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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-05
CLEVELAND in DARKNESS.
Explosion Of Natural Gas Main Shut
off City's Supply Of Gas.

Cleveland, Jan. 4.-As the result of
an explosion Of a big 18-inch main car
rying natural gas from West Virginia
to Cleaveland early today, near Akron,
this city is entirely cut off from its ma
tural gas supply. Thousands Of resi-
dences and business places were sud
denly deprived of fuel and light. Man
ufactoring plants depending on natural
gas for fuel were in many cases closed
down.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-05
WILL INSTRUCT DIsTILLERs.
Secretary Wilson and Party In Peoria
PREACHING Pure Food GosneI.

Preaching Pure Food Gospel.
Peoria, ILL.,. Jan. 4.Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson and party from
Washington arrived In Peoria early
today to hear the pleas of local inde-
pendent distillers on rulings of the
agriculture department relating to the
pure food law and concerning blended
whiskeys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

When Louis XVI. laid his head Be
meath the guillotine, his confenor
Able Edgeworth, dismissed him from
the world, 20 history tells, with -Sor
Of Saint Louis, ascend to heaven!" YET
in reality he said nothing of the sort.
The brave defiance, @The guard dies
but never surrenders," attributed to
CambronDe when, at Waterloo, the I'M
perial guard were ordered to throw
down their arms, has been shown to
have been the fanciful creation Of some
historians mind; and the saying,
Providence favors the stronger side, .
or, as 1t has been corrupted, God is on
the side with the heaviest artillery,
which has been attributed to Napoleon,
really originated with writer's Of an
tiquity. Cicero alludes to 1t as An "old
proyerb."
1t would take volumes to contain all
the blunders, small, large and indif-
ferent, that historians have made, and
the lamentable part Of 1t Is that the
old plumbers are constantly being made
over again
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Hinge Forests of Islands.

There are many millions of cubic
feet in the forests of the Philippines
that should be cut in order to properly
thin out the dense growth for instance,
where there are three or four trees
growing on a space required for one,
that one so freed would put on more
wood each year than the four together.
The question as to whether 300 or 5000
trees should remain on an acre Is
where the real value of scientific for
estry is shown. Then, too. there are
many more millions of cubic feet which
reach maturity and pass off to decay,
never thrilling to the woodman's ak.
There are, however, very few COM
panies in the Philippines properly
equipped to handle large logs, and
without master mechanics, expert gang
bosses-In fact, all the skilled labor re-
ouired-and without full stock of the
best supply material, 1t would be haZ-
ardous to move the large logs which
must be cut and brought to market If
the forests are to be properly exploited.
A good price is paid in Hong Kong for
every stick of timber from the Philip
pines, and the American lumbermen
with modern methods can solve the
problem. and in 50 doing they will not
only help to educate the adaptable Fill
pino as to practical things, but will in
sure him cash wages, something I'M
usual in Spanish days.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

The Harmon twins looked so much
alike as babies that their parents could
scarcely tell them apart. AS they grew
older it became evident that to Grand
mother Harmon at least the twins were
a unit.
"You were asking me how much the
twins weigh" said Grandmother Har-
mon to a neighbor. when l went out
that afternoon l put one of them on
the scales at the grocery, and found
they weigh just twenty-six pounds"
DO they always weigh exactly the
same?" inquired the neighbor, and
Grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm
patient
.sThe twins?' she said. "of course /;
why notT'
The neighbor had no reason to give,
but she rebelled a few days later when
in answer to her inquiry Grandmother
Harmon said:
.Where are the twins? oh, they got
n cinder in one of their eyes, and their
mother has taken them down to the
oculist's to have it removed, they we're
fussing 50 over it"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
AMAZING CASE OF ArHAs1A.


Shrewd Business MAJ Deprived OF
Speech for Seven Years.
Discussing aphasla at the Academy
of Medicine, New York, DIR. William H.
Thompson told storyof mental acumen
following loss Of speech which greatly
interested his hearers and which was
acknowledged to be one Of the most re-
markable cases Of its kind on record.
"A man well known in business
said DR.. Thompson, came to my office
one day accompanied by his son and
lawyer and asked that / examine him
mentally to determine whether he was
competent to make will. l was In
formed that seven years before he lost
his speech and since then had been I'M
able to utter word. He was literally
word blind. He could not tell when
printing was upside down. He explain
ed that he had considerable property
he wished to dispose of, and that as
be expected his will would be contested
he wanted a statement from me.
II examined him thoroughly, found
he was mentally acute and in every
way responsible. In fact, my inquiry
developed the remarkable fact that
while he was word blind he had deyel-
oped a remarkable arithmetical knowl-
edge. He was an adept In every sense.
Figures fairly spoke to him. Since the
time he was stricken he had conducted
a big business and had done it in such
an astute way that he had accumulated
q fortune. He had complete mute
aphasia, but was indeed a sharp bust
ness man. l was convinced that his
mental center for arithmetic was sep
arate and distinct
ITO test his acuteness Of intellect l
misread two or three words in his will
and he Instantly caught me up and up
braided his lawyer 1 made out GER
t!ficate to the effect that in my opinion
he was perfectly competent to make
will. Two months later this remark
able man was found dead in bed, and
| learned later that the certificate which
gave him was the means of prevent
Ing will contest"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
The Osprex.

Allusion is often made, especially In
fashion journals, to OSPREY feathers
Few words have been more loosely
banded about than this bird name.
The Roman author Pliny's ''ossifraga"
(bone breaker) has been identified
with the lammergeyer. a vulture that
is reputed to break up bones too big
for it to devour whole by dropping
them from height upon rocks. But
both ''ossifrage" and Osprey" a newer
form, came to be applied to quite an
other bird, the fish hawk, which Is
now the true Osprey" YET the "os-
prey" feathers-more properly egret
feathers, or aigrettes not come
from this bird, but from the egret, or
lesser white heron
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
l|ggI6Az225l9lRg&5
~-ooooooooo

The Chinese ladybird is the greatest
Of the boil weeyils foes.
New York City consumes lis, 1900
pounds of cotton each year.
The King Of Benin wears cap made
of coral beads, with tassel Of large
beads at one side.
Surface cars ON Manhattan Island do
daily damage to persons and property
in the average sum of $3.50.
Electric furnaces at Notodden, Nor
way, are capable of producing about
/, 100 tons of Chile saltpeter annually.
There is a daily average of thirty-fve
immigrants who apply for admission to
the port of New York and are rejected.
Victor Emmanuels collection of the
coins of his own country amounts to
more than 5000 specimens, with a cata-
logue of nearly $4,000 slips.
The air pressure produced by explo-
sions often renders a miner unconscious
so that the afterdamp catches and kills
even when the victim was neither burn
ed nor near the initial explosion.
The knighthood of Lieutenant Colonel
Frederick Louis Nathan establishes a
remarkable record, for this is the third
brother of one Jewish household who
has earned knighthood in the service
of England.
midas peanut crop for 1906-1907 is
$4,000 tons of fair to good quality.
The crop area is 601 400 acres, an in
crease for the year of 1850 acres, or
23.S per cent. Exports in 1906-1907
(nine months) were 95S,633 hundred
weight, about the average.
Colonel Hugh L. Scott, superintend-
ent of West Point, has been most sue
cessful in capturing savage chiefs, both
in this country and in the Philippines.
He owes part of his prowess to his re-
markable understanding of the sign
language as used by the North Ameri-
can Indians.
The Euche Indians, 500 in number,
who live in a remote part Of the Creek
nation. cling to their own language and
marry principally among their own
tribe, after being conquered and alb
sorbed by the Greek indians more than
200 years ago. In some cases Euche
may marry a Creek and the children
will speak to the father in the Euche
language and to the mother in Creek.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
The Dieting Nuisance.

The dieting fad prevails to such an
extent In England that numbers OF
well known hostesses have put their
heads together and drawn up declar-
alton of independence, This sent out
with all invitations to country houses
reads thus: 81 am sorry to appear In
hospitable, but my housekeeper and
cook cannot arrange to cater for any
guest who is obliged to diet" The
food faddist, it seems, has become no
end of a nuisance in other peoples
houses, and though the hostesses might
be willing to endure 1t, the servants
have risen in revolt. Complications
arise when it Is necessary to feed at
the same table the carnivorous, the
gramnivorous and the frugivorous.-
Buffalo Commercial.
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FklHUSCienCe !
|Es2s'4ilveTntion
-~o~N~~~~@-

] Among the peculiar products Of Man
churia, which are becoming better
known to the outside world since the
opening Of that country, is wild silk, .
produced by an insect named Anther@a
parnyli, which lives upon the Mongo-
liam oak leaves In southeastern Man
churla. The annual production for a
I few years past Is estimated at 15,000,-
900 cocoons. In Shantung this silk is
manufactured into pongee.
In human history a great river has
sometimes formed a dividing line be-
tween peoples possessing quite different
characteristics. DR.. w. NJ. Lyons, Jr.,
has discovered a similar phenomenon
affecting squirrels In Borneo. He
found eight different forms Of SPUR
rels inhabiting the northern and west
ern parts Of the great island, and OBJ
served that large river proved an
effectual barrier in separating two dis
tinct races
Dip thick piece Of white absorbent
(blotting) paper into a solution of 100
parts of oxalic acid in 400 parts Of
alcohol; keep the paper in the liquid
until it Is thoroughly saturated, and
then dry by suspending in the air. Ami
line ink spots cannot be removed by
this paper. Since. however, ink con-
tanning iron is much more commonly
used than anlllne ink, this paper will
be found Indispensable for the Office
when once introduced
Engineers are Harvesting many of
the waters of the world to the use of
man. A great project is under way to
catch the floods which rush down the
Western Chats, near Bombay, and to
use the water power in cotton mills and
other factories The valleys are of
rocky formation, and, with dams at
the lower ends, can be made into tight
reservoirs. Three valleys will be closed
in by dams respectively half mile, a
mile and a mile and a half long.
The automobile omnibus has brought
about a great change in intervillage
communication in western France. I'm
til very recently there was no such
communication except by horse-drawn
vehicles, trolley lines existing only in
the larger cities. Now a movement is
rapidly spreading for the introduction
of autobusses, running from town to
town, and these vehicles aY proving
to be very popular, and great extern
sion of the system Is anticipated, the
population being dense.
In the desert of Islay, near La Joya,
Peru, there are thousands of crescent
shaped sand dunes, formed by the
winds, and slowly advancing across the
level surface Professor Scion l.
Bailey, the astronomer, measured one
dune, the points of whose crescents
were $50 feet apart, while the length
round the convex side was All feet.
The width at the widest part of the
crescent was more than 100 feet. The
weight of the sand composing the dune
was estimated at 5000 tons, yet it
moved 125 feet in a year. All the
dunes have the same form, and all have
their convex side toward the prevail
ing south winds.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss.ss the Of lZmAzzzN
Too Much.

"That man Reicerndoirt Is the most
conceited, insufferable, vain, arrogant
lnsolent, purseproud Individual that
trammels the EARTH" said the man with
the automobile goggles
why, 1 heard that he towed your
runabout in for you yesterday" said
the man with the gasoline on his coat
flowed it in! Darn it, he happened
along In his big touring car when my
little machine broke down and III be
hanged II he didn't rig up a derrick
Of some sort and swing my runabout
into his tonneau and haul 1t in ~
Judge
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Queries.

Who can deny that an aching tooth Is
the best thing out?
When a girl turns a fellows head
does she have to marry him behind his
back?
How is 1t that most of the things
folks are anxious to know are none of
their business?
Is 1t necessary that an upright piano
to live up to its name should play only
sacred music?
Wouldn't it curtail the present-day
sowing of wild oats if modern fathers
were In more for thrashing ?-Lippin-
colts.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Her Endorsement.

The stories of the woman with the
check are innumerable, but the PhilG-
delphia Public Ledger seems to have
discovered a new one. 1t adds 1t to
the long list of business vagaries laid
to the door of the gentle sex. A brides
mother had presented her with a check
on Christmas day. With feeling of
the utmost Importance she took It to
the bank to get it cashed.
The cashier took the check, then
handed it back politely, saying:
"Will you please indorse it, madam -
Endorse it?' repeated the bride, puz-
zled
Eyes, across the back, you know"
replied the man, too busy to notice her
bewilderment.
The bride carried the check to desk,
laid 1t face downward, and nibbled the
end of a pen thoughtfully. Then In
spiration came, and she wrote triumph
antly across the back:
For Fanny, from mother; Christ
mas, 1906"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

'Did you meet Miss Homer from
Bostonr asked the hostess at the swell
musicale. "She is such an intellectual
young lady"
81 really can't see where 1t comes
in" replied Mrs. Justrich. "She mixes
things up horribly"
Gracious! In what way?"
"Why, she asked me what l thought
Of the Shakspeare-Bacon controversy.
The idea of linking great poet with
the meat markets"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

An elderly and most respectable
looking man was recently brought be-
fore a magistrate, says the London
Telegraph, charged with unbecoming
and hilarious conduct.
When he was asked what he had to
say for himself, he mumbled something
about doing as the Romans do
VERY good" returned the magis-
trate Continue to do as the Romans
do. Pay seven shillings sixpencew
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
The AIeutian Islands.

The Aleutian islands were so called
from the river 0lutora, in Kamchatka.
The people living at the mouth of this
stream were called Alutorsky, and a
modification OF the name was given to
the islands.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
R.turninx Proof. of Love.

TJreceived lot Of rejected manu-
scripts to-day" said Titmarsh.
did your" replied his friend. 81
had no idea you had ambitions to shine
as an author"
"Not exactly that" said Titmarsh.
"You see, my girl and quarreled, and
she returned all my letters. "-Tit-Bits.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Liberty Gone.

Mrs. Asker-The leading man in the
show we saw last week got married.
After that he left the show and now
he advertises in the dramatic paper
that he is Eat liberty"
Mr.. Asker-Hmi 1 can't see how he
can be "at liberty If he is married.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Got What He Wanted.

Pat-Oi whit on sthroik fer shorter
hours last week.
Mike-An' did yez get EN-?
Pat-Faith, an Old di thot. It's me
silf as amt workin' at all now.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
Strong.

"Yes," said the guard, 81 was able
to detect the enemy long before they
arrived on the spot
"Ah, you could scent danger at a
distanceg" said the interviewer.
Easily. They came in gasoline au-
tomobiles."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

suffered with Eczema for forty
years and could find nothing to
cure me until I tried S. s. S. I
suffered intensely with the itch
ing and burning; pustules would
the skin and when scratched OFF
the skin was left as raw as @ piece
of beef. I suffered agony in the
long years I was afflicted, but
when I used s. s. s. found a per-
feet cure. There has never been
any return CT the trouble.
C. n. EVANS,
Stockman. Eeb,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

ryro ST. Vitus' Dance and all Nervous Diseases
fIIN permanently cured by DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Rastorer Send for FREE 81 trial bottle and
treatise. DIR. r. Kline, Id, sSl Arch ST. PhHs-fA
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the b st remedy to use for their childrel
during the tee thing period.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

A widower with seven children stands
a better show of getting married again
than a widow with one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

A brochure is a small book, stitched,
not bound, so named from the French
''brocher," to stitch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Every man likes large, rolling
lawn until it comes time to start the
mower.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

If you are popular, your friends say
you are "tactful," but your enemies
say you are two faced"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
CLAS SIFIED ADS

NOTICE-The following announcements are
from leading business men and firms and are
well worthy your careful reading. The list
may contain just the proposition you are look
ing for.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

.Your wealthy patient entirely recov-
cred, did she not
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

The little side dishes at a restaurant
afford considerable amusement to farm
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
REAL ESTATE
EAST GREENACRES

The only tracts on the market where you can
contract to sell your crop. Ten trains day.
Abundance of water. Price $4,000 per acre
easy payments-come in or write for particu-
lars.
BEECHER & THOMPSON
Spokane, Washington. 10 Stevens
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
SKIN DISEASES
HUMORS IN THE BLOOD

When the blood fresh and healthy the skin will be soft smooth
ben1ishes
manifested skin eruption disease These
the blood generally of inactive
system. This unhealthy
The blood throw off the acids through the
glands of the skin producing letter Psoriasis
Salt Rhu and skin eruPons kinds Eczema usually
with slight edness of the skin followed by pustules which there
flows sticky fluid that dries and crust and the itching intense
generally
of
blood oils the skin which intended
soft and plant verh condition giving
hard leahy Acne the face the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
SIS.
PURELY VEGETABLE

because they do not reach the blood down into the circulate
and particle foreign matter and the blood to
normal pure condition. thereby permanently curing form of SIX
affection Book Skin Diseases medical advice desired sent
who write S. S. S. is sale ali first class
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA, GA.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
nRnt l Thought her Illness had be-

come cnroulS.
80 it had; but l got laid up with
the grippe and couldn't keep watch Of
her."-Houston Post.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

form Of pimples and black heads, while
Psoriasis comes in scaly patches on differ
ent parts of the body One of the worst
forms Of skin trouble is Salt Rheum;
its favorite point of attack is the scalp,
sometimes causing badness. Poison Oak
and Ivy are also disagreeable types of skin
disease. The hurnor producing the trouble
lies dormant in the blood through the
Winter to break out and torment the
sufferer with the return of Spring. The best
treatment for all skin diseases is S. S. S.
1t neutralizes the acids and removes the
humors so that the skin instead of being
irritated and diseased, is nourished by
supply of fresh, healthy blood. External
applications of salves, washes, lotions, ETC.,
while they soothe the itching caused by
skin affections, can never cure the trouble
cd. S. S. S. goes down into the circulation
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Naval Battle Between Comrades.

Vladivostok-An exciting little ma
val battle took place in this harbor
today between the mutinous crew Of
a Russian torpedo boat destroyer ana
their loyal comrades. The mutineers
finally were subdued, but not before a
number of men had been killed or
wounded. The mutinous boat is the
Skory and she gave fight to the gum
boat Mandschur. the destroyers Gar
sovez. Smiley and Zerditz and the gar
rison OF on of the forts manned
by the Twelfth regiment OF
artillery. The Skory soon was
overwhelmed and had to be beached to
save her from sinking. This was not
accomplished. however. before her
guns had done considerable damage
and several officers and men OF other
ships had been killed or wounded.
The crew of the Skory was melted
by agitators, including some Jews who
had managed to get on board. She
steamed out into the harbor with the
red flag flying, and at once opened IRE
on the town and forts. gunboat and
three destroyer went out to engage
her, and, with the aid OF the forts, soon
had the Skory riddled and helpless. She
then turned and ran through the SUR
and was beached.
Those members or the crew not
killed or injured were arrested by the
soldiers as they made their way 10.
land. Among the men killed are Cap
tain Kurosch, commander of the tor
pedo boat Ravy. and Lieutenant StoeT.
commander of the Skory. Lieutenaur
Vassilieff, commanding the Serditz.
was wounded. Several people in Vlad
ivostok were killed by shells from rhs
Skory. The town has been declared In
a state of siege.