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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
Daddy Long Legs.

He is also called the harvest spider
But he isn't true spider-nor an
insect.
He belongs to the family known as
Phalanglidae.
Eight long legs help him to get along
In the world.
He has four long legs and four about
half length.
All his legs spring from body which
is grotesquely small.
They are benefit to US, as they
subsist on plant lice and other insects.
During the day he is usually quiet,
save on cloudy days, which he mistakes
for twilight.
He passes the winter In the egg state,
Matching in the spring and becoming
full-grown in summer
In the North their bodies are rather
small and their legs comparatively
short. The legs of Mississippi speci-
men measured nearly four inches.
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In the Northwest in the Territories of
! Washington and Oregon until the Civil
War.
Kautz served through the peninsular
campaign until just before South Noun
tain, when he was appointed colonel Of
the Second Ohio Cavalry. His regi-
ment was ordered to Camp Chase,
Ohio, there to remount and refit; and
there Kautz remained until April,
1868, when he led cavalry brigade
into Kentucky.
In July, 1868, the famous raider,
John Morgan, menaced the inhabitants
of Ohio. Kautz prevented the famous
chief from crossing the Ohio and en-
gagged in his capture and pursuit. 1t
was after this that Kautz was trans
ferred to Virginia, where, on the 9th
Of June, 1864 he entered Petersburg
with a small cavalry command. He
ed the advance of the Wilson raid,
which cut the roads leading from Rich
mond to the south.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

pearl and draped, empire-wise in sill
very satin and chiffon, who wants to-
advertise her husbands wife. AS they
enter the lift tall westerner, with the.
sombrero hat of fiction In his hand,
turns to glance at them; an oriental
visitor favors them with a bold stare
out Of full, dark eyes; a New Yorker
hurrying to late business appoint
ment with a man from Chicago does.
not even vouchsafe them a second
glance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

The favorable impression which Jap
anese make upon people of other ma
lions Is largely due TO their courtesy,
good manners, and the taste they dis
play In doing the most ordinary things.
When the crews of the japanese war
ships which lately visited New York
were allowed shore liberty, they had
their choice between spending the day
on the Bowery, the delight Of every
sailors heart, and visiting Grants
tomb They went to the tomb. Is there
any other nation the sailors OF which
would use their shore leave in paying
their respects to a national hero of the
people they are visiting?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

The English government has been en-
gagged In the auction sale of some most
costly national toys. Instead of selling
a lot OF obsolete warships to recruit the
navy Of some second-rate power the
government has chosen to knock them
down, guns and all, under the auction
GERS hammer, to be broken up by the
purchasers. Among these pretty ma
tlonal playthlngs is the famous first
class battleshlp Sans Parell, OF 1O,47O
tons, which cost S3,032,OG5 to build and
was knocked down for $4,000. The
whole lot was sold off at the same or
greater depreciation from the original
cost. 1t Is estimated that the warshlps
OF the nations rapidly become so obso-
lete that in twenty years they are fit
only to be broken up for more useful
purposes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
TIGER MEDICINE.
N~N~N~~N0~0@~

The Maharaja of Jammu had at one
time the distinction of possessing tn,
finest male tiger kept In captivity any
where in the world Perclyal Landon
In "Under the Sum-" describes this
beast and tells a strangely interesting
story, which he declares is strictly true
in regard to 1t.
The tiger, a glorious brute of white
and orange and black, with steel sinews
and teeth like Sikh daggers, lay sulkily
In his cage and growled. Madam, the
attendant, spoke to the tiger, and as
he did so the beast flung himself furl-
ously against the fimsy bars. The
keeper put his slender hand under his
clothing, and pulled out little white
bag.
Some years ago the tiger had found
that the little back door OF his den was
open. The assistant OF the little menag-
erie returned to And him loose In the
garden, and fed.
In half an hour Jammu's streets were
as those Of a dead city. No man him
dered the tiger, and he glided silently
down the main street of the town,
beautiful vision OF orange and black
striped death. He reached the jungle,
and vanished.
An hour later Madam came back TO
his work, and heard the news A few
minutes nfterward another solitary fig
ure made Its way down the still empty
street. He had no weapon. He had a
little white bag in his hand, and was
soon lost to sight In the jungle.
An hour later he returned, barehead- |
ed In the sun. At his heels, fawning
and kittenlsh, slouched the tiger, and /
round It's neck was loosely tied one end /
Of Nadauns white pugree. II was the
little white bag that had done 1t.
would your honors like to see the
effect OF this medlclne7" Madam put
his hand into the bag and scattered a
few whitish grains inside the bars. In
a moment the tiger was upon them,
out the tinlest bit of what
ever it was. In fifteen seconds he was
On his back, beating the air with his
huge paws like a kitten at play.
Madam very naturally refused to al
low us to look closely at the powder.
It was his livelihood, he said, and his
secret, II our honors would pardon him,
must be kept.
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A few months ago 1t was announced
that the italian government had con-
sented TO a proposal of Prof Waldstein
OF Cambridge university that there
should be an international excavation
OF Herculaneum. 1t appears that on
further consideration, the government
has rejected the proposal, and no for
eign aid will be accepted for the exca-
walton of these or any other ancient
ruins. This is much to be regretted. as
Italy is not in a financial condition 10
provide funds for an effective prosecu-
ton of the work. Although Hercula-
neum itself may not suffer by the delay.
there are other sites which cry aloud
for speedy excavation, for valuable eyi.
dence is in their case being DESTROYED
daily by the march of modern I'M
proyement"
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DIED A BEGGAR.
me Pathetic Career of John Stow,
the English Antiquary

John Stow, the celebrated English,
antlquary, was a remarkable man. He,
was born Of poor parents about 1928,
and brought up to the tailors trade.
For forty years his life was passed
among needles and thread, but In the
few leisure hours which his trade al
lowed him he had always been a fond
reader of legends, chronicles, histories
and all that told of the times that
were past. BY such reading he grey
TO be so attached to old memoirs that
when about forty years of age he
threw down his needle, devoted him
self to collecting them and followed
his new profession with the faith and
enthusiasm of an apostle Short Of
means, he made long journeys afoot
to hunt over and ransack colleges and
monasteries, and, no matter how worn.
and torn might be the rags of old pa
pers which he found, he kept all, re-
viewing, connecting, copying, compar--
ing, annotating, with truly wonderful
ability and good sense. Arrived at
fourscore years and no longer capable
of earning a livelihood, he applied to.
the king, and James l., consenting to.
his petition, granted to the man who.
had saved treasures of memoirs for
English history the favor of wearing a.
beggar's garb and asking aims at.
church doors. In this abject state fur
gotten and despised, he died two years.
ater
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

where we stand we know not, for EST
as we have learned from Mr.. GladsI~ne
and DR.. Fletcher that each mouthful
OF food should be chewed patiently
from 20 to 100 times, according to the
substance thereof, along comes DR..
Wiley and warns us against the dan
ger of too much chewing. Rather should
we bolt our food, after the manner Of
the intelligent dog, for notably in the
case of meat much chewing Is the fore
runner OF serious indigestion. And
| when we have meellly accepted this
doctrine up rises physician, fresh and
rudy from his sixteen days fast and
| tells us not to eat at all, but drink
coplously of sparkling water, for eat
Ing Is a vile habit productive of many
diseases Of the digestive organs. Still
bewlldered we are constrained to re-
sort to a cold bath, which is much ad-
mired Of certain medical gentlemen
On the brink OF the tub Los Angeles
expert halts us and assurs us that no
body ever did enjoy cold bath, and
that, moreover, It Is as dangerous as 1t
Is unpleasant. We heat the water,
and again we are checked by an Eng
llsh scientist, who warns us to forbear
from soap If we must battle because,
as the Lancet admits, soap is the cause |
OF ''the frequent inability Of the Anglo
Saxon to resist disease Even the
fact that If we die we die clean cannot |
entirely reconcile us to the thought of
n premature demise And so, unfed,
we go about our daily bust
ness or seek In germ-lnfested sheets the
sweet oblivion OF all that makes life
one perpetual menace. Assuming that
we have slept three hours and a half,
Mr.. Edison wakes us up and assures
us that In excess of slumber we are
our natural resources and
swiftly inviting general debility. We
arise, possibly reluctantly, and await
the next expert opinion as to the de-
velopment OF long and merry life.
Now. In the absence Of testimony from
and old Parr, we must ac-
'ept every suggestion that is offered or
.NJNNA AiiNhi az win "a piuSut " pplh
'our houses" or try to live up to the
OF the grandmothers. These
we're not numerous but they were ex- :
,lanatory and mandatory They In
'olved the general principle, Eat l
lowly; chew your food" without any
pecial enumeration of jaw movements.
hey maintained the doctrine, early
o bed and early to rise" without de- p
ming the exact hours. They insisted
pom the old-fashioned Saturday night Il
oak, with soap and plenty Of 1t. And =
he subjects of this treatment lived to u
fine old age or died young. according e.
8 Providence decreed, and with no "
auntlng fear that sleep, or meat, or =
pap was shortening their days. Arte- W
lus Ward said, 1--WE air governed q
lutch." and Artemus passed away be- 81
IRE. the medical experts and the scien- ~
fic gentry assumed entire charge OF
lr living and dying, even when quar-
cling one with the other. What he
ould say In the present emergency ~
ould require probably all the lngenu-
y of his exuberant spelling.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
A nehtime storr.

Laura settled herself at her mothers
knee, and with upturned face waited
for her bedtime story.
Mother usually told Laura story of
her own youth, and this evening she
began without Introduction:
when l used to be out of temper.
or naughty In any way, grandpa would
call to me, Mary, Mary; take care I
There's mouse in the pantryp
This, of course, made me stop cry
ing, and after wondering a bit, l would
run to the pantry to see whether there
was really a mouse in the trap, but
never found one. So l asked grandma
once what he meant, for said 1, there
are no mice IN mothers pantry, and l
have no pantry
Then grandpa pulled me to his knee
and said: Your heart, child, Is your
pantry the little SINS are the mice that
get In and nibble away all the good,
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parents when he was
but an infant. He
was not yet 20 years
Of age W b e n he
served as a private
in the volunteers in
the Mexican war,
winning for himself
such distinction that
he was after his
discharge from the
army appointed to
the United States
Military Academy,
where he graduated
in 1920 He served
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
Sport of Infant Japanese Girl.

Little girls in Japan make a play
of one thing that In after years be-
comes labor, labor of love, though 1t Is.
so soon as girl Is old enough, per-
haps 3 or 4, her dolly Is tied to her
back in the same way that she was
fastened to her nurses back when she
was a baby. She carries this about
while at play, says the Circle, and as
she grows older a larger doll Is used,
until she has grown accustomed to the
weight and is able to carry her baby
brother or sister, thus relieving her
mother, who perhaps works in the rice
fields or in a tea garden.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Mrs. Potter Palmer rldlcules the ru-
NOR Of her engagement to the Earl Of
Munster on the ground that she doesn't
know the gentleman. She is evidently
going to set her sisters good example
by getting acquainted with man be-
fore she marries him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Mark Twain probably would have
waited few years before beginning his
autobiography, but he had an uneasy
feeling that Murat Halstead was about
TO take the Job Off his hands
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

"Fate couldn't conceal him by nam
Ing him Schmitz," says the New York
Evening Mall. Some concealment was
possible, esteemed contemporary, until
he was deprived of the Ruef that shell
tered him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Musketeer Mann, of the Thlrty-frst
German Infantry, may serve for the.
rest of his life instead of the two years.
prescribed by law. He belongs to the.
sect Of the Adventists of Judgment
Day, recognizing two holidays every
week, Saturday and Sunday. Conse-
quently he refuses to do work, or en-
gage In drill, on Saturdays and like
wise on Sundays. For each breach of
discipline five months and one day are
added to his two years enlistment, ana
up to now he has seventeen years to,
serve with the prospect Of becoming
the Eternal Jew of the Prussian
Army" unless the Kaiser takes pity.
IN him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

The wife of Philadelphia clergy
man occupied her husbands pulpit on
recent Sunday, and the audience
came away well pleased with the hat
she wore.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Andrew Carnegie reports that EN-
peror William has a sweet smile. An
drew has never insisted that William
should raise a similar amount
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Sir William Preece, the scientist, de
clares that he can hear the clash Of
electric storms on the surface of the
sun. And when he was boy 1t was
probably hard for him to hear his
mother calling him to get up in the
morning.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

1t Is only within recent years that
men have learned how to make houses
and other structures of cement. This
art Is probably yet In crude stage, and
by and by mankind may learn to use
the material In vastly more skillful and
efficient ways.
But many Of the lower animals have
for ages been making their houses of
mud or of similar plastic and harden
Ing substances. The cliff swallows
skillfully built home is indeed won
derful structure, especially when we
take Into consideration the simple way
In which the bird does the work. I'M
agine a boy or girl trying to make
such a structure of mud and handling
the material only by the aid of pointed
pliers. Yet the bird does 1t and does 1t
Well with her pointed bill. In some ce-
ment structures, especially In railroad
you have probably no
ticed that the workmen first put in sew
eral iron rods to increase the strength
IF the wall. This Is, practically, what
the phoebe, the robin and other birds
10 when they mix liberal supply of
grasses and other plant fibers and even
strings, through their concretions of
nud.-St. Nicholas.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Harry Orchard doesn't set up the
claim that he had to DO 1t because of
the high prices of groceries. Let us
be lust.
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II is scarcely probable that the
thoughtful, more conservative element
among the japanese people would be
In favor OF licking another nation for
a year or two at least.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Once In a while some girl who has
never been In chorus succeeds in get
ting rich husband, thus showing that
there are exceptions to all rules.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Truly life is full Of peril. Not merely
the peril that comes with steam and
electricity, and gasoline motors, perils
by land and perils Of water, but the
dangers that confront US even when
we think we are following the most
bygienic laws Of nature. Exactly
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Bernard Shaw claims that he has
read every line Mark Twain ever wrote.
Then 1t is wonder he got time to
write anything himself.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

A New York court has decided that
an oyster is a Wild animal. Those who
have hunted him In the soup have often
remarked his wildness.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
Discovered 1t,

The physician was called to the bed
side of the suffering man.
"How did the accident happenY" he
asked.
''He persisted in looking for a gas
Leak" they Observation-Disclosures Senti-
mel.
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The scientific world is taking the
monorall seriously. 1t isn't as If 1t
were advanced by Nlkola Tesla.
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Explained.

SAY, paw"
"Well, sonY
'What is diplomatic"
"Well, son, I'm diplomat when
ever l succeed in making your mother
believe what l tell her. "-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
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ideals In America are as high as
anywhere else" says Mr.. Bryce, and a
good many things are higher.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
Time by the ForeIocls.

''Was their marriage a failureY
"Oh, no. They were divorced before
1t had a chance to be that."-Judge.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
LILLE LESSON IN PATRIOTISM.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

August Valentine Kautz was born In
Isprlngen, Baden, Germany, but was
brought to the United States by his
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19

Ambassador Bryce sees a great fu-
ture for the United States, and is 9th
erwise making himself agreeable.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-09-19
The Three ora LndIer.

4 mere was an Olu iiuy All ufeSSeu III hllh'
Who lived upon lemons and buttermilk f;
And thinking this world was a sour old
place,
She carried its acid all over her face.
Another old lady all dressed in patches,
Lived upon nothing but lucifer matches ;
So the world, it made her strangle and
cough,
And sure as you rubbed her you set her
off.
Another old lady, all sunny and neat,
Who lived upon sugar, and everything
sweet,
Exclaimed, when she heard Of their
troubles, II never
For the world is so nice / could live on
forever"
Now, children, take your choice
Of the food your hearts shall eat:
There hre sourish thoughts, and brlm-
stone thoughts,
And thoughts all good and sweet;
And whatever the hearts feeds on,
Dear children, trust to me,
IS precisely what this queer old world
Will seem to you to be.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
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Why is 1t that married woman sell
dom has any use for pretty female
servant2
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OF course, without a doubt,
It's best to have 1t out;
Then I'll never have a toothache any
more.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04

In proportion to it's populat ton Ke.
nosha furnishes more business to the
Northwestern Railway than any other
city on its entire system, and the fact
that this city retains its communication
rates shows that the officials of the
company are disposed to do what they
can for the city. Under the new rate
legislation in this state and in Illinois
the railway company might have been
justified in cutting off the commuta-
ton tickets and establishing a fat
two cent rate@ There are number of
people in Kenosha who would be glad
to see the company take that course
under the mistaken notion that it
would keep trade at home, but the diff
ference in rates would make little diff
ference in the outside trading, while
it would have made considerable in
crease in the yearly expenses of a
good many Keno2ha people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04
MRS. ELI BLoss DEAD
Pioneer Woman of Kenosha County
Died at Home of Her Son Here

Pioneer Woman of Kenosha County
Died at Home of Her Son Here
Mrs. Charity Bloss, widow of the
late Eli Bloss, and one of the early
pioneer women of the towns Of Bristol
and Salem, died at the home of her
son, Ward Bloss, on Prairie avenue
just after l O'Clock Tuesday after
noon. Mrs. Bloss was "a years of age
ard death came as natural break
ing down due to advanced years. The
deceased was the daughter of the late
Jonas Bryant and she came to the
town of Bristol in 1852. Since that
time she had made her home In this
county. She removed to Kenosha with
her son little over year ago. The
deceased is survived by one son,
Ward c. Bloss, by one sister, Miss
Maggie Bryant, of Kenosha, and two
brothers, James and Herman Bryant,
both residents of the county. She
was woman of great force of char-
acter and her death will cause great
sorrow among the people who knew
her and loved her best.
The funeral will take place at the
Hosmer church in the town of Bristol
at 2 O'Clock Friday afternoon, and in
terment will be in the family plat in
the cemetery there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04
Japanese War Alarms.

Talk Of war between the United
States and Japan over the San Francis
CO school question was premature, but
the shooing away of that cloud doesn't
signify that another shall never appear
The school question was of a nature
to be adjusted for the sake Of peace
Professions from Tokyo that the Japs
will not fight about that are no doub,
real. Japan was careful to make q
good face before the world in the
quarrel with Russia. There was peace
talk in those days. But the Japs
thought they had a grievance and when
the time came stopped protesting and
pitched in.
Really Japan has the same grievance
against America that she had against
Russia Russia's occupation Of Man
churia threatened the prestige Of ia
pan In the east. Our occupation Of the
Philippines is as much of menace as
Russian control in Manchuria. Russia
promised to evacuate Manchuria when
ever she could do so with safety. We
have promised to give the Filipinos in
dependence whenever they show them
selves capable of self government. ia
pan didn't wait on Russia's will in
1904, and she may not wait on our de-
cision as to the Philippines. War talk
seemed absurd in 1903, but war came
speedily. A like experience may be
averted by the United States, but as
things are the event is neither absurd
nor impossible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-04

THERE is perhaps no subject before
the general public today where
public opinion is based so completely
upon transformation, or an entire
lack of knowledge of the problem in
hand as that of forestry, and yet it
bids fair to produce the most vital
problem of the nation in years to
come. Perhaps the most important
claim made today by professional
foresters is that tree growth may
properly be treated as a crop, to be
planted, developed and harvested,
much as other crops are grown,
though under rules which apply
specifically to tree growth. mber-
mau Review.