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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-06-27
AMERICAN RAILROADS AS THEY
ARE TO-DAY.

mha ,o,,ou,nu figures. inst compiled.
.,o. tho STATISTICS OF the American
rai,ro.ds for 1900.
Iooreo,te trackage of United States,
81, o0o n,iles
Total locomotives about 10000.
Tote, c.r. freight and passenger,
,hout 2oOOO,oOo.
TotaI nr,vate cars about 10000.
snsnt IN rolling stock during past
.,obt years approximately $500, Ooo,-
Mo-
Total trackaee under block system,
"a 1aa mjIes
Not Capitalization of railroads, e12,-
SOC oOo 600
Capitalization per track mile, about
slo oOo
Number Of stockholders, about 225,-
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GOOD
Short Stories
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Once at dinner, Liszt's hostess cried
In Mortified voice, that there were
thirteen at table. Don't let that alarm
you, madam" said Lisa, with q re-
assuring smile "I'll eat for two"
| The late Baroness Burdett-Coutts
used to relate with keen pleasure 4
story of the Duke Of Wellington and
Soult. On the first occasion the duke
took soult Into Apsley House, the lat
ter WAS surprised at the absence OF
pictures he had known in Madrid.
How Is 1t, Monsieur lie Due" he said,
that you have so few of the Spanish
masterpecesT Marshal, you forget,
replied the duke, that my army was
only in Madrid after the one COM
manded by yourself"
Commodore Guest, some thirty years
ago In command Of the navy yard at
Portsmouth, N. H., one day saw la
borer making some repairs on the side
walk In front of the officers quarters.
At that time 1t WAS not the practice,
40 AOWt III OluCclb W WCdl tliSAi hAAi
forms when about the yard, and the
commodate, not having his on, the Ia
borer did not recognize him nor pay
any attention to his criticism or sug-
gestions Of the way to do the work.
This nettled the commodore and pro-
voked him to ask with some spirit: DO
you know who l am? My man, am
the commandant % To this the other
replied suavely: BE COB, you have a
fine Job; take good care Of 1t, sor."
Beef was very scarce in Ladysmlth
during the siege, but General Sir Ian
Hamilton, then a colonel, insisted that
horse is not half bad when properly
cooked and when one Is used to 1t. In
fact" he said, concluding discussion,
81 have joint cooked tonight, which
1 hope you will all sample. OF course,
there's beef, too-to-night!" Every one
at the table preferred the beef, with
the exception Of Colonies Ward and
Ian Hamilton, who ostentatfousiy
carved generous slices from the horse
flesh" The dinner was nearly over
when one Of the servants whispered a
communication to Ward Up he sprang.
TIN distressed, gentlemen" he an
nounced to the startled company. "A
silly mistake has been made. Those
Joints were mixed up somehow and you
have, been eating the horse! I'm really
annoyed. But l hope you'll be con-
WINGED now that the meat Is splendid
eatingI I'm sure you all seemed to
enjoy 1t" Chances were exchanged;
were twirled. Nobody SEEM
Cd ready with a response. Then a
voice from the bottom Of the table
pped up "Oh, don't distress yourself,
Ward. l thought some mistake had
been made; 50 I Just changed those
diahes as they stood on the sideboard-
1t was you and Hamilton had the
horsehesh all right"
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Fruit Tree Planting.

For fruit tree planting, when the
sub-soll is clay and apt to be water
logged, not only should it be well drain
ed first, but the bottoms of the holes
In which the trees are planted should
have placed In them some coarse rubble,
to act as drainage also. Apart from
such material helping to keep the roots
out OF the clay below, it serves also to
keep them fairly dry and aerated, and
that Is very important for the future
health of the trees In making holes
on such ground, throw out to fully
three feet wide and twelve inches deep.
Into each hole then put four inches Of
old brick and mortar material, or
cllnker, OF other hard, coarse material,
well trodden and leveled. Upon that
put, If obtalnable, pieces of turf, upside
down, then three inches of soil, and
plant the trees. In that way not only
will the roots be kept near the surface
and be healthy, but because the trees
are on slight mounds, they can be fed
each summer with mulch Of manure.
Too much trouble can not be taken In
planting trees on stiff soil, TO keep the
roots near the surface.
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Feeding Animals.

In the feeding Of animals the farm.
er, by his knowledge Of the difference
between hesh-forming foods and those
that form fat, Is enabled to so combine
the different foods as to provide for
all their wants. Knowing that the "al-
buminoids" heterogeneous foods) pro
duce muscle clean mean) and milk, he
should, In order to allow for heat and
fat balance" the foods for the purpose
of avoiding too much of the one kind
and not enough of the other. On an
average, the proportion of heterogeneous
foods to the carbonaceous Is as one to
six (though the proportion may vary,
according to circumstances), or, rath-
Or. he should add six times as much q
the carbonanecous as no does of the nj
trogenous- The conditions. however,
Affect the proportions, as less carbon II
required In summer than In winter,
hence during the warm season tho nj
trogon may be increased and the car
bon diminished but, II the weather II
very cold, the proportion Of carbona-
ceous matter, on the contrary, should
Do Increased.
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A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.


OF all the secrets held by the lotsam
and jetsam OF many years, none is
stranger than that Of the beeswax Of
the Oregon beaches. Long before the
white man came to the great North
west by ship or pralrie-schooner, vessels
from the Orient had skirted the coast
Bits of wreckage have told the story
Of Chinese 1unks gone to pieces on the
shore but the most curious evidence OF
this Eastern traffic has been found on
the Oregon coast, south of the Column
bia River. Mr.. Clarke gives an ac-
count of this treasure trove in his "Pfo-
neer Days."
When Lewis and Clark made their
famous expedition, they learned that
the native Indians of Oregon had for
many years found Jumps of beeswax ON
the sandy shores
Beeswax is practically indestructible
In water, but these pieces had pounded
in the surf until they were black and
battered almost beyond recognition.
In 1914 Henry. engaged In the fur
trade, wrote an account of finding
masses Of this wax. The pieces were
scattered over a wide stretch of coast,
and were now covered, now uncovered
by the blowing sand. Some of the
Jumps were seftened into all shapes and
sizes by the heat of the sun, and bleach
ed nearly white. Others were square,
and stamped with strange characters.
In 1895 a Mr.. Howell, walking on
the beach, saw something exposed In
the sand. 1t proved to be the corner of
some large squares of beeswax weigh
ing several tons. Many smaller blocks
were also found, all bearing the stamp
ed letters 1 II S. Besides these squares
Of wax quantities Of large candles were
discovered. In looking up the matter,
1t was learned that as far back asfec-
ords ran these tapers had been found
with the wax on the shore.
or course the explanation may be
that some Oriental ship bearing church
supplies for mission farther south
went to pieces on the Oregon coast
many, many years ago; but what
should a ship bound for Mexico or
South America be doing so far north,
and what use could any mission have
for such an enormous quantity of wax7
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! Frequently two crops may be had on
the same plot during the year, such as
early peas followed by late cabbage, or
turnips may follow onions; but the
soil should be rich and we'll supplied
with manure or fertilizer. One advan-
tage with small garden Is that during
the dry season some of the crops can
be watered by the use of the hose or
sprinkler. inexperienced persons should
not expect complete success the first
year, but there IL nothing too dificult
to learn, and the second year should
prove satisfactory II the season does
not become too dry. The principal
small fruits are blackberries, strawber-
rles and raspberrles, but gooseberries,
currants and grapes are also Included.
The most profitable fruits are those
that receive attention during the entire
year. The strawberry will thrive and
bear well with but little cultivation on
some soils. and often receives no care
after the plants have been set out, 9th
er than to run the cultlyator down the
rows once or twice, but 1t will pay well
for any extra labor that may be APP
piled, however The largest berries are
grown from plants In single stools, but
the largest yields are obtained from the
matted row system. The first essential
is to get the young plants in the ground
as soon as possible, so as to afford them
an opportunity to grow and make head
way before the dry season comes on.
High winds and dry soil will make
quick work of young plants. The rows
should be just wide enough apart to
admit of the use of the horse hoe, and
the ground should be kept very loose
around the plants In order to guard
against drought as much as possible.
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Cu1tivatinx the Garden.


The majority Of farmers give but lit
tie attention to gardening. They regard
the spade, hoe and rake as implements
which involve too much time and Ia
Dor. If 4 farmer desires TO grow 4
corp of any kind he prefers to DO the
work with pillow and cultivator, and in
a wholesale manner. This repugnance'
to using the small tools, In order to
grow supply of vegetables, has been
the cause Of deprlving hundreds of
farmers of luxuries that would have
cost but little IL they had considered
the value Of the crops from garden,
and also the real cost compared with
crop Of grain or potatoes But there
are, however, some farmers and their
wives who know how garden helps
to make a farm enjoyable, and they
are the ones who will now enjoy the
work of planting the seeds of the many
different kinds of vegetables, for there
Is no portion of farm life so agreeable
as that Of preparing the ground In the
spring for the garden. There has been
an advance In the system of gardening.
While the hoe, rake and spade still
hold place in the list of garden tools,
yet they have been superseded mainly
by the single and double wheeled hoes
and seed drills, which save time and
labor and which can be used for doing
good work.
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Considerable pinerence.

The young man had gone to Greenby
for the summer for the purpose OF Sc
curing piano pupils When at last he
gave Recital" In the town hall, he
sent tickets to the Greenby Clarion,
the editor OF which promised him
good notice.
At the close of the recital the editor
sought the musician and said, cor
daily:
"Such an exhibition as you've given
Is enough to whet the ambition of all
our young folks, and l shall say so In
my notice"
The musician thanked him; but ow-
ing TO a slight mistake on tho part of
the typesetter, he found 1t hard to be
as grateful the next day, when he
read:
"Such an exhibition as this young
man who has come among us gave this
afternoon was enough to wet the ambi-
ton Of every boy and girl In town"
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In the home garden care should be
taken to see that the soil Is pressed
down firmly after the seeds are in. The
result will be to bring the moisture to
the surface and hasten the eermina-
ton of the seeds. AS soon as the seed
lings appear, however, the garden
should be gone over with rake to loos-
en- up the surface and form a mulch,
the purpose being to prevent the mois-
ture from escaping. A smooth, hard
surface will be followed by loss Of
much moisture which will be brought
to the surface by the capillary action.
When the surface Is constantly stirred
and kept loose and free, this capillary
action is retarded and the moisture Is
retained to support the plants. This
point Is very important one, and ANA
teur gardeners will ind 1t to their adj
vantage to bear these facts In mind.
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One OF the most important fruits OF
the establishment Of tho Mount Rose
weather observatory in the Sierra Ne
vada near Reno. New, at an elevation
Of 10000 feet, is The discovery Of rule
by which the appearance of frost in the
Truckee and Carson valleys below may
be predicted with positive assurance
from twenty-four to thlrty-six hours In
advance
BY comparing relative meteorological
data for San Francisco and Reno at
600 feet elevation, and Mount Rose,
10000 feet elevation, constant CORE
spondence is observed between fall In
pressure and fall in temperature, ena-
bling frost representations to be made
with certainty. The station was estab-
lished originally with the Idea of gath
ering information which would be avail
able in predicting the weather condi-
lions for the districts farther east.
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.oyvtnn Corn for Fodder.

The silo has opened advantages to
dairymen In other countries where corn
does not mature In England, where
the conditions are unfavorable for the
production OF matured crops Of corn,
the farmers SOW corn for fodder, store
1t In the silo. then grow crop of tur-
nips on the land, from which they took
the fodder. The same system can be
practiced In this country, but our farm
ers are content with one crop, and thus
do not derive as much from the land as
Is possible to be obtained. The land in
England is high. and farmers pay high
rents, but they do not hesitate to use
manures and fertilizers freely, securing
large crops In return.
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A Curious Needle.

A former king of Prussia one day
visited a needle mandatory In his do
minions to see what machinery, aided
by the human hand, could produce. He
saw number of needles, called super
fine, thousands of which put together
did not weigh half an ounce, and ex-
pressed his establishment that such MI
mute objects could be pierced with an
eye. At this the borer-the workman
whose business 1t Is to bore the eyes
in the needles asked for hair from
the kings head 1t was readily given,
when the workman placed 1t under the
boring machine, made hole In II with
the greatest care, furnished 1t with
thread, and then handed the singular
needle to the king.
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woman Barber Making Money.

Chicago boasts Of woman barber
In the stock yards district, who is the
proprietor of shop running eight
chairs, and who employs only women
assistants. 1t is said that she clear
over $50 a week This energetic per
son also runs bath rooms In connec-
ton with her shop, acts as agent for
laundry and baggage express
company, sells cigars, tobacco, sta
tionery, newspapers aud periodicals.
She puts In the few spare minutes she
has at her command, after attending
to these varied enterprises, by making
her own clothing on the sewing ma
chine.
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starting EARLY Potatoes.

AS soon as the frost Is out, select
a sloping piece Of ground on the south
side of a building and dig one or more
trenches, 2 feet wide and IS inches
deep, In which 1 put about s inches of
horse manure, well tramped down, and
cover with or inches Of soil. In
this firmly press half potatoes In rows
2 or 3 inches apart and cover with 3
or 4 inches of soil and with coarse sta
BILE litter at night and during cold days,
removing it entirely when the weather
Is warm and danger of frost is over.
Water frequently with tepid water.
When the sprouts are or more inches
high, take them up by running spade
under the manure, allowing all that
will to stick to the potato and roots
Transplant in deep furrow In which
has been dropped some potato fertilizer.
d. NJ. Niver.
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HOId GIorI.u

As all our little readers know, "Old
Glory" is a pet name for our national
flag, but do they know who chrlstened
1t so2 An apparently authentic &C
count gives William Driver of Salem,
Mass, the honor OF being the first to
use the name. He was, In 1881, cap
tain of the brig Charles Doggett, and
being about to start on a voyage to the
South Pacific, he was presented with
a large American flag for his vessel.
When 1t was sent up aloft, and broke
out to the air, Captain Driver chris
tened 1t "Old Glory"
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THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
What This Great British Institution
Represents.

What This Great British Institution
Represents.
At first sight there Is not much like
ness between the comfortable country
gentlemen, retired lawyers, blase men
of fashion and liberal subscribers to
party funds, who now drop into rather
than frequent their magnificent hall,
and 1.-THE mail covered barons, who
proudly to battle led their vassals from
Europe to Palestine's plain" in the
days of the Henrys and Edwards, but
in one point the house has always
maintained Its character through CEN
turies-it is an aristocracy of birth, but
1t Is still more emphatically one OF
wealth. The law of entail and primo
geniture has kept the landed estates
together as far as the law can. Many
have passed by heiresses to new names
or been sold by spendthrift lords many
holders Of ancient titles have lost the
wealth that gilded their ancestors cor
onets, but new peers are almost al
ways rich, and a title Is still an at
traction to an heiress. We sometimes
hear that the House Of Lords repre-
sents nothing This Is false. 1t repre-
SCENTS property. Tennyson's new Lin
colnshre farmer, whose horses hoofs
trotted '@proputty, proputty, proputty,
is the type of vast number OF En-
glishmen. Such men are not only con-
tent, but proud, to be represented by
the House of Lords. They know that
as long as the lords have their say
"proputty" will have stanch body OF
cha1npions.-William Ever /
EFT, In Atlantic.
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Two Pleasant Roads.

The road that led to the school
house was straight road When Con
stance stepped out from her front gate
she could look down the broad, pleas
ant street and see other little girls
starting out from their homes, ana at
the foot of the street the brown school
house for which they we're all bound
There was another way to go to
school BY going out the back gate
and across the field, then through
shady wood OF white blrches and over
"a brook. Constance thought this much
the nicer way to go to school; but
mother liked the straight road, because
then she could watch her little girl all
the way
The brook was bridged by narrow
plank, which gave" In the center; that
IL, 1t would bend down toward the
water when Constance jumped up and
down on 1t, and then spring back Into
place.
Usually Constance would ask, May
20 10 school over the brook this
morning. motherf" And usually Mrs.
Gray would reply. mot this morning,
my dear" But now and then she would
smile and say, "Will my little girl be
very carefulT And then Constance
would go happily Off across the field.
One morning, when Mrs. Gray was
very busy. Constance did not ask, but
started Off toward the brook. 1t was
a morning in early spring, and there
were pleasant things to see. The vio-
lets were In blossom along by the
fences, and the willows were showing
q delicate green as they leaned over
the brook.
When Constance came near the
brook she saw little circle In the
water, exactly as II pebble had been
dropped In. As Constance looked, an
other ripple came across the smooth
water. and she caught glimpse of
something dark and shining, with fiecks
OF color. "a trout I" exclaimed the lit
tie girl. "a truly troutW and she
went out on the narrow board as care
fully as possible. When she reached
the center, where the plank gave"
she stopped and looked eagerly down
at the sandy bottom OF the brook, hop
Ing for another sight of the shining
fish She leaned over just trifle too
far. and splash and there was little
girl In the water and frightened trout
scurrylng toward the shore.
IL was shallow little stream and
Constance easily waded ashore, her
bingham dress all wet and dripping,
aud her pretty tan shoes all dark and
soggy with water She went back
Through the pretty wood and down
across the field and in at the back
door, and stood before her mother.
'1rhe brook |" exclaimed her mother
''Oh. yesl" walled Constance.
But mother smiled and hurried her
Into dry stockings and shoes and a
fresh Bingham dress, and went down |
10 the front gate with her, and stood |
watching the little girl till she was
safe In the school house door
Constance looked back along the |
pleasant street to where her mother
stood at the gate. 80 dear met" she
whispered to herself. 81 don't see why
4 ever thought the brook was the pleas
ATTEST way to school when l can see
my mother this way by Just looking for
her" and waving her hand toward the
front gate, Constance went In to school,
Youths Companion.
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Lime for Fungi.

There is a fungus which sometimes
attacks carrots and turnips, causing de
cay at the roots, or misshapen
growth, or whitening of the leaves.
This may be prevented by liberal SOW
Ing of air-slaked lime upon the soil,
thirty or forty bushels per acre, and
narrowing 1t in before the seed Is sown,
as the fungus lives In the soil. But 1t
Is usually better and cheaper to put
the root crops on new land where this
fungus has never appeared.
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HE DIED FIGHTING.
How Prince Louis Napoleon Wa
Killed by the ZuIus.

How Prince Louis Napoleon WA
Killed by the ZuIus.
How Prince Louis Napoleon was
killed by the Zulus June l, 1879, Is told
graphically In the book by Sir Evelyn
Wood, who took part in that war. The
little party which the prince accompa-
MED was surprised and attackedk Sir
Evelyn writes: THE Zulus In pursuit
ran first after the two white soldiers
who were on the tanks, three or four
men, headed by Labanga, following the
prince. His horse had jumped Just as
he was mounting, and his sword fell
out of It's scabbard. He was very ac-
tive and was vaulting on his horse In
motion when the wallet on the front of
the ground, being at this time only
sixty yards behind the (British) fugi-
lives There were seven men who ac-
tually fought the prince. When Langa-
lebele, pursuing the fugitives, first saw
Labanga. he was running away from
the prince, who was rushing atShlm.
Labanga, crouching In the grass, threw
an assagai at him The first assagai
stuck in the princes thigh, and, with
drawing 1t from the wound, he kept hiS
foes at bay for some minutes. In the
natives words: He fought like lion.
He fred two shots, but without effect,
and threw an assagai at him, which
struck him, as l said at the time, but
1 always allowed Labanga's claim to
have killed him, for his assagai hit the
prince In the left shoulder, mortal
wound"
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swine Mango.

Mango on swine is caused by filth
and unnatural conditions. 1t Is due
to minute parasites, which burrow I'M
der the skin. 1t cannot be easily cured,
but If the animals are thoroughly scrub
bed on a warm day, using carbolic
acid in soap suds, then anointed with
a mixture of four parts of lard and
one part kerosene, two or three times,
rs well as given clean quarters, the
mango will disappear If the animals are
then kept clean.
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Care of the Colt.

This IL a season when attention can
be given to the colt, and II foaled last
fall 1t may be weaned before spring
work beginA A colt soon learns to eat
ground oats, and it will thrive and
grow II such is allowed, in addition to
the milk 1t receives from its dam. Colts
should DO kept warm In wintsr, but
should b. given an opportunity 10 exer-
elsa
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81 don't believe they will be able to
come said Lottle looking out OF the
play-room window. because, see how
fast 1t Is ralnlng!"
''rhen we shall not have much OF a
birthday cried Charlie. her little twin
brother. staring sadly at the clouds, az