleness is
fatal. He gratlhes every desire that
can be purchased, and most can be.
He lives In luxury, which is bad for
any human being, however strong. He
does not educate himself, often being,
like Thaw, unable even to write let
ter above the intelligence of 10-year-
old child. He does not discipline his
mind but allows 1t to wander wherever
It may, thus losing the powers of con-
secutlve thought and concentration. He
abuses his senses and 80 dulls them,
until at last they have to be excited
by powerful stimulants. Generally he
has Inherited a tendency toward ner-
yous disease, for the process of making
great wealth has not Improved his
fathers health, and strengthens this 1
by the excessive use of tobacco, liquor
and sometimes Of drugs. A man In
this state has no reason and no will,
speaking. He literally can
not resist any Impulse, except through
the operation Of fear; aud too often
such man, accustomed to find money
does not fear even JUS
tice, which he thinks can be bought,
like everything else. Fortunately, men
Of this character are seldom interested
enough In anything to commit serious
crimes, but II the temptation should
come to them they would find II Inn
possible to resist. The life OF Thaw !
should be a warning to rich men who
nave sons. They should give their ]
money TO public charity rather than to S
,oys who would be ruined by It.
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When Christ becomes and remains
a great reality, there comes into life
the experience of the power OF Jesus
Christ to break the force of tempta-
ton, to lift the burden of sin which
settles down on the conscience as the
result of ones wrongdolng In the past,
to dissolve doubts and perplexities
with reference to the points of Chris
tian faith, and to wonderfully relieve
the heart in time of trial and sorrow
and when the battle presses hard
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The New Heart.

Religion does not tell us to give
things up, but rather gives us some
thing so much better than they give
themselves up. Instead of telling peo-
pie to give up things we are safer to
tell them to seek first the kingdom of
God" and then they Will get new
things and better things and the old
things will drop Of themselves. This
is what Is meant by the new heart
Henry Drummond
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element In any great human character
There Is no living without 1t. Religion
is the tie that connects man with his
Creator, and holds him to his throne.
II that tie Is sundered or broken, he
floats away a worthless atom In the
universe, Its proper attractions all gone,
Its destiny thwarted, and It's whole fu-
ture nothing but darkness, desolation,
and death. A man with no sense of re-
ligous duty Is he whom the Scriptures
describe In 80 tcrse but terrific man
ner, az Giving without hope and with
out God In the world" Such man IL
out OF his proper being, out OF the cir
Gle of all his happiness, and away, far,
far away from the purposes Of his Gre
Webster.
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What blessed and glorious thing
human existence would be n we fully
realized that the Infinitely wise and in
finitely powerful God loves each one OF
us, with an intensity infinitely beyond
what the most fervid human spirit ever
felt toward another, and with a con
centration as IL he had none else to
think Of! And his love has brought us
into being, just that we might be
taught to enter into full sympathy with
him, receiving his own-giving our own,
thus entering Into the JOY Of our Lord
This Is the hope-the sure and certain
hope-set before us-sure and certain
for the mountains shall depart, and
the hills be removed but my kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall
the covenant Of my peace be removed,
saith the Lord that hath mercy on
thee. Thomas Erskine.
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Although the phenomenon has beei
observed since man has existed, TN
true nature Of sleep and what cause
1t are practically mysteries to-day. AL
recognize the necessity Of sleep ant
know that 1t is the sovereign remedy
for fatigue-'tired natures sweet re
storer."
This fact has led to the theory that
sleep is induced by the poisons which
are known to be formed and passed In
to the blood stream during wearying
exercise of mind or body. The theory
is that these polsons benumb the
nerve-center controlling the circulation
in the brain, with a consequent reduc-
ton in the blood supply; this 'ane-
mia" of the brain produces uncon-
seriousness, or sleep, during which the
activities Of body and mind are re-
pressed, the formation of fatigue poi
sons" is arrested, and those already
formed and circulating in the blood are
eliminated.
When this has taken place the puri-
fed blood again nourlshes and stimu-
lates the circulation center, an in
creased volume of blood flows to the
brain, and the subject awakes, renew
ed in spirit and flesh, and ready for
the labors of the day.
This explanation is only a theoreti-
cal one, but it is plausible. Whatever
may produce 1t and whether 1t is a
cause or an accompaniment, we know
that a lessened blood supply in the
brain is associated with healthy sleep,
and that cerebral excitement and con-
gestion must be overcome before nor
NAL sleep can take place.
The relation of the circulation to
sleep Is seen In the alternate drowsi- |
ness and insomnia of the very aged. |
While sitting up they are drowsy and |
cannot keep their eyes open, but the |
minute they lie down the power to |
sleep forsakes them. This is probably |
1ue to the fact that the arteries have
ost their tone While the subject sits
Up the blood sinks away from the brain
because the weakened heart is unable to
yercome the pull Of gravity; but when
'e lies down the blood trickles into the
essels Of the brain and the smaller ar
cries are passively dilated by its pres
ure. OF course the process is not quite
0 purely mechanical as this, for no one
ould live with such fiabby arteries, but
he force of gravity does act in a meas
re-
The treatment Of this form of insom-
la of the aged Is not In the giving of
ypnotics, but Of something that will
me up the blood-vessels, such as a cup
hot beef tea, of not too strong tea, or
ven of weak coffee-a paradox, since (,
lese things are usually supposed to be
imical to sleep.-Youth's Companion.
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An English court lately sentenced to
imprisonment for twelve months the
manager OF an insolyent bank who had
issued deceptive circulars to induce the
public TO deposit money in the lnstitu-
ton One OF the charges on which the
man was convicted was that he had
published false balnnce-sheets, lndlcat-
Ing that ten thousand pounds had been
deposited, when no such sum was rep
resented on the books The English
laws relating to false and fraudulent
statements in advertisements are much
more stringent than those In this coun-
try. There are notorious financial ad-
yertlsers In the United States who
would be serving terms In prison II
the laws permitted the punishment OF
those who Issue misleading and deep
tive statements.
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A rostrum, as you all know, Is a plat
form for public speakers; did you ever
hear how the name origlnatedH It's
rather queer story. In the days Of
old Rome, it was the custom to fash
Ion the bow Of war vessel like the
beak OF bird, and one OF these bows,
taken from a ship captured by the Ro-
mans, was brought to the city as a tro-
ply and placed in the Forum, where 1t
was subsequently used by speakers
when they addressed the people.
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would you please give poor man
a diner"
"My dear sir replied the philan-
thropist, you have not grasped the
first principle of charity. A dime would
be of small avail, but with $40 you
could do something. Still, am favor
able to your plea. You hustle $500
and the desired dime is yours
But supposing that meanwhile
starve to death?"
an that case" responded the phil
anthropist, you would not need even
the 10 cents "-Phlladelp Ledger.
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Definition Is likely to fall. The small
boy listens TO long lecture on being
honorable, and on being asked, do you
understand It now? replies gloomily,
Yes, It's being great deal better
than you need to be. when nobody's GO
Ing to know whether you are or not ="
Example Is better than argument for
the Inspiration OF the child, and he
will respond quickly to the high appeal
when IL is made through a genuine
case. Two nickels were given to
small boy as he was going to Sunday
were intended for the offertory, he kept
one. His wise mother told him the sim
pie story OF a llttle-known act OF Sir
Richard Wallace. BY the will OF Lord
HEREFORD, Sir Richard Inherited a great
many valuable works OF art and con-
siderable fortune. Some time after he
came into possession Of the beQuest he
learned through common friend that
Lord Hartford had intended to alter
his will no ms to give large sum OF
money to some other relatives. Can
you give me the particulars and the
he inquired. His informant |
was able to do 30, and he at once turn
ed over to the persons $500 000-a large |
sum, even TO a man OF his wealth A |
friend asked Sir Richard, "Can you
afford to do that7 Have you enough /
eftr Quick as thought he replied
with the maxim OF Publlus Syrus:
What is left when honor Is lostf"
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or the Congressman who have served
since the foundation OF this govern
ment. more than twelve thousand lndi-
vlduals, only thirU-four have served
twenty years or more. The longest
service was that OF John II. Ketcham
OF New York, who served thlrty-three
years, and was member when he
died. Mr.. Cameron, who comes next.
has served thirty two years. Since he
is elected to the next Congress, he
viii. II he lives to the end OF his term.
take the first place in the list OF vet
Grams.
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A little sentiment which Mr.. Cleve-
land put forth ON his 10th birthday,
and by which the occasion might well
be remembered II believe that we
must set ourselves against the fallacy
that city life is the easier and more
productive OF happiness. Mr.. Cleye-
land has had ample experience OF life,
both In the city and In the country.
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But stu Busy.

"a young man in these days" re
marked the advocate of the strenuous
life, 'has got to be well armed for the
fray and to keep his arms busy. What
is your son doing with his?'
II believe" replied the fond father,
with side glance toward the eonser-
vatory. that at present his arms are
going to walst"-Baltimor American.
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The boys and girls should remember
that the abbreviation, etc, means "and
other things" and may not, therefore,
be applied to persons. 1t stands for
the Latin words, ct cetera, of the neu-
ter gender. The symbol &c is only an
other form Of etc, the & taking the
place of the conjunction ct
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A Connecticut man came home the
other night and found that his wife
bad eloped with burglar. That he
was no professional burglar was evil
denced by the fact that he left every
thing OF value.
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rho Year Rererrcd TO,

"pe Ritter tells me- said Gadd,e.
"tha: for n whole year he didn't write
thing that was worth while"
Yes, l believe It took him year to
write that latest novel OF hia"-PhiIa-
delphla Press.
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Children can ask thousands of ques-
tions that are difficult TO answer but q
woman seldom meets more perplexlng
moment than when her little boy asks
her for the first time, what is honor,
motherT II is gloriously untranslat-
able word. Yet It must be explained,
and 80 explained as to show itself, like
wisdom, more precious than rubies.
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A Georgia bride demurred at the
word obey" In the ceremony. but said
she would try" to obey her husband.
II she does that, It will be a good deal
more than most married women do.
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The clubwoman giggled.

The clubwoman giggled.
you know, my husbands birthday
is next week." she said, land Il"
Laughter overcame her for the mo-
mont.
and l have been taking a cigar
out of his case every day for the last
three months. Well" she went on.
"I've got hundred now, and I'll give
them to him for birthday present"
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Avn 1nai.p.n..h,. r1em.nt.

Political and professional fame can
not last forever, but conscience void
Of onsnse before God and man Is an In
heritance for eternity. Religion, there
tors, u necessary, an Indispensable
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Not a MoIder of Opinion.

Are you going to favor government
control OF rallways?"
That depends" answered Senator
Sorghum.
ION what9"
ION the preference indicated by the
men whose votes need. Washington
Star.