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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

their faces are completely hidden by
very ugly gilt masks, with oblong Sits
Tor the eyes, and many of them wear
these even in the privacy of their own
homes. Their other garments are trou-
sers and a tunic reaching below the
knees, which is often embroidered and
trimmed with gold braid. They have a
number of gold and silver ornaments
nose rings and earrings, bracelets
anklets and so on.
They are very light In color MANY
OF them cream colored; their features
are regular and good, and they have
dark eyes and stain their hands and
nails a reddish color with henna II
they want to go any distance fro,,
home they ride through the narrow
streets on large white asses stained .
prick red, their slaves running nv tbo,r
Sides but you generally meet then
stalking solemnly along, surrounded h.
their slaves. who carry enormous Ian.
terms as big as London street Iopor
very often they do not return how
TIL In the morning. when another o,,,,
Is fred proclaIming the first hour ~
prayer. 1t is very awkward ar tImos
when You meet in the streets some 90
.hese women whom you ought to know
IND are greeted by them. You cannot
zee their faces, 1t is not always essv
. recognize voice, aud nothing would
mend them more than to ask them
heir names. 'Aiein
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

| Of Sir Francis Burdett, but added the
name OF her maternal grandfather ia
her own In 1887. She used her vast
wealth In building schools, churches
and model tenements, In endowlng blsb
oprics In Cape Town, Adelaide and
British Columbia, In restoring waning
Industries and In assisting deserving
immigrants. Ii is estimated that dur
Ing her life she gave away fully Eve
million dollars In 1881, when she was
81 years old, she married Mr.. William
Lehman Ashmead- Bartlett, born an
American. but naturalized as an En-.
gllshman, who had assisted her In re
lievlng the sufferlngs OF the Bulgart
ans and Turks after the war Of 1871
Mr.. Ashmead- Bartlett assumed the
name OF his wife She was already
a baroness TO which rank Queen Vie
toria elevated her ia 1871 In recogni.
ion OF her great phllanthropiea King
Edward Is reported as having charac-
erlzed her as the most remarkable
eoman OF her time, after Victoria, 10
whom he assigned first place
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

Of reserve she must to speak, keep up GER
tain of mystery ABOUT herself 10 many persons
this reserve is In itself compelling charm In popu-
lar modern novel the Imaginative hero wearies of his
bride because he discovers that she is too transparent
too easily understood" Which, however unreasonable,
Is not impossible state of affairs. There is Ara
ban proyerb, Of the sayings of Sueyman the
Sage, Never tell all you may know, since he who tells
all he may know often tells than is wise" The
precept is well worth keeping.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

The happy Christian is always busy
one.
Some people never look up as long as
they can stand up.
The wider the Bible is opened the
harder 1t strikes at sin.
Every land flowing with milk and
honey has giants in it,
When lazy man looks toward heav-
en-, angels close the windows.
Whenever a wise man makes a mis-
take 1t teaches him something.
Tile man who is always going to
start tomorrow never gets there.
You can tell how much people love
the Lord by the company they keep.
The nation has no better friend than
the mother who teaches her child to
pray.
No matter how much religion we
claim to have, all that counts is that
we live.
We are all the time making charac-
ter, whether we are doing anything
else or not.
Lazarus did more for the Lord with
out saying a word than Martha did
with all her buster.
Theer Is something wrong with the
man who Is more concerned about his
reputation than he is about his charac-
ter.
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WHY GIRL HELP is SCARCE.
Allurcments of the Chorus Prove
More Attractive than store JubS.

| Allurcments of the Chorus Prove
More Attractive than store Jobs.
\ New York paper recently contained
an article upon the growing difficulty
of securing help for the large depart
ticle wondered where all the men and
girls who only couple Of years ago
stood In line TO apply for work mt these
very stores from which the complaints
are now coming have gone, says Harriet
Quimby In Leslle's Weekly Hotels
are complaining about the scarcity OF
msids and OF walters, and there Is the
everlasting wall about the lack OF
household servers. Do they vanish into
thin air? Not at all. The secret OF
their mysterious and steadily increas-
Ing disappearance Is solved. They 20
on the stage The hundreds of musical
comedies playing In New York and
throughout the country swallow up
these girls and men by the thousands.
There are AT present being produced In
New York alone twelve musical plays, |
In which from 100 to 200 girls are en-
ployed In the chorus and at the hippo |
drome 400 or 500 girls and several hun |
dred men find constant employment.
One reason OF this stampede to the
footllghts is that II means more money.
Few girls in shops earn more than $40
o week, and the great majority earn
less, while the homeliest
kind OF chorus girl commands at
least SIS week with costumes fur /
uished. IL she happens to be pretty
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

and is good dancer, she earns at least
$50 or S25, and often more. From the
writer's point of view the shop work,
even with its low wages. is preferable
to the life of the chorus girl. which Is
anything but beer and skittles; but to
those who only see the glare of the foot
lights and hear the music of stage life.
the chorus opens up sort of perpetual
fairyland to their mental vision. De
spite the hard work and the hardstlps
which form part OF the chorus girls
life, there Is undoubtedly a fascination
In It and few that have once entered
upon IL care to desert II for other work.
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Comparatively speaking. what an af-
fluent and independent gentleman the
farmer is The city man Is the vic
tim Of the butcher, the baker and the
poor gas maker. He pays for every
thing he gets except air and would be
glad to pay for that II he could get the
country kind. Not so the farmer.
Though his fields are broad and his
fences high and strong. he has neigh
borly feeling for everyone who lives
within ten miles Of him. His pastures
and poultry yards supply his meat and
eggs, his garden ILLS his vegetable cell
lar every fall and his fruit house is
stocked with fresh canned and cured
fruits In abundance. He works leisure
by through the spring and early sum
mer, PUSHES a little during harvest and
then spends the winter doing the chores
and cutting his years fuel.
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What has prosperity done for usl
Grievous TO say, with all our fine
schools as large percentage OF the pop
ulAtion as ever doesn't know how TO
crease It's trousers. eschew hair no
mades and scent" and avoid carrying
It's handkerchief in it's hip pocket II
Is safe 10 say that In our rush for mer,
material comforts and life problems we
have sadly neglected the essentials. The
realization OF our nne dream 70 be the
greatest nation on earth will never
come until the dissemination is COM
plete Of the knowledge that while Won
may call your maid by her arst name
she must not reclprocate, that you must
not eat things with your spoon that
you can eat more avkwardly with your
fork. thst you must not wear spats with
your overalls and that reversible cum
Is In eOutrayention OF the seventeenth
amendment.
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In play that has recently made
hit In New York capital and labor are
represented as settling their differ
ences by the application OF the Golden
Rule. The author makes no claim to
having founded the piece on fact.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who died
in London recently at the age Of U2
years, was one Of the most remarkable
women OF the last century. Her grand
father, Thomas Coutts, founded a
noted london clearinghouse and his
granddaughter Inherited a large part
OF bis fortune. She was the daughter
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

II Secretary Shaw can afford to de
cline job with salary OF 100000 a
year there need be no outgushlngs OF
sympathy over the fact that It costs
him twice his present stipend to reside
In Washington.
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Says the Baltimore American: "The
best way TO defeat and conquer danger
Is 70 march right up to It and biz it
between the eyes" That ought to be
tried by the man who finds himself
held up by rude gentleman with
Gnall-sized bit OF artillery in his hand
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

ST Louis girl who was married on
New Years eve was kissed by 400 PEG
pie. II Will be shame II she never
has any grandchildren to whom to tell
the thrilling story.
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PIE WITHOUT those VINO WISH TO pIeaSe
being WISE eneavor to lead others talk about them
selves to reveal their emotions their thoughts their
hopes and their feelings Some wise has said that
such condolences "the insanity Of conceit the
feebest species of sefdisplay" which, while severe
frequently true.
especially, to be attractive must preserve
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SILENT GIRL is ATTRACTIVE.

There are few negative
duce more to the comfort o
those associated with him
ent for holding ones tongI
to speak, and equally wheel
small part of the necess
life. Many a man passd
by means of saying nothin
ligent when others speak
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

When II was reported that Anthony
Comstock had lost his job as postof-
fee Inspector some malicious person al
luded TO the matter by saying that AN
thony has been stripped-of his ere
dentials"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

Harry Thaw gave his wife a Roose-
welt bear for a Christmas present Har-
ry probably Is one OF the people who
think they lack the true Christmas spir-
II who give only useful things
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ceedng fifteen years the of increase in this country
has greatly accelerated.
Take these facts in association with the additional
fact that much Of great cannot contribute to
the sustentation of the people, and 1t requires
Imagination prophetic vision to foresee the time not
generations hence when the family institution
Will be subjected the dsinegratng Sociastc infu
that to-day assaing it under pressure Of
crowding In the countries of Europe.
In India and in China the population Is too large as
1t is The result is periodic famines and plaques and
unduly low wages in towns. dense population is no
evidence of nations prosperity but often the reverse
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

The Adamless Eden which Is to be
founded In Texas viii have only one
story houses. This Is wise provision.
1t will not be necessary TO climb lad
ders In case OF fire.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

A woman wants divorce because
her husband wouldn't allow her to talk.
She ought to be able to get It on the
ground OF extreme cruelty.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

An East Tennesseean has been set
free after ten trials for murder. Who
will say there are no arguments In IA
yor OF lynch lawi
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25
On the Promenade.

He thought his style would turn the head
OF every girl that day,
And every one, indeed, lis said,
Was turned-the other way.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Corncobs have become 50 valuable In
Oklahoma that the people can no long
er afford TO burn them. Perhaps they
have been cornered by the coal trust
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

II Is comforting to note that once In
a while hold-up man tackles the
wrong customer and retires perma-
nently from the business
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

Tom Watson thinks 1t is not likely
that be Will be a Presidential candidate
In 1908 Hasn't Tom found It TO be
paying profession?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

New York woman has been adIudg-
ed Insane because she smashed piano.
Perhaps she was driven Insane by
some one who tried TO play the plano
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

GUS rerurns when the youth of this country sunted
and bunted and dwarfed through inhuman child labor
when factories and railroad crossings the murderous
railroads send thousands to untimey grave the time
has for every lover of humanity to cry halt and
to every influence to have such legislation passed
will make these things impossibity in the coming
years.
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woman is always ready to admit n
mans superior intelligence II he'll ad-
NIT that she knows more than he does.
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BY Rabbi T. ScHanfar5er.

lhA1.
BY Rabbi T. Scnanfar5er.
rtain men must starve while 9TH
luxury and extravaganza, little
the struggling sons of toll to
Fhas become a burden and a curse;
Pyers treat employees as tools and
'nd fail to see in them their BROTH
fraud, corruption, dishonesty. grab
nd loot take place in the city, the
he Federal legislative halls; when
led In land-grabbing schemes and
|ships; when deacons of the church
for low and immoral purposes
m large income on their invest
OF the church ana synagogue rent
b, ramshackle, unInhabltable tene-
'or, because they bring them usuri-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

The President may lead the people
up to the trough, but be can't make
them spell IL t-r-o-f-f
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And when a nan bumps up against
hard luck he always blames some 9th
sr fellow for showing him.
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Strives TO. Please

Uncle (to little BERTHE, aged 5. who
is being taken off to bed)-Good-n,rht
BERTHE. OF course, you always remem,
ger your uncles and aunts in your pray
ers7 '
eertie-oh, yes, Uncle Felix. Shall
l tell you what say? God hlass
aunty Kitty and make her thin and
God bless Uncle james and make him
tat, ana God bless Uncle Felix and,
winch do you want to be-fat or +hi,, .,
A., anu MANY woman's greatness is
uue 10 the smallness Of her husband
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talk least make feWest enemies.
"a man who cannot hold his peace
no right man" The strong man keel
the foolish babble. 1t is a weakness il
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AS yet the mirror has not been made
that will enable a man to see himself
az others see him
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DANGER CT INTERPOLATION.
BY Or. Charles A. L. Reed

The oyerpeoplng Of our land is destined to
be very practical, indeed a very perplexing
problem in the not remote future. The rate
of Increase in the density of the population in
Great Britain for the seventy years from 1920
to 1890 was 250 per cent, and In France,
Belgium and Italy it was less than 100 per
cent. In the United States for the same
period Il was $50 per cent and for the suc-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-04-25

The dog that has the bone is In favor
OF peace.
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Use the hammer of truth when Won
have occasion to nail lies.
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worthless things in the world, unless
genuine feeling of kindness and goot
kindly and human bearing that mus
mere mechanical etiquette is in itself
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Give love the pow
and 1t will always
help.
!, There are still
some folks who
think that making
a noise in church is
religion. ~
If we fall to kill
our doubts they will
kill us.
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RAMS HORN BLAsrg.

Warning Notes Calling the Wicked
to Repentance.
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I'd SKINNER. Publisher
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03

NEW YORK, July "A boycott Of
more than passing interest has been IN.
stituted by suburban residents against
the New York Central Railroad, Re.
Gently the railroad company announced
an increase in communication rates on the
Harlem division with the result that the
company was assailed with protests from
the commuters OF Mount Vernon. White
Plains, Tuckahoe, and other nearby
towns,
These protests failing OF effect, meet
ings were held by commuters AMI reso-
lutions adopted to boycott the railroad
until II shall restore the old rates, the
commuters meantime riding 10 and irou
New York on the trolley cars. July
was the date set for the boycott to be-
gin and many Of the commuters have
stuck to the agreement and are using
the trolley ears,
Another move in the fight is TO bonn
bard the railroad company with an end
less chain OF letters. This action was
decided upon By Mount Vernon resi-
dent and will be inauguroted imme-
,liatcly, Another step contemplated Il
an appeal to the public utilities commits
sion AT the office Of the New York
Central Railroad Company the officials
said the raising OF the communication
rate was regarded as u closed inciien,
aud would remain so as far aS the Of
tieials are concerned.
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PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
Sidewalks, Grading, Etc.-sealed pro-
p0sals will be received at the office OF
4. G. Long, As and Al North Fifth street,
Portland, Oregon, until Monday, July
Is, 1907, at 200 o'clock P. NJ, for the
necessary grading; the furnishing OF all
material and the construction of certain
sidewalks in the City of West Seaside,
0regon,-altetrnate bids for furnishing
lumber and other required material only,
and also for labor in construction OF
walks only, viii also be received,-all in
the manner provided by Ordinance No. 9,
subject, to the provisions of the Charter
of the City OF West Seaside, Oregon, and
in strict conformity with specifications,
profile, blue prints showing section OF
sidewalk required on Ocean front, and
locations of Grove six foot walk, all OF
which may be seen and examined by
intending bidders, either at the office
of Hon Dan j. Moore, at the Hotel
Moore, in West Seaside, Ore, the office
of G.. NJ. Grimes, Recorder OF the City Of
West Seaside, Oregon, or at the office
Of A. G. Long 45 and Al North Fifth
street, Portland, Oregon.
The sidewalks to be constructed are
approximately 2s4O feet long on ocean
front, and 44OO feet long through
Grove.
A separate bid is required for the
necessary grading and moving Of
trees. No proposal or bid will be con-
sidered unless accompanied by check
payable to the order of Dan ]. Moore,
Mayor of West Seaside, Oregon, certi-
fed by a responsible bank, for an
amount equal to three per cent of the
aggregate proposal, to be forfeited as
liquidated damages in case the bidder
neglects or refuses to enter into con-
tract, and provide suitable bond, foI
the faithful performance OF said work
in the event the contract is awarded tc
him. Amount of bond required will be
the amount of contract. Proposals must
be enclosed in an envelope, endorsed on
the outside, Proposal to furnish ma.
terial and construct sidewalks" or "Pro,
posal to furnish labor or material only
as may be the case, or Proposal to Dc
grading" addressed to A. G. Long, Al
and At North Fifth street, Portland
Oregon.
The right to reject any and all bids i
hereby reserved.
By order of the Council.
A. @. LONG,
Chairman Special Committee.
Portland, Oregon, June 30, 1907.
7-2.3t
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THE CAR MEMS STRIKE.
Several Cars Stoned Last Night, Finan-
ces in Good Shape.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2.--The Cali,
fornia Cable line was put in operation
yesterday for the first time since the
carmen struck. The ears were manned
by non-union men who were broke in
last week.
After quiet week in the strike sew
eral cars We're stoned last night in va
rious parts OF the city, $1,000 strike
benefit was distributed to the striking
carmen and Treasurer Bowing reported
the unions treasury in good condition.
The labor leaders who held n confer
ence with President Calhoun last Fri,
day declared last night that it was their
intention to call on him again today.
The slender hope of an end to the car
strike which had been aroused by the
conference has all but vanished.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03
i'l'''s =
LATNDRIES
HOUSE MOVERS.

FREDRECKSON BR0S.-We make
speciality of house moving, csrpentsrs,
contractors, general iobbing; prompt ~
tention to all orders. Corner Tenth and
Duane. u
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03
The Doctor Away From Home When
Most Needed.

People are often very much dirap.
pointed to find that their family phy.
sician is away from home when they
most need his services Diseases ike
cramp collie and cholera morbus require
prompt treatment, and have in many
instances proven fatal before medicine
could be procured or a physician sum
moncd The right way is to keep at
hand bottle of Chamberain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, No
physician can prescribe better midicne
for these diseases. BY having it in the
house you escape much pain and suffer
ing and all risk. Buy it now; it may
save life. For sale by Frank Hart and
leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03
The Charming Woman

is not necessarily one OF perfect form
and features. Many a plain woman who
could never serve as nm artists model,
possesses those rare qualities that all the
world almires: neatness, clear eyes,
clear smooth skin and that sprightliucss
Of step and action that accompany good
health. A physically weak woman Is
never attractive, not even TO herself
Electric Bitters restore weak women.
give strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
yelvety skin, beautiful complexion.
Guaranteed at Charles Rogers, druggist
SOC.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03
SPECULATION CAUSES FAILURE.

BERLIN, June 2.--Tha failure Of
the Marienburg is ascribed to the pre-
yaIing mania for speculation, It came
as a great surprise. Many thousands
Of small inventors lost their al ana
many tradesmen are ruined. There
were pitiful scenes outside the bank
The manager Herr Woelkee, acknowl-
edged embezzling 100000 from the
bank. His wife has gwen her private
fortune Of $lS75O towards replacing
the deficit.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-07-03
BIG FIRE IN DENVER.

DENVER. July Fire which was
discovered in the hardwood eompany's
lumber yards in this city At LAS this
morning did nearly Sl5oOoO damcgc
before brought under control The
yards are a thickIy populated portion
Of the city aud II was only by hard
work that the flames were kept from
spreading. As it was, nearly all the
windows in the residence for radius
Of a 100 yards were broken by the heat.
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PROPOSALS.

NOTICE OF BIDS-T0 PAINT A
school house in District Is, one coat,
outside walks 24x40 and IA feet high;
white lead and oil to be used; work to
be finished by July 30th; bids must be
all in by July 18th. The school board
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids. Peter Gullickson, clerk. Fern
Hill. Oregon. 6-2S-7t.