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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
wife should study Her Husband.

Wife should study Her Husband.
IL wish girls could all be made to
understand how important It Is for
them 20 study their husbands, and new.
err stop; to know how they will be re-
paid If they do so, and If they try to
realize that they are one, yet with two
different natures, and see II they can
not make the new nature part Of their
own, and adapt their ideas to each
o,her
"Oh, how close together y0u can
grow, and how far apart you could get
II YOU didn't stop to think and try to
understand each other! | know how
much | have to thank good mother
for, and | see 50 many young married
people who seem to be gradually pull
Ing apart without knowing the reason
why.
Never hesitate, girls to speak frank
ly, In Il good, friendly way, about any
thing. Discuss everything you are in
doubt about, and make him understand
that It Is the little things that count
with women. If he forgets some of his
little attentions after you are married
don't keep your grievance 70 yourself;
tell him of it and ask him to try to
remember that It Is these little things
that go to make up your happiness.
Tell him In a nice way and you will
fni that If you are as considerable of
his thoughts and feelings he will grad
ually get where the little things are
never forgotten, and you viii find your
lives growing closer all the time, and
love for you greater instead Of less. |
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
oversiSirts Again.

How fashionable dressmakers do en-
JOY making poor woman miserable
They now assert that oversklrts are
coming 'in,". and although more I'M
esthetlc sartorlal style never afflicted
civilization, that does not keep the gar
ment from being admired by the powers
Of the fashionable world. brown
crepe de chine costume just received
from Paris demonstrates the oyersklrt
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
one Way to XIII Rats.

Here is the method used by one farm
err to clean out rats: On large num-
Der of old shingles he put about half
teaspoonful of molasses each, and on
that, with his pocketknife. he scraped
a small amount of concentrated I've.
He then placed the old shingles around
under the stable doors and under the
cribs The next morning he found for
ty dead rats, and the rest left the farm
for parts unknown. He has cleared
many farms of the pests in the same
way, and has never known it to fail.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Negro Artist Wins Prize.

The $500 Harris prize for the best
painting at the nineteenth annual exhi-
bition of American paintings. now open
at Chicago, has been awarded to Harry
o. Tanner, Pennsylvania negro, for his
work entitled THE Disciples at the
Tomb" Mr. Tanner is Pittsburg art
list, who has studied in the best Paris
studios. His works have been hung in
the Luxembourg, the Carnegie institute,
the Philadelphia academy of fine arts
and elsewhere.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Monument to Pocahontas.

At last Pocahontas is likely to have
monument, there having been for
years much talk on the subject Among
her descendants are the Randolph,
Fairfax and Cabel families of Virginia,
and they, with other descendants in
other parts of the country, have decld-
ed TO erect the monument Ten thou
sand dollars have been raised to that
end
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Month I'm which to Marry.

Girls who are to be married this fal
may be interested in the rhyme fol
autumn weddings:
Married in. gold September's glow
smooth and serene your life will
flow;
Married when leaves in October thin
toll and hardship you begin;
Married in wells of November mist,
Fortune your wedding ring has
kissed;
Married In days of December cheer,
Loves star shines brighter from
year to year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

The ugliest nails can be improved by
taking the trouble to push back the
hard skin that grows at the base of
the nails This should be done after
the hands have been washed in warm
soap and water and are still moist A
soft towel is the best thing to use for
the purpose, or an ivory or bone inn
plement, such as is sold in manicure
sets
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

Melon seeds are best when saved
from the entire melon. Select a fine
specimen; let it remain on the vine
until there are indications of ripeness.
Then gather, put in the sun and
weather until there are indications of
decay. Wash the seed from the pulp
and spread in the shade to dry. Such
seed will keep several years and will
produce fne, vigorous plants.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Cotton Greatest EXPORT Gro,

Cotton is king in export record of the
United States for the fiscal year Just
closed. The total value Of raw cotton
exported, for the first time crossed the
$400,000,000 line, and exceeded by far
the value of any article Of merchandise
sent out of the country. The exports
OF cotton have increased over $780,
100000 since 1901. The manufactured
cotton goods were also larger than
heretofore, and aggregated S53 600
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Work for the Fireside.

One of the popular "fireside" indus
tries which the clubwomen of Missouri
are trying to revive is weaving, and a
pretty occupation for winter evenings
in the country is the weaving of por-
there's. The darkest bands should be
at the bottom, and the colors should
become lighter toward the top. Handy
table looms may be bought for the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
rn rench nousehnld sclence.

Mrs. Tom /. Johnson, wife of the
Mayor Of Cleveland, is one OF the many
wealthy and prominent women Of that
city who are backing a training school
in household science. In two respects
the school is a novelty. In the first
place, 1t offers to board its students
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Methodist Publishing Merger.

After the executive board of the Freed
mans Aid and Southern Educational So
ciety had approved the plan, all of the
publishing interests of the Methodist
Episcopal church had finally been consol-
idated with headquarters at Cincinnati.
This includes the Board of Education So
ciety, the Sunday School Union, the
American Tract Society and Freedman's
Aid Society.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

free, and In the second, 1t proposes to
fit its pupils with special reference to
service in homes of luxury. Among
other things they are to study the de-
pertinent proper to such an environ
ment Only girls who come duly rec
commended will be accepted.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Honey Crops of Enrope.

The United States Consul at Frank
fort, Germany, has been gathering sta
tistics about honey production in Eu-
rope He finds that Germany leads all
European countries, producing 10000
tons from 100000 beehives. Spain
yields 10000 tons; Austria, $4,000
France, 10000; Holland, $500; Bel
gium 1000; Greece, 1,400, and Russia
and Denmark, 900 tons each.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Mnmen no ndd Mnrl..

Among the occupations of the women
Of the United States, as given in the
Technical World, are those of saloon
keeping and bartendlng. There are
2,0s6 saloonkeepers and over 400 wom-
en- bartenders.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
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W
EGG TURNING DEVICE.

bottom of the egg drawer is removed
and the eggs rest upon a roller curtain
cloth, which winds upon a rod with
small crank. Winding the roller a very
short distance turns each egg and
jostles it slightly. A single turn on the
crank will usually be sufficient.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

The henhouse can be made much
warmer, If the walls are thin, by lining
sides and ceiling with tar paper. The
door may be of brick, stone, cement.
dry earth or coal cinders. The latter
is preferable, especially if you are un-
fortunately possessed of a damp house.
Fill In the damp henhorse a foot with
cinders and they will always be dry
on top.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

small sum of SO, and women will find
1t easy to use up their scraps of silk
and other material in making rugs and
portieres that will be quite artistic
when finished, especially now when
they are so fashionable.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Handy Egg Turner.

When keeping eggs for Matching they
should be turned frequently. The
sketch shows a combination egg drawer
and turner which is very, effective. The
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10
Sad Loo OF Russinn Girl students

There Is said to be terrible distress
among the Russian girl students at
French universities. Their families are
ruined by the recent disturbances, are
unable to send Them money, and some
Of them are subsisting on a few cents
a day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

satisfactory since individual taste will
have a chance of asserting itself As
ito the materials which will be most in
evidence, silks and satins of the soft
est texture will lead the way, made up
in the simplest styles imaginable, with
long flowing skirts, all innocent of any
kind of trimming, beyond perhaps a
velvet hem, in a darker shade of the
same color, as that of the gown.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

have proved it and speak from my
own happiness, and four years of try
ing hard to live up to my mothers pre-
cepts."-Good Housekeeping.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

in low boxes of convenient size for
handling, at distance apart equal to
about twice their diameter, and so they
will just show above the surface.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-01-10

their keynote, and very wide variety
from which to choose in the way of
shape and design, style and color. Ev-
erything that is becoming is permissi-
BILE, and no hard and fast rules are
laid down as to the shape of bodice
or the cut of n skirt. 1t will be a diff
hcult season, no doubt, for the dress
since so much will be left to
them to originate and design but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Stsrm Sewers in Into C''y

u,au, storm sewers have been bullt l., 4...- .apiu1s expanding city since the present century was ushered in, and today in consequence of this neg lectful policy we are in sore need of storm sewers that will cost in the long run about $8o0,O00 One-half of this sum will be assessed on abutting property holders, and the other half must be borne by the city at large.
 No one proposes to build these sew CTS speedily. Many years may be con sumed before they are all put in. The most needful storm sewers will be built IS we go along, and bonds not exceeding s1ooooo will be issued per year.
 ne qualified voters are to pass upon the proposition to issue $400,000 of bonds for storm sewer purposes on September Is. This is ample notice, and ample time is needed in which to educate the people up to the merits of the proposition. If all can be il. ght to see how needful more storm sewers are in this city-how Il uch they will benefit property val ues and promote the public health the vote in September will be we'll nigh unanimous. The issue Is deeply important, and 1t Is the duty of every intelligent citizen to extend at every opportunity the storm sewer proposi. tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
KIRBY ROSE FROM POVERTY.

Kirby was a poor boy, raised in east Texas His educational advantages were quite limited. He studied law in the office of Congressman Sam Bronson Cooper, and after practicing that pro- fesson for some time turned to financial and timber-land operations. Some seven years ago he formed the sl00oo,000 capi- tai Kirby Lumber company, a combina- ton of lumber concerns called by some Texans the trust" His capital was not big enough at first, and largely as a result of certain deals with ratrick Cal houn, who was indicted in San Francisco recently, the Kirby Lumber company and the Houston Oil company, a com panion concern, were forced into the hands of receivers, one of whom is Cecil A. Lyon, the republican boss of the Lone Star state. Former Congressman and Gov. Joseph D. Saxers, was master in chancery Despite the recelvership, or, perhaps because of it, the value of the properties has increased enormously, and now Kirby is one of the richest men in the south. So great is his wealth that his bond for approximately s3.50O,0O0 was accepted without question. Two years or more ago the millionaire was indicted and tried on a charge of misconduct in connection with the affairs of an Aus tin bank of which he was president With two other officers of the concern. he was acquitted after a long trial. which brought out much feeling between politi- cal and commercial factions and cliques. Kirby lives at Houston, where he has one of the handsomest homes in the state. His age Is forty-seyen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
 Hobsonian Doctrine Rampant

The outcome of the Hohsonian wave that Is now sweeping over the land ic to be the firing of the American heart by sending all our battleships to the Pacific to stay there and the building of as many more to steam up and down in sight of Newport and Oyster Bay. Hobson called for a bil. lion-dollar fleet, and he may secure 1t. for things are going his way. He is a man of rare luck, and the acts of Secretary Metcalfe are giving him a coveted opportunity-at Chautauquas at any rate.
 When Newport finds itself shipless, will 1t not demand at least twenty battleships? Harry Lehr may demand twice that number, all to be we'll equipped with trained monkeys who know how to dine in style.
 It will be held that the country must do this In order 10 Koep our Dattie- ships from racing to and fro through the Straits of Magellan. The argu- ment is, in short, complete-we must have a billton-dcllar navy, and Con- gr ssman Richmond Pearson Hobson becomes at once the logical occupant
 Lor t1 build a navy around those figures. The Hague be hanged, and horse sense is no longer "Tt" in this country, espe- cially among the hoodlums of San Francisco who began this midsummer madness
 < The New Orleans Picayune declines to join the Hobsonian movement It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
BARRIERS SENSITIVE TO HEIGHT

From the New fork sun.
 'I heard something new in the barber ing bushes this morning. said the gray headed man. "I am occupying a room on the top floor of a skyscrapng apartment hotel. This morning I sent for barber to come up and shave me. He came, but when he saw to what an altitude he had attained he looked uneasy.
 Would it inconvenience you to come down to the regular barber shop?' he asked.
 I answered that 1t would not partic- nlarly put me out, but that l would like to know the reason for his request
 The fact is he said, I never like to shave anybody at this distance above the ground. No barber likes to- We seem to be particularly sensitive to height. It makes us nervous. Most barbers will not undertake a job above vertain number of feet in the air. Of course, if you insist I will shave you here, but you would probably get a better shave ten floors below this one
 Well, just out of natural cussedness I refused to humor the fellows whim. Al a consequence he nearly cut my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10

says We should get rid of the Philip pines "as speedily as possible" It goes on to say: "The recent misunder- standing with Japan would never have given us any occasion at all for un- easiness were it not for the Philip. pines. Japan would be no match for us if it were merely a question of de- lending cur own coasts and boundar- ies, but when it comes to keeping her out of the Philippines the situation is entirely different. It can thus be seen that the Philippines may become a source of humiliation to us at any time"
 The islands are not fortified. "As, ;" says the Picayune, i've have never seen fit to fortify the leading ports of the Philippines, 1t would be practi- cally impossible to defend them in the event of war" The Picayune declines to accept the Hobsonian billion-dollar scheme, preferrlng instead a little horse senso in the determination of SO grave matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Weeds and Mosquitoes.

"On each side of my residence there is vacant lot partly evergreen with tall rank weeds and party a poor of water, a veritable hatchery for mosqui- tos," said resident on one of the ave nues, "and I want to know what i'm to do about it.
 "On each of these lots a real estate agent has sign, for sale and no doubt the sanitary officer could find out the name of the owner and serve him with notice to abate the nuisance'o or else let the sanitation department of the city abate the nuisance and charge it against the property.
 The owners of vacant lots in the city of Birmingham are quietly sitting back while their property Is every day be- coming more and more valuable, and this without one cents worth of improve ments They will not even spend few dollars to keep down the weeds or fill ia the low places where water lodges nearly all the year round. nor will they do a single thing to add to the beauty or pros perity of the city, but they are ever ready to raise the price of the lot when anything occurs in the neighborhood which is calculated to add to its value.
 'It the city can put down sidewalks and pavements and charge up the owners with the cost and even go so far as to sell the property to recover the cost of making these improvements, I think it could equally as well protect the health of the citizens by enforcing the abate ment of nuisances on private property"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
Taxable Values in This County

Taxable values that are uneven is simply a dangerous form of public injustice, and Back Tax Commissioner Thompson and the new state tax con- mission should strive first of all to equalize values for taxation purposes within the county. When that is ac- complished then equalization as among the sixty-seven counties of the state becomes & serious and intricate problem, Perhaps the two will be car ried oh simultaneously.
 Commissioner Thompson shows a great deal of laudable spunk in the battle he Is conducting. When he fights for equalization he Is on solid ground. He Is fighting to do away with a species of robbery that has long existed-so long that some of the favored property holders seem to think they have a right to rob their neigh bors by putting on them taxes that they themselves had evaded through unequal and unduly low valuations of their property.
 Let Mir Thompson proceed as he has started. He Is fighting In a cause that is most just. He is trying to undo a scandal that has gone on from time out of mind. Let him disregard the syndicate that has been formed to prevent the adoption of equalization and proper taxable values. No man ever had juster cause, and the 22,- coo small property owners will cer- tainly line up behind him wholly re- gardless of what the heavy tax dodg- CTS may do or may desire. On his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 N VERY time one of the great racing GO events of the season occurs the 0 newspapers vie with one another to supply to their readers vivid and pie turesque accounts of the event. A spc- cial class of descriptive writer's has grown up among working Journalists of late years who pride themselves much more upon their capacity to produce a pretty mental picture than to explain how or why the favorite was beaten or a rank selling plater'' carried off the honors that seemingly belonged to other horses, judged by what is fancifully described as public form" or past performance"
 While turning this subject over in mind last evening I took up Sophocles and read the splendid account of a chariot race in the grand tragedy of Electra" Nothing finer In the way of description ever was put on paper. is a bit of reporting on the part of Sophecles, although in the tragedy the story describing the death of Orestes Is false To such of my read CTS as are familiar with the Electra brief condensation of the narrative will be made (Act II, Scene ID:
 The event Is at the Delphian stadium, and is open to the world. There are 10 &C., ceptances, including competitors from all parts of Greece. An Aetolian with chest nut horses, Macedonian with a white team, one contestant each from Sparta, Athens, Boeotia and Achaia; Orestes ap- pears with horses of Thessalian breed; one representative of Asia Minor and two from I,ibya. Africa. The race was run at daybreak. It had been preceded by the drawing of lots for places. This was a curious performance as practiced by the heralds. All names of contestants were written upon tablets, these were shaken together in a helmet, and then thrown upon the ground; the tablet that flew farthest had first choice and the others in the order of places upon the ground.
 A blast from a brazen trumpet was the signal for the start. We can hear the unl- versal shout: They're off" Here's a running paraphrase of Sophocles:
 Forth at the trumpets sound they rushed, as at one bound; the drivers shook their glittering reins and lashed their foaming coursers Der the plain Loud was the din of rattling cars in- volved in dusty clouds; close on each other prest the rival youths, and turned together all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10

ly would have shower bath In my house, and I may add that it is far safer to take a shower bath in a public bath house than to take a tub bath. for un= less the tub is properly cleansed there Is risk of catching a contagious skin disease if the person preceding was troubled that way.
 T remember seeing in a livery stable yard in Baltimore several standpipes, erected and fitted with the shower appar- atus and when the horses came in after being driven around the city. they were turned loose and immediately made to- ward the shower and 1t required no words to tell how much they enjoyed 1t. For hot weather like we are having in this city at present the shower bath Is a luxury which must be experienced to Def ully understood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10
A light heart lives long.
 Loves Labor Lost.
Skyscraners Increasing

J. G. Farley has projected a ten story steel-frame building for Twenti- eth street at the corner of Third ave- nue. and J. L. Chalifoux of Lowell, Mass. will put up as speedily as good construction will permit & handsome building on First avenue at the corner of Nineteenth street. The formation of Birmingham's new sky line is thus progressing finely. No. will per hans be long-expected and much desired skyscraper hotel, which is in- deed a long-felt want.
 The putting up of steel frame build ings is evidence of the confidence Of investors in the permanency of this city's growth and prosperity. Invest DTS do not erect buildings that Hst from s250,000 up to four times amount unless they have asst
 that this city Is to be endur
 prosperously so at that. No
 has been built here by u.,
 capital, and probably none vii.
 the next ten years. After ten years have elapsed Birmingham will prob ably be able to finance It's own mod ern buildings no matter how large or expensive they may be.