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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
CELTIC TONGUE Is DYING.
Preserved From Extinction Only By
Efforts of Patriotic Societies.

Preserved From Extinction Only By
Efforts of Patriotic Societies.
Repores from Wales foreshadow the
passing of the sole Celtic tongue which
has survived to the twentieth century
without the entire loss Of its ancient
birthright.
Gaelic Is well-nigh gone from the
! Highlands and in Ireland 1t is pre-
served from extinction only by the
efforts of patriotic societies. Cornish
died in 1770 with the venerable Mrs.
! Dentreath, who alone could speak it.
Welsh has remained the native speech
of a considerable community and the
Eisteddfod has kept alive traditions
of the bards and rhapsodists.
But the dry rot is at work. Accord
ing to the testimony of Welsh clergy
men before the Westminster church
commission, English Is fast replacing
Welsh as the habitual speech of the
children of Cardiff. All through South
Wales similar tendency of the young
to abandon the paternal speech is not
tu LII inc pdlioh VI lhS WA VI iiSi-
lech, numbering 772 souls, only three
aged persons speak the old vernacular.
When the children give up language
it is doomed.
The passing of the Welsh is merely
an episode in story of linguistic
deterioration and dissolution" which
is one of the extraordinary things of
history. Though the Celts have at all
times stamped the impress of a Wig
orous personality on the worlds poll
tics, though they remain one of its
prominent peoples, with the extinction
Of Welsh no living language worthy Of
the name will exist as monument to
them.
They were the first to leave the old
Aryan home to invade Europe; they
overran it from Russia to the Irish
lakes; they established nations in
France, Spain, Italy, Bohemia and
Britain; they created great literatures,
but when conquered themselves they
have invariably accepted the language
of their conquerors as their own
New York World.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Citizens of a New Hampshire town
which is infested with moths have
shown that they know what patriotism
means and what the flag stands for.
One article in the warrant for the town
meeting called for an appropriation to
extermInate the moths, another for
money with which TO buy n new flag.
The first was accepted, the second re-
Jected. The people agreed that the old
flag could serve every purpose of a
Woodworking and able-bodled flag for
at least one more year. but they knew
that the moths would not walt.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
NO SUCH RECORD OF TALK
Fifty-ninth Congress the Most Talk
ative In the Country,s Historx

Fffty-ninth Congress the Most Talk
atiye In the Country's History.
Completed records made by clerks
of the Senate and House show that the
last Congress Fifty-ninth-did
more talking than any other in the his
tory of the country. Their researches
go back fourteen years, or to the Fifty
second Congress. The latter Congress
filled 1920 pages of the Congressional
Record with its talk, as against 1910
for the Fifty-ninth.
In the Fifty-second Congress 1929
bills were introduced. but the Fifty
ninth set new figure with 1897. The
Fffty-second Congress was In session
$40 legislative days and passed 39s
public and 324 private bills. The FIJI
ty-ninth was in session 227 legislative
days and passed 692 public and 24s
private acts. Most of the measures
known as private acts are for the cor
rection of military records or the grant
of pensions.
No Congress ever passed the number
of bills that were made into law as the
tifty-ninth. 1t appears that such n
thing as dishonorable discharge from
the army or navy, uncorrected by leo
islatiye act, win soon be a positive curi-
osity. Congress is not only generous TO
the nations fighting men in the mattar
of pensions, but it is also charitable in
the matter of expunging from the rec
ords anything set down against their
conduct
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

America now leads the world In the
manufacture, sale and use of automo-
blles This is the declaration of a
French expert who has been keeping a
record Of the automobile business Five
years ago the United States built only
314 automobiles OF all classes, while ut
the same time France built 23.7l1 ma
chimes. Last year the production in the
United States was 10000, In France
$1,000, In England 2S,000, In Germany
1900, in Italy 1900 and Belgium 12,-
600 In nine years In the countries
named there have been manufactured.
sold and used $4,000 automobiles, rep
resenting more than S1,000000,0O0 of
money.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
English grammar is a subject which

English grammar Is subject which
teachers In common schools have al
ways found difficult and for that rea-
son II is neglected in u majority OF
the schools. The public school pupils
OF one generation are the teachers OF
the next and because their own educa-
ton in English has been neglected they
cannot teach the subject properly If they
would. Poor instruction In grammar
In common schools is followed by a
scant attention TO the subject In high
school and college. Having received a
poor start In common schools, students
dislike the subject and avoid II II pos
sible, with the acquiescence, too often,
Of college professors. What is needed
is a revival OF interest in the teaching
OF English grammar and composition
from the common school up through the
high school and college. Not only Is
a knowledge OF rules essential but there
is need Of that frequent practice In
writing through which alone can be
acquired the power to write clearly and
correctly.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Detective Gumshoe told school)-
But this man could not possibly have
committed the crime.
Detective Bludgeon (new schooD-
What of that?
"Well-er-"
"of course he could not possibly have
committed the crime. Do you imagine
I'm looking for something easy? No.
sir! l propose to show the world what,
my method will do. l shall extort a
confession from the fellow and | shall
convict him and send him to the gal.
lows in spite Of his innocence, the best
lawyers money can procure and unan-
imous public sentiment. 1, sir, am a
detective, not mere opportunlst who
waits for the fayoring breeze to carry
him to success.
The old style detective, realizing his,
hopeless inferlority, was speechless
with shame and chagrln.-Puck.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

New York City is making an expert
ment in the disposition of street refuse.
Most OF this is always paper, which is
unsightly, and when loaded on the
street-collecting carts, easily blows
away TO litter other streets. The gar
bage gathering cans are moved about
on a pair OF wheels TO which is attach
cd an iron rack or frame for holding
the can. The experiment consists In
putting two sheet-lron cans together.
one Inverted above the other. The low
er one contains a CRATE and perfora-
lions for draft; the upper one door
for the receipt of the refuse. A CON
slant FIRE is maintained In this fur
mace, as II is wheeled about, and the
refuse is consumed as II is thrown In.
Besides insuring more thorough work,
this plan enables cleaner to cover
much larger territory, for he has to
make no trips to the dump.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
MOST EXPENSIVE OF HATS.
sombrero Presented to Grant and
one Owned In PIttsburg


one Owned I'm Pittsburg.
The most expensive hat in the world
is q Mexican sombrero ON exhibition
in the national museum. Washington.
1t cost $500 in gold and was present
ed to Gen. Grant while In Mexico In
1882.
Samuel Sherard of Pittsburg, Pa.
probably has the costliest hat owned by
any private individual. 1t cost 81, 100
and is made of spun glass 1t was
made by an old Alsatian at Pittsburg
He invented a process for spinning and
weaving glass, and the hat has consid-
cradle elasticity, being as hard to break
as an ordinary Panama.
Mr.. Sherard has owned this unique
headpiece for ten years and occasion
ally wears 1t because In a good-natured
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Both houses OF the Transvaal parlla-
ment have passed an ordinance proyid-
ing for the exclusion OF japanese and
other Asiatlcs who are emigratng to
South Africa in large numbers There
are so many blacks there that the
whites evidently regard one race prob
lem at time as quite enough.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
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practice the market whole, find the exchange
sound register of the state of the country The same
things that all human beings fear crop failure war;
strikes depress the market. That is why men were
afraid, when the market broke; not much because
they for the stocks that they feared the signs
of the end of prosperity Fortunately the market
'ered, and there panic But for a few days all
intelligent persons watched the market with respect and
attenton--Youth's Companion
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Mr.. DeGraw, the fourth assistant
postmaster general, having examined
the records of all the rural carriers
In the country, awards the palm to a
Maine woman, who has made her trips
"in the face OF rain and snowstorIns
which kept the entire community with
In doors"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Henry James insinuates that Ameri-
can women are poor takers The trou-
bile with Henry Is that he saw the la
dies only when he was on the platform
and they had paid for the privilege of
listening.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Prof. Brander Matthews thinks Shak-
speare is out Of date. Uncle Toms
Cabin" and East Lynne" continue,
however. to go on in the even tenor Of
their ways.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Again learned college professor has
been warning young men against the
'irreparable mistake" of falling In love
and marrying before becoming estab-
ushsd upon solid footing In life. II
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

mainly to city life, to the overpacked and unnatural
crowd but it is applicable in modified form to country
fife. The people who live among the and brooks
do get in spite of themselves certain relaxation vet
they need what they do not ge-the useless sport the
utter relief for portion of each day from trying to
make ends meet"-New York Independent
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

A Michigan mother broke her arm
the other day while spanking her son.
In her case It must have been true that
It hurt her more than It did the boy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Yellow Is a favorlte color this year,
and suicides who insist upon taking
Paris green will not be considered at
ali fashionable.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
A Sole Theory.

"a shoemaker is the most paradoxl
cal of human beings"
"Why so?"
Because his first word is his last
Baltimore American.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

That Philadelphia man who is ac-
cused of marrying 100 women must
have been spending a tidy sum for mar
rage licenses and ministers fees.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

When a man observes conventional
hours in calling on girl, 1t indicates,
among other things, that the affair isn't
very seriouA
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Grover Cleveland is 30 years old
How these boys DO grow up, rs Henry
G. Davis of West Virginia would say.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

If you wish TO use a higher priced
medical term for brain storm" call 1t
psychokinesia.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Letters that may hurt In later years
are never burned or lost.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

1t is hard for the mother of a big
fat baby TO keep from assuming She
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS air
when she sees mother with thin.
sickly looking baby.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
PLAY A NECESSITY OF LIFE

HE gospel of play will, we are confident, win
for itself hearing as the gospel of whole
someness and fuller life 1t will go far
to create better race of manly beings,
better social state and throw a new light
on the piety Of grimness and "other worldli-
ness" What we have said has been annlied
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18


employed" so that 1t may cover useful
work at home under the direction of the boys
well work for hire. The intent is to keep off the
streets the boys who not in school.
The street is not the place for boy under 16 Habits
Of deness unfit the boy for serious work and give him
distaste for It, No phase of the criminal history of the
city Is disquietng than the increase in the number
of adolescent criminals during recent years This in
is due than anything ese to the failure of
parents to to it that their boys kept under dis
cipne after they have reached the age of a. The gang
that meets the saloon is not good company
for the boy who expects to make of life
Boys who will be men be made ruined by the
habits into which they fall before the age of 49, Idle
during two Of the most important Of the formative
is likely to lead to incompetence and failure, if
nothing serious 1t is better for a boy
life fully equipped for the struggle possible
To boys two years of school would be in
valuable help TO others earlier start in business
trade would be more important But to in
average health years the street
be anything but hurtful.-Chicago Tribune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
TRAGIC TEASING.

YOUNG woman drowned herself VIII
!: !: : !: !: :: :
l "a mington Del. the other day because she
/ could not endure the playful taunts OF her
associates about trivial personal matter.
lI9E8@G She had begged them TO stop but they per-
kcr&CJ sisted. She then threatened end her life
If the persecution continued, and still they
teased her Then she carried her threat into execution
and now the young people who engaged in their pas
time Of annoyance overwhelmed with regret
This tragedy carries an impressive lesson applicable
to great numbers of people who do not realize the
stveness of others. OF all subtle crueties
abomlnabe than the persistent reference to subject
that is painful to another this form torment
INDUCED In constantly. Parents tease their children
about things that may trlhing to them but
serious and important to the little folks They
great suffering of mind by thus necessarily "pokng
fun" at the youngsters whom they supposed to
cherish and guard from pain The expression Is often
heard: "Oh, 1t is good for her. She is too sensitive
She Will have to get used to being criticised leased
while she Is young" Yet this very treatment is cal
cuated to render the child keenly susceptible to
mental torture than before 1t may be doubted
that many childs nature is warped by njudcious
POPULARITY the part of its eders-Washlngton Star
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18


decline of stocks, calls attention to "the market" we
realize how little thought most of give to it day by
day. 1t from the the man of
small means. But the central stock-market is solid
and important institution the conditions which 1t
indicates at the end of each days trading almost
signs Of the state of the countrys production
commerce.
1t Is true that great many Of the transactions on
the stock exchange gambling and represent
nothing than the turning of money from one mans
pocket into anothers 1t is also true that legt
mate trading there is fever and hystera which per-
yerts not only commercial values, but life values
Nevertheless most of the chicanery and madness of
transactions fourishes the central market
In the offices of those who guide 1t, but In the
suburbs Of the business in offices not related to the
exchange to any reputable banking house
Real stock transactions bear a definite relation 70
the business of the country, and after due allowance
Is made for the artificial manpuations so difficult TO
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18

Every man has society manners, and
the other kind
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
BOYS AND THE STREET.

HE Illinois Senate has passed bill which
will have the effect, If it becomes law, of
requiring boys between IA and 10 to be law
fully employed during school hours or to be
in school. Some latitude will probably be
allowed to the Interpretation of the word
.al 90 III
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-07-18
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

ANY persons think of the New York Stock
Exchange as seat Of commercial iniquity,
and have been encouraged in this view by
magazine articles picturesque and expert in
phrasing, but not so accurate as they ought
to be.
When somethinQ unusueI like tho racant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
February Clearances in

Use SHOPPING CARDS and Get All Purchases 81 once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
MONDAY SERVICES FOR employees.
Gospel Meetings Held in Many Factories
and Shops About City.

MONDAY gospel meetings were held yesterday in
tentyseven shops and factories in this city. where
large numbers OF persons employed They
marked the beginning Of evangeistic move
nent the programme OF which was described in
The Tribune recently, among the factories of the
city The work is under the general direction OF
the Rev Charles Stelzle OF the Presbyterian Board
OF Home Missions and 80 clergymen Of the city
are pledged to aid it.
The number of factories in which the monday
meetings are held will be increased the move
unent goes on and q week from next Sunday there
will be large mass meetings for workingmen in
several parts of the city. Twenty Of the meetings
yesterday were held in shops in Manhattan, six in
BROOKLYN and one in Long Island City.
One Of the largest meetings was at the factory Of
the Sawyer-AIan Electric Company, No. 5lO West
23d street, where about 700 girls and 300 men
employed. The Rev II. Roswell Bates. pastor Of
the Spring Street Presbyterian Church, had charge
Of the meeting, and one of the speakers. He
said later that attention and earnestness shown
by the employees at the meeting were reassuring
for the success of the movement. A cornetist
plaved solos while the employees eating their
luncheon in the largest room Of the factory, and
Of sacred songs by Miss Kimball, of Montcair
The service lasted thirty-fve minutes.
Another large meeting that held at the
stockvards OF the SchwaTZschild & Suzberger
COMPANY First avenue and 45th street The Rev.
NJ s. I.ittiefeld conducted the service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
says ICE IS POLLUTED.
Ed5c@d Hatch, jr., Traces Typhoid
EpidemicS to Hudson RiUer Water.

Edward Hatch jr. chairman of the Merchants
Association committee Investigating the ice sup
ply from the Hudson River disagreed yesterday
with the statements made by the officers of the
State Health Department that the only effective
way to get pure ice was by municipal inspection
after arrival and that analyses of Hudson River
ice had revealed no disease germs.
Mr.. Hatch said that the ice harvested the
Hudson River is nothing more than sewage
ice" He quoted from the reports Of engineers
and chemists. which stated that the Hudson
River is polluted. and said that the high death
the Hudson River Valley could be traced directly
TO the impurity OF the water supply.
The present population OF the Hudson River
Valley IS estimated at about six hundred thou
sand" said Mr. Hatch. Half a dozen large and
many small towns and villages discharge their
raw sewage that il eventually reaches the
ice fields. flowing I'm and out behind the bikes
and islands. where most Of the ice is cut and the
water is quite shallow, providing ideal places for
the outrageous practice OF flooding and cult
vation.' Statistics show the annual death rate
from typhoid fever in Utica. Albany. Troy, CO.
hoes and other towns along the Hudson River
to be as high as lG2 in one year. All this talk
about the self publication of water and the con-
sequent elimination of typhoid fever bacteria
does not seem to be borne out by facts"
Mr.. Hatch then referred TO typhoid epdemics
i'm Chicago Pittsburg, Washington and other
cities. which he said could be traced 10 the
water supply and declared that the lessons
taught by these epidemics demanded most
Vigilaut supervision of the water and ice supply
by the health officers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-06
NAY USE WOODEN CARS
B. II. Z. Rolling Stock JViH Do in
Loop, Says Transit Board.

The plan and scope committee of the Rapid
Transit Commission al a meeting Yesterday
decided 10 allow the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company 10 use rolling stock that need not be
freproof in the proposed new subway loop 10
connect the bridges. Present at the meeting yes
terday were Commissioners Orr. Starin and
Smith. Mayor Mcclellan and Controller Metz
President Winter Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit was before the committee. and said
that ne was not prepared to give assurances in
behalf Of his company that it would change its
rolling stock TO freproof cars to be assured of
Use OF the subway loop
Dir. Winter explained that his company was
constantly getting rid Of its inferior cars and
replacing them with modern steel and wood
cars Of 8 substantial type. After thorough dis
cusson IN which Controller Metz said that
Brooklyn people would not tolerate further delay
in agreeing on plans, it was decided TO report a
resolution 10 the full board on Thursday allow
ing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit to use rolling
stock in the subway loop such it IS using on
its elevated lines provided that the cars shall! be
at least as good as the most modern cars re-
Gently purchased by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
There will be public hearing on the form Of
contract for the Lexington Broadway subway at
tho meeting Tomorrow. and doubtless many
delegations Will be OF hand to make suggestions
The form Of contract for the proposed loop to
connect the bridges will come up for discussion
at the meeting tomorrow.
William Barclay Parsons. chief engineer Of the
Interborough- metropolitan interests. in con-
ference with various members of the Rapid
Transit Commission yesterday. lie brought
with him a map showing a connection between
the proposed Lexington avenue subway and the
marlborough at 42d street The Belmont in
terests viii 1t is understood bid for the con-
tract TO build in Lexington avenue, with con-
nection at 42d street. The alternative feature
Of the route is for the Lexington avenue line 10
continue TO 35th and Seth streets, thence to
Broadway and thence 10 Chambers, Vesey and
Church streets and the Battery.