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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
Be Charitable

to your horses as we'll as to your
self. You need not suffer from
pains of any sort-your horses need
not suffer. Try a bottle of Bal
lard's Snow Liniment. 1t cures
all pains j. M. Roberts, Bakers
field, Mo-, writes: 81 have used
your liniment for ten years and
find it to be the best | have ever
used for man or beast" B. B.
Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21
Pneumonia Pollowsa Cola

but never follows the use of Foleys'
Honey and Tar. 1t stops the
cough, heals and strengthens the
lungs and prevents pneumonia.
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TALES OF THE TOWN;

TALES Of THE TOWN
The older we grow, the NOR
disguised We become with the mar
who invented hooks and eys.
1t is mighty hard to keep up {
mans interest in thing after be
finds he isn't going to get anything
out of it.
We never had an ambition tc
get into daily newspaper Office.
Ole issue a week is plenty for
yours truly.
The man who refuses to try for
fear of failure has not learned
that success is won by the lessons
taught by failure.
The woman who works over
ten dollar dress By the addition of
fifteen dollars worth Of new trim
ming thinks she has practiced econ
omy.
There are people who will ar
que that carp. cod fish and linn
burger cheese are good to eat. We
will not argue the question. Some
body can have ours.
Please. marin, said the tramp
as he appeared at the back door OF
residence, 81 have lost leg"
sect out" the woman yelled as
she slammed the door in his face,
81 haven't got it,
81 thought you said youwere 60
ing to bring friend home to dinner
with you this EVENING"" snapped
Mrs. Jates ashley seated themselves
at beautifully appointed table.
"He couldn't come. - John answer
ed quite calmly. And then, with no
little enjoyment, the clever fellow
fell to upon the first decent meal he
had sat down to for some weeks.
An attorney was hired by a farm
er who had sued railroad company
for damages because the train had
run over and killed his COW. Be- :
fore the court the man made this !
brilliant plea: "Gentlmen of the
jury, if the train had been run as
slow as it should have been run, 2
if the bell had been rung, or the
had been blown. as it 9
should have been blew, none of q
which was did, the COW would
have been uninjured when she was d
killed. a
This is the way men think a GER c.
ain incident in the Bible should O
nave been written: And Eve, be-
ng tempted, did eat of the apple,
ind when she knew that she had q,
inned she made up her mind to T
ret Adam into it too, and told him Ii
o take bite; that it wa good. W
No, Eve he replied with firm
less, ''it would be wrong, and l !,
ant do wrong" "But you must 81
at with me- she insisted. He
gain refused, and when sweet W
oaxings and angry threatenings 10
allied, she, being stronger than W
ldam, and made still stronger by al
er anger at his refusal, threw him eN
) the ground Holding him pros vi
ate with one hand, she forced his CT
TVS apart with the other. and then
ounded piece of forbidden fruit no
Ito his throat. But Adam, almost wi
Uniting with exhaustion and hor- Co
,r at the sin, still refused to swal- OIL
w it, whereupon sh4 held his cle
ose, and made it go down. ny
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Notice to Grazer,.
Sawtooth and Payette national Forests.

SaWtooIh and PayeIte NatIonaI Forests.
Boise. Ida. Nov. 4 1907
Applications for permits for grazing privilege
in the Sawtooth and Payette National Forests
must be filed with the Supervisor on or before
December sth. 1897
The rate FOR sheep will be seven ceutS per
head, horses thirty five cents, and cattle twenty
five cents for the summer season. For further
information address the Supervisor at Boise.
Ida
Z. GRASDJEAN, Forest Supervisor.
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The Emmett Hotel
MRS. STALEY, Propr.

Nicel6 furnished rooms and clean,
well cooked. Prices reasonable.
The patronage of the travelling pub
lie solicited.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

The man who refuses to try for
fear of failure has not learned
that success is won by the lessons
taught by failure.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

The older we grow, the more
disguised We become with the man
who invented hooks and eys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

The woman who works over a
ten dollar dress by the addition of
fifteen dollars worth Of new trim
ming thinks she has practiced econ
omy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

1t is mighty hard to keep up a
mans interest in thing after he
finds he isn't going to get anything
out of it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

There are people who will ar
que that carp. cod fish and linn
burger cheese are good to eat. We
will not argue the question Some
body can have ours.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

We never had an ambition to
get into daily newspaper Office.
Ole issue week is plenty for
yours truly
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-21

please. marin, said the tramp
as he appeared at the back door OF
residence, 81 have lost a leg"
Sect out, I" the woman yelled as
she slammed the door in his face,
81 haven't got it,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
LARGE Ears Of Forest Animals.

Within the limits of particular groups
large ears may be taken. as q rule. to
indicate either great rowers of hearing.
or the necessity Of catching every
wave of sound. Thus, forest dwelling
animals generally have much larger.
and especially broader. ears than their
relatives inhabiting open country. An
excellent instance Of this is afforded
by the okapi Of the Semliki forest. rs
contrasted with the giraffe of the more
open districts Of Africa-the ears in
the one case being excessively broad
and leaflike, while in the other they
are comparatively narrow and pointed
Similarly Crews zebra, which inhab
its scrub jungles in Somaliland and
northeast Africa generally, has much
larger and wider ears than the ordi
nary zebra of the open veldt.-Scientif
ic American.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
ROAD BEAUT|FY|NG
What Trees Should Be Planted
by the Wayside.
WHY FRUIT TREES ARE USEFUL
Their Yield Would Build Up a Fund
For Maintaining and Improving High
ways-List of Long Lined Shade
Trees Preferred by an Expert.

The question as to what trees should
be set out to give shade and charm to
our thoroushfares is thus answered in
the Good Roads Magazine by l.. {.
Corlett, horticulturist to the depart
ment of agriculture:
1t is known in a general way thai
chestnut, walnut, plum, apple ANA otl'
er fruit trees are used for this purpose
in many foreign countries. 1t is i'll
many cases desirable that the trees
which are to give shade shall also
yield fruit which, when gathered and
sold in the proper season. will build
up Il fund to be used for the main
tenance of the road, or perhaps to be
devoted to the special purpose Of fur
ther beautifying the highway and 50
adding to the material as well as to the
aesthetic value of the neighborins land
Within the confines of the UniteI
States so great Il variety of conditions
exist which bear on this question that
it would seem impossible to designate
q list of trees which will be adapted to
all the road conditions in this country
unless it is desirable to limit the list
to fruit or to nut bearing trees. If
this is the case, the fruit bearing trees
which will be found best adapted to
highway conditions are the apple and
the pear for some localities.
Apples may be planted in all that
part of eastern United States north of
the Carolinas and in the Appalachian
| region even south of that section. West
Of these mountains the apple will servo
as far south as the gulf states and
| westward to the base of the Rocky
mountains, with perhaps the exception
of the northern part Of Minnesota. the
! Dakotas and Montana, where it would
| be well to substitute other plants for
the apple unless the crab apple were
substituted for the commcn apple.
Nut bearing trees which are adapted
to this use in eastern United States
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
Rural Delivery Notes

The readjustment adopted with tn"
increase of upward of SG,UWG00 made
in the appropriation by congress will
involve an aggregate expenditure for
rural service during the next fiscal
year of nearly S35,000.00O. The sched-
ule is as follows: Routes of "a or more
miles, 5000 per annum; % to a miles.
SS64; % to % miles, $50; Is to 90
miles, s72O; 16 to IS miles, $500; II to
1G miles. s540; II to Il miles, S5O4; 10
to 12 miles, $4GS; to 10 miles, 1882:
to miles, 1896.
Information has been received at the
postoffice department that the lesisla-
ture of Tennessee recently enacted a
bill which is now Il law declaring all
roads in that state Travelled By rural
carriers to be public roads and proyid-
ing that all gates Oh such roads shall
be taken down at once. As one of the
| requirements in connection with the
| maintenance of rural delivery service
| is that gates and other Instructions
must be removed from the roads, this
| law will doubtless facilitate the estab-
lishment and continuance of rural de
| livery in Tennessee.
| Rural mail deliveries on a route in
Kenosha county, Wis, have been dis.
continued by the government because
/ of the failure of the community to
keep the roads in satisfactory cOndi-
ton. The community will remain cut
off from delivery service until the roads
are repaired. Other routes in the state
will be deprived Of deliveries unless
travel is made smoother for the car
rers. For some time the postal de
| partneDt has been trying to impress
/ upon the beneiiciaries of rural routes
that they would have to see that tht
roads were in good condition. 1t il
/ said that in cases where warning:
have not been needed and repairs made
drastic action will now be taken.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
Road Surface Repair Plan.

The road commissioners Of Mason
county, Mich, are planning Il real in
noyation in the way OF keeping the
stone roads in that county in repair.
Material for repairs will be stored ut
convenient places for use along the
highways. 4 man will be kept whose
sole duty it will be to see that no hole
or break Is allowed to grow beyond the
mere rut state. He will repair these
breaks as fast as they occur. Hun
dretls of dollars, it is believed, will b.,
saved the county each year by this
plan of dealing with the road surface.
1t is plan adopted by toll road man
agement and has proved to be econom-
ical as we'll as excellent for the road.
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SHADE TREES AS ROAD BEAUTIFIERS.
are the hickory, the walnut and the
butternut for New England and along
south as Georgia. At this point the
distribution of these nut trees should
take a nOrthward turn on the west
side Of the Allegheny mountains. where
they should not be used south of Ken
tucky or farther west than Colorado.
The hickory will not thrive in northern
Iowa, northern Wisconsin, Minnesota
or in the Dakotas.
The black walnut, however, may be
planted over the southern part of Min
nesota, eastern South Dakota, eastern
Nebraska and Kansas.
Personally l believe that as rule
il would he better to select long lined
shade trees than to attempt to COM
bine fruit production with shade and
beauty.
| The following list Of shade trees
would, in my judgment, fulfill the re-
| quirements better than the fruit and
| nut list:
| Elms are desirable, but do not give
as dense canopy as do the naples.
In New England and the middle states
| the sugar maple is one of the most de-
| Sirable and extensively used shade
! trees. If shade more dense than
| that given by the sugar maple is de-
sired, the Norway maple may be plant
ell instead Ithas long been considered
one of the finest shade trees we have
about Washington. From Washing
ton southwark to the Carolinas Il yaii-
! ETY. of shade trees may be employed.
such as the silver maple, which is per,
haps the least desirable of the maple
family. The sycamore has a natural
distribution throughout tlis whole ter,
ritory and is hardy and beautiful. The
oaks offer a number of good shade
| trees, although some grow slowly. In
this family the red oak, the willow
oak and the pin oak are all desirable
for roadside use outside the territory
in which the live oak thrivcs.
In my Judgment. there is no tree
which compares with the live oak for
shade and ornament in regions south
OF the northern latitude of Carolina
This tree might be used to the eXclu
sion Of every other throughout the
southern part of the United States, be
cause it is typical of that region.
For California the pepper tree vii
perhaps supersede everything else as
roadside tree, while in Florida thi
camphor tree might well be used as
substitute for the pepper tree of Cali
fornia. In southernmost Texas the na
i tive palm, which is a magnificent thing
could be used for roadside decoration
In places where the palm will no
thrive nothing l know of will bette
ssrve this purpose than the native anf
the Mexican blackberry.
For the plains of the northwest. in
Guiding the Dakotas and northern Min
nesota, perhaps ta best street tree
4 are the American elm and green ash.
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swered quietly and then began to talk

swered quietly and then began to talk
of something else.
They v-era opening the box in the
sitting room at West Holden when
Alice Brent came in, breathless. She
was n slender girl, with soft eyes.
HAS it Gomez" she cried "How glad
am got here in time
"Yes, but we weren't going to un-
pack it until you came," said Stella.
1--WE just wanted to have it all ready.
It's family treat, to be enjoyed to-
gether."
Jessie's pasteboard box came out
first. as it was on top.
something especially for me. cried
Alice. ''How lovely! But l won't open
1t until the last Take out the other
things, mother, dear"
The other things We're taken out.
One by one Mrs. Brent unfolded them
and laid them in Il pile on the floor.
Not one of the girls ventured to make
remark of any sort, and Alice did
not dare glance at Stella.
''That is all, think. my dears,' said
the mother as she placed on the pile
the white petticoats Carrie had con-
tributed II will put all the things In
my closet and examine them at my
leisure
BLESSED are they who expect moth
ing. for they shall not be disappoint-
| ed,'' remarked Stella.
"Stella.' Mrs. Brent's voice was Cne
| of rebuke Little Ruth began to weep.
Here, let's look at my box, Ruthie.'
| said Alice I'VE mustn't forget that
Probably filed With soiled ribbons
! ana discarded artificial flowers NUT
tered Stella, i'll whose black eyes angry
| tears burned hotly.
With fingers that trembled little,
Alice united the pink ribbon and re-
moved the cover of the box.
"Oh, OH" she said. Mother, look
here. Just see.." AnH then her voice
broke and tears filed her eyes.
| In the box. neatly folded. lay n pret
/ ty white china silk waist trimmed
with lace. a pair of perfectly new tan
/ gloves, three dainty HEndkerchiefs and
twelve Yards Of fine white lawn.
There's some nlist:Ee.' said Stella
"this doesn't agree with tie rest ut all
Probably they will write to have it re
turned
'.Stell:, dear, we couldn't expect
them to send things they could ust
themselves"
No. l suppose not. and I'm an un
thankful wretch. Reggars shouldn't III
choosers. but ana heT voice quivere(
little-..it isn't in NE. somehow, to By
grateful Eeggar.'
Mrs. Brent wrote we'll worded let
ter Of thanks to her cousin.
Il must not neglect to tell you." sh'
said in conclusion, ''of Alices plcasur,
In the contents Of the paste,card box
The pretty gloves and dainty sill
waist fitted her perfectly and she i
busy today making Up the lawn, whicl
will be her best gown all summer"
Aunt Clara bit her lip as she laid tn
letter down.
How ridiculous Of Jessie to sen'
| new things" she mutterel. 'And
was so particular to tell her that any
thing would DO"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
CONVICTS FOR ROAD WORK.
Tribute to Their Value as Highway
Builders.

Builders.
In an address by ] Ohm Craft of Mo-
bile it was stated that the cost to the
farmers of the south is 30 cents per
bale of cotton for an average haul of
eight miles, says an exchange If there
We're good roads, the cost would be
reduced to 16 cents Il bale. Estimat
ing crop at million bales. this
would mean a saving of S340.NW an
nually. 1t costs under present road
conditions % cents to haul Il ton Of
fertilizer a mile. With good roads the
cost would be 8 cents 4 ton.
Il have studied for some years the
problem of working conyicts on our
public roads," said Mr.. Craft, ''ant!
they have proved to be the most eco
nomical road builders to be had. The
convict has long passed the experiment
tai stage for roadmaking." Judge Eve
of Georgia, who has had twenty years
of experience in working convictS rs
road builders, says: .'They are the best
and cheapest road builders. While
working convicts not a single overt act
was committed or a single child, wO-
man or man molested or one dollars
worth of property depredated on.
Mecklenburg county, n. C., has the
finest macadamized roads, and it is be-
ing done with convict labor. 1t costs
an average of % cents a day to guard,
feed and care for convict labor wnen
it is managed on business principles.
AS for the convict himself, statistics
show that 60 per cent of those who arc
worked in the open air, properly fed
and guarded, return to their families
and cease to be charge or menace to
| the state, while of those who are kept
| in prison or worked in mines, ut saw
mills or other similar places 50 per
cent become hardened criminals. Nor
do l think it right to put the honest
wage earners in competition with con-
yict labor or the manufacturing indus
try in competition with the one that
hires cheap convict labor.
Indiana has about 1900 miles OF
good gravel roads. l remember when
| Indiana was considered one of the
! illiterate states of the Union. Today
she is prosperous, and her people are
10 longer ignorant. but the state is
dotted with the finest schools and col
leges.
massachusetts spends more money
than any other state on her public
roads New York has voted to issue
SJOOO0,C0G for her roads to be used il,
the next ten years. New Jersey has
fine roads, which are the best invest
ment the state has Missouri is agi-
tatiny Il bond issue of S2J,OO0,C00 70!
her public roads. The province of On
tario, Canada, has Go,O0o miles of sool1
roads, and from that phenomenal i'm
proveinent has been prosperity to it.
farmers"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
Wide Tires Preserve Roads.

Narrow tires carrying Il heavy load
cut the road surface, making rutS.
thereby letting in the water, which.
when frozen. results in ruin to the
road The use of wide tires, on the 9th
er hand, through the constant process
of rolling, is a benefit to the road. In
foreign countries. especially France.
which enjoys the proud distinction of
having the best roads in the world. the
use of wide tires is required by law.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
RossINrs WATCH.
A Stranger Who Knew More About It
Than the Composer.

Than the Composer.
ROssini, the composer, possessed a
magnificent watch that his king had
and also a musical watch, for it played
the maestro's prayer from Moses In
Egypt" But not until after he had
owned it for six years did he UNDER
stand it fully. Rossini took a boyish
delight in showing it and making 1t
play, and one day he did so while In a
cafe.
A stranger who sat near was attract
ed by the music, and just as Rossini
was going to put it back in his pocket
he stepped up to him and said, You
have a very valuable watch there, sir,
but I'll wager that you do not know
all its capabilities"
Rossini, much surprised, said: Il
have carried 1t now for six years in
honor Of my king 1t has never varied
one minute; it repeats the hour, quar-
ter hour, tells the minutes and the day
of the month and plays, as you have
just heard, the prayer from Moses.
"And yet insist" said the stranger
smilingly, that you do not know your
watch wholly. I'll wager anything
you like-your watch against 10000
| francsv'
ooh, well, If you have 10000 francs
too many I'll take the bet" cried Ros-
sini. But now give me the proof OF
your assertion"
Every well. The watch plays anoth-
er piece of yours, master, and contains
your portrait besides"
Speeches., Rossini saw that when
the stranger touched a spring lid
flew back, disclosing his portrait, while
at the same time it played iii Tanti
Palpiti," from "Tancred"
"Good gracious" he exclaimed, look
ing at his lost watch, lit is true, You
have won the wager. But how could
I know"
The stranger laughed heartily and
handed him back his treasure, saying:
II am the maker Of this watch. Mi
chel Plivee The wager was made in
fun, but l am delighted that you, the
great maestro, take such pleasure in
my work"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
A Calendar.

To the modern world a calendar Is
merely a harmless necessary reminder
of weeks and days to be hung up on
New Years day and consulted in dat
ing letters throughout the year. It has
no such mournful sound as '.calcn-
darium" had for the ancient Romans.
The original calendar of their times
was the money lenders account book.
so called because interest was due
from the debtor on the calends. or first
day Of each month. Seneca speaks OK
calendar as word invented outside
the course Of nature on account Of
human greed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
One Rinq and Another.

II wonder when the ring first be-
came connected with iightingy said
the follower of pugilism. oh" replied
Henpeck. II suppose it dates back TO
the beginning Of the Christian reli-
gion." whats that: What has pugi-
lism TO do with religion!'' ''Oh,
thought you We're speaking Of the we'd
ding ng."-Philadelphia Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
The Doctors Aim.

Some frivolous person has remarked
that illness was like struggle between
two people and that the doctor resem-
bled the third man, who interviewed to
separate them with a club. Sometimes
he hit the disease oil the head and
sometimes the patient.-Hospital.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-08-08
lntermission.

He yelled at the top Of his voice for
two hours and then stopped.
"Well," said his mother, ''are you
going to be good? Have you finished
crying:'
"No,' said Tommy, Il have not fin
ished; Tn only resting"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-05-11
How the Pendulum Was Found.

Like many Of the commonest me
chanical instruments 10 daily use,
the invention OF the pendulum is due
entirely to chance. Calico, when
under twenty years Of age was stand
ing one day in the metropolitan
church OF Pisa, while some painters
were at work on the ceiling Of the
church.
A suspended lamp which was hang
ing before the alter was disturbed In
sJme man~er, and the scientist was
struck with the almost perfect regu
larity with which it swung back and
forth. The idea Of measuring time
by such an instrument found instant
generation In his brain, and he com
ple,ed the system in use TO this day.