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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

President G. Stanley Hall, In an ar
ticle in the American Magazine, gives
American fathers something to think
about Writing of 1.-THE awkward age"
of the boy, he says that In the period
between twelve and sixteen the boy
grows away from his mother and needs
the wise, guiding hand of the father.
The father then has great opportunity
to mold the boys flexible, undeveloped
character. Doctor Hall thinks the
American father is not doing this, but
shifts the responsibility to school teach
ers and others. The proper bringing
up Of the boy is the finest work a man
can do for himself and the state, and
President Halls comments probe the
underpinnings of home and nation.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Because some boys In bathing on the
Atlantic coast had appealed for help
and then laughed at those who came
to the rescue, another boy at the same
bathing beach. taken with cramps a
little while later, called vainly for as
sistance until he went down the third
time. Then some spectators saw that
he was not joking, and with great diff
Guilty got him out of the water uncon-
scious and saved his life. Other boys
In other parts Of the country have not
been so fortunate, and the newspapers
have several times this summer report
ed that the bather was drowned, as
those who heard the calls for help
thought they were only In fun. 1t is
the old story Of the boy who called,
wolf wolf !" when there was no wolf.
How long will 1t take the boys, and the
men, for that matter, to learn the les
son?'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26
CHAPTER XIV.

When the launch entered the denser
cloud and faded from her sight, Miss
Stansbury retired to the cabin. Over all
her thoughts of the unhallowed parting
from her mother the night before, and the
clean, valorous act of her lover now, hung
the defined terror lest Pelee should inter-
vene. She heard Macready's step at the
door the calm voice of an officer on the
bridge; the morning bells.
The pale winding sheet was unwrappcd
from the beauty of morning. Through a
port hole she saw the rose and gold on
the far, dim hills. Her eyes smarted from
weariness but her mind, like an auto
matte thing, swept around the great cir
cle-from the ship to the city, to the
house beyond the morne and back again.
She saw him in the launch, in the midst
of native groups on the shore, in the
plantation house, begging her mother to
listen, importuning Uncle joey to take
her to Fort de France, returning through
the streets with people following-the
crowded launch, and then the joy of emp
ty arms filed But sometimes Pelee
would burst into the deepening channel of
thoughts, effacing the whole, and leaving
her, a shrieking, dishevelled creature, in
the midst of a chaos which would not an
swer. She went on deck. Laird, the first
officer, invited her to ascend the bridge.
He was scrutinzing through the glass a
blotch of smoke on the city front. What
do you make of it, Miss Stansbury?" he
asked.
The lenses brought to her nucleus of
red in the black bank. The rest of Saint
Pierre was a gray doll settlement, set in
the shelter of little gray hills. She
could see the riven and castellated crest
of Pelee, weaving his black ribbon. 1t
was all small, silent and unearthly.
That's fire on the Shore" she said
Exactly" said Laird.
Shortly afterward the trumpetings of
the monster began. The harbor grew
yellowish-black The shore crawled deep
er into the shroud, and was lost alto
gether. The water took on a foul look.
as if the bed of the sea were churned with
some beastly passion. The anchor chain
drew taut, mysteriously strained. and
banged a tattoo against the steel-bound
eve. Blue Peter, dropping at the fore
mast, liyened suddenly into a spasm of
writing, like a hooked lizard. The black,
quivering columns of smoke from the fun
nels were famed down upon the deck,
adding SCOT to the white smear from the
volcano. Lara felt Macready pulling at
her arm.
"Ye mustn't go below, miss. Ye know
me ordhers."
She rebelled with sudden vehsmence,
declaring that she would smother down
there.
"You can do no good here, sure. Don't
make it crool fur me?"
MAKE haste below, miss-squall COM
ing Z" commanded Laird. Gentleness and
jollity were gone from the large red face.
She suffered herself to be drawn down
the ladder, crushed by the officers words,
and the iron fingers of fear closing about
her heart. A hot, fetid breath charged
the air. The water danced, alive with the
Yeast of worlds The disordered sky In
toned violence. Pelee had set the foun-
dations to trembling.
Lara drifted into the open polar region,
Despair. These men were all his friends.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

was seven-thirty, and the distance was
two miles to the plantation house. At
eight, or soon afterward, he would be
there-eight on the morning of Ascension
Day at nine, In the launch again, speed
ing out to the smile of the bride
Twenty times a minute she required TO
him as he walked. There was no waning
nor wearing-saye a wearing brighter,
perhaps-of the images she had put in
his mind The night had brought him
palaces and gardens and treasure houses ;
everywhere he turned, new riches broke
upon him. That her face had lain be-
tween his lands that his hands had
brought that face to his own; that her
whispers, kisses, condolences, her prayers
and passions and coming years. all found
their center and origin In himself, like
bright doves that had cote within his
heart-these thoughts lifted the poor man
to such heights of praise and blessedness
that he seemed to shatter the dome Of hui
man limitations, and emerge crown and
shoulders into the illimitable ether.
The road up the morne stretched blind
ing white before him. Painting and spent
not little, he strobe upward through
the vicious pressure of heat, holding his
helmet free from his head, that the air
might circulate under the rim. At length,
upon the crest of the morne, he perceived
the gables of the plantation house, above
the palms and mangoes, gold-brown In the
dazzling haze.
Pelee roared. Sullen and dreadful out
of the silence voiced the monster, reused
to his labor afresh. The American began
to run, glancing back at the darkening
north. The crisis was not
passed in favor of peace. The holiday
was darkened The Madame would fill
with refugees now, and the road to Fort
de France turn black with fight. These
were his thoughts as he ran.
The lights of the day burned out one
by one The crust of the earth stretched
to cracking tension. The air was beet
ling with strange conclusions. In the
clutch of realization, he turned one shin
ing look toward the sea. Decorations &C
cumulated into the crash of a thousand
navies.
On the porch of the plantation house,
twenty yards away, stood the mother of
Lara, her eyes fascinated, lost in the
north. At the steps he fell, caught her
skirt, her waist, in his hands. Across the
lawn, through the roaring black, he bore
her, brushing her fingers and her fallen
hair from his face. He reached the curb
ing of the old we'll with his burden crawl
ed over, and grasped the rusty chain. L.
candescent tongues Tapped the cistern's
raised coping, and running streams of red
dust. filtered down.
1t was eight in the morning of Ascen-
sion Day La Montague Pelee was Civ
ing birth to Death.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

look upon the public lands in their Dor.
ders as the possession Of their citizens.
They are anxious to have the tracts
divided and given to settlers, so that
the population may be increased and
the resources of the states developed.
But the public lands are peculiarly the
possession of the nation and must be
safeguarded as an important national
asset. The time is past when they may
be given to settlers by the thousand
acres, fenced in by cattle kings and ap-
proprlated by railroads. Stricter land
laws and strict reinforcement of them
are evidences Of the governments In
tention to protect its lands and hold
them In the interest OF all the people.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

The fashionable wedding journey for
British Columbia couples is tour of
the coast. The Canadian PNtific rail-
way has just added to Its steamship
service honeymoon boat" which has
three hundred honeymoon staterooms'
There are only thirty second-class
berths on the steamer, since, of course,
no bridegroom would accept inferior
accommodations. Bachelors may use
the cheaper quarters.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Americans are creating the real
sensation In the aIrship line in Europe
just now, and everybody is recognizing
1t. There are something intensely
practical about an American inventor
when he gets busy, which makes all the
world attentive.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

A great portion of the public domain
IS poor land, worthless for farming pur-
poses but, on the other hand, there are
large deposits of coal, oil and other
minerals of immense value and vast
forests that will furnish timber for gen.
erations to come. Naturally, such
states as Montana. Idaho and Nevada
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

During the past year a 100000 In
crease of money order business has
been noted In Boston. Evidently the
Boston folks who started out to see
the world have been writing home for
more money.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

A Los Angeles widow has, by marry
Ing again, given up her chance to In
herit 100000. Think not OF her cour-
age but of that which her new husband
must possess.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26
Adds Zest.

Honest, now, do you really enjoy
competitionf'
Eyes, indeed. You see, 1 advertise,
and I'm getting about all the biz
Washington Herald.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

New Jersey has an official dog catch
er who has been bitten 1900 times by
dogs Of different breeds. Nobody
seems to have taken the trouble to find
out what the effect on the dogs may
have BEEN
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

DR.. Wiley, the government chemist,
believes better bread would reduce tire
number of divorces If this is the case
better bread will not be welcomed in
theatrical circles
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

AN Indiana judge thinks the people
Of this country have no right to be
shocked by the directoire gown as long
as women continue to lift their skirts
when 1t rains. Another Daniel has
come to Judgment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Chauncey Depew says over-eating
has killed more persons than drinking
too much. But even If true, isn't over
eating a slower process?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Lovers will never admit that poverty
Justifies desertion, firmly believing that
two can live on the same income that
supports one In single blessedness.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26
ninerent vierpoint..

Mabel-There goes that young doctor
in his automobile. Isn't he just too Kill
Ing for anything?
Stella-Oh. l don't know. They SAP
he hasn't apr practice to speak OF.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

1t takes two to make a bargain, and
usuallyAone Of these has his suspicious
about It's being one.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Two years savings has enabled
couple to return to Hungary and settle
down for the rest of their lives. Serve
them right.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Keep your own counsel and you'll
heed no lawyer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

A Pennsylvania man Is going to quit
smoking at ninety-six. He desires to
live to ripe old age.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

This country should have better
roads, with fewer jumping-of places
for automobiles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Money is the golden net in which
suckers are caught.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

One actress has done her part IN ele-
waiting the. stage by going up in a bal
loon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26
Think Sof

We know what Sherman said of war.
/ know a clerk
Who claims that saying is by far
More true of work.
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

The hopeful man usually has the
least cause for encouragement.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26
I'd SKINNER, Publisher

Busybodies are really never busy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-26

Hardly any man is clever enough to
know how important he isn't
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-01
Will be Collected by In
spector Brown Under
AUTHORITY SEC. WILSON.
This Commission is Of Mech I'm
portance in Enforcing Laws
in State of Tennessee

Nashville, Tenn. Sept 25.-State
Food and Drug Inspector Lucius B.
Brown received a commission from
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to COL
lect samples of food and drugs under
the federal food and drugs act of June
80, 1906, and in accordance with Sec
tions 3, 4 and 5 Of that act, which pro-
vides for the cooperation of the state
authorities and specify the methods
therefor. This commission is of very
considerable Importance in the enforce
ment of our own laws. Section of the
state law allows the retailor exemption
from prosecution under the Tennessee
law if he can produce a guarantee sign
ed by the wholesaler or manufacturer
in accordance with the provisions OF
the federal act and this commission
from the secretary of agriculture ena-
bles the state officials to follow up, in
the case of any adulterated material,
from the retailer to the wholesaler OF
manufacturer in another state and
bring prosecutions against him when
necessary.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-01
DUTIES OF TEACHER
Explained by Supt. RI.
Jones in Letter.
ADVISORY BOARD DUTIES.
Also Answers Some Questions as
to Certain Powers of County
and Advisory Boards.

One of the prominent school officers
of the county who desired some intor-
nation concerning his duties under the
new law and other questions, addressed
a letter to State Superintendent Il. l..
Jones, asking various questions. The
answers which Supt. Jones gives are
indicative of the nature of the questions
asked also and they are given here
with:
/. The supreme court has ruled that
a teacher has authority over the pupil
from the time he leaves the parental
room in the morning until he returns
at night
2. If the parents object to corporal
punishment and the pupils cannot be
controlled in school without it, there if
only one of two courses to pursue,
either punish the pupil against the
protest Of the parent or send the pupil
home.
3. In my opinion the county board Of
education is not limited in its selection
of teachers to the recommendation oi
the advisory boards. The powers ol
the advisory boards are merely direc
tory and not demandatory.
4. The advisory board is empowered
to expend a sum of money not exceed
ing in amount $40. I construe this tt
mean that for any purchase involving
an expenditure not exceeding $40 fol
things purchased, that the advisor,
board has a right to make such pur
chases and give order on the county
board of education for same. However
if the amount involved in the purchase
exceeds $40, the advisory board has NJ
right to make purchase at all. Thi
clause was intended to prevent distric
school authorities from PURCHASING
from travelling agents useless maps
charts, ETC., and at the same time Civ
local authorities the power to purchas
all needed incidentals for heschoois.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-01
Messrs. RidgiIl and Burns,

Thousands OF people have stomach
trouble, constipation, indigestion, sick
headache, ETC., and don't know what to
do for it. Perhaps the experience of
Mr.. Ridgill, postmaster at Bruceville,
Tex, and Mr.. Burns, Wabash Ry. en-
gineer, Bement, ILL.,, will suggest a
method. Both of these men take pleas
ure in saying that they cured themselvs
with DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
1t will do all that is claimed, and if
you want to try it before buying, send
your address for free sample bottle to
Pepsin Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg. 4,
Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold by all drug
gists at SOC and 81 bottle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-01
GREAT ARENIC CHAMPIONS
Gathered From all Parts of World
by Ringing Bros.-Johnson
City, October 9, 1908.

Ringing Brothers have secured the
earth for arenic novelties this season.
More than 100 acts are in the enormous
program, and two.thirds of the 375
performers are appearing in America
for the first time.
From France have been imported the
Patty brothers and st. Icons, Les Bas-
items, Balliott troupe, Millett family
and Burgeous and Clara. Among the
English champions are the famous
Clarkonians, Jordans, aerial Shaws
and buttons. The Bedinis and Mar
nello-Marnitz from Italy; Marguerite
and Hanley, Prosit trio and Horton
and Linden from Germany; Cornellos,
De Mario and Toreadors from Spain :;
great Miller, jackson and Livingston
troupes from Australia; Riccobono from
Russia; Mira Golem troupe of Persia !;
Prof. Kerslake of New Zealand; Yam.
magata troupe of Japan, and our own
incompatible Emma Stickney and Bel
fords, are leaders in the greatest collec-
ton of circus stars ever seen in single
performance.
Sensational trapeZe acts, daring rid
ing feats, acrobatic novelties, dancing,
juggling and equilibristic specialties,
eJhilarating Olowning antics and mar
yelous animal displays are in the stu
pendous bill of the big show. The ring
acts involve 375 performers and 300
horses.
There are 1880 people in the circus
colony, and all of them take part in the
morning street parade, everywhere pro-
nounced the finest and largest ever of.
fered by this progressive and energetic
firm. The circus tents covers twelve
acres of ground. Five special trains
transport the mammoth aggregation
from town to town. In the menagerie
are 1903 cages and pens, 40 elephants
and nursery of baby wild animals.
This zoo is the largest and most valua.
BILE in America.
Ringing Brothers will exhibit al
johnson City, Friday, October 9, Civ
ing performances afternoon and eve
ming at 2 and 8 O'Clock.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-10-01
DOUBLE SOMERSAULT AUTO
Ringing Brothers Latest Thriller
Absolute Limit of Sensation
by Daring Frenchwoman.

Ringing Brothers present this sea-
son in their worlds greatest shows the
most dangerously ingenious act ever
seen under canvas. A daring young
Frenchwoman seats herself in heavy
steel autimobile at the remote top OF a
deep, sharp incline, fiercely plunges
down the deadly precipice, leaps from
the suspended track thirty feet from
the ground, turns two complete somer-
saults and drops thunderingly upon a
distant platform, from which it wheels
with lightning velocity into the hippo
drome track. The abysmal leap in the
end Of the fascinating fight down the
shuddering precipice of death, and the
triumphant landing after the terrific
double revolution of the heavy car,
thrillingly demonstrates the most des-
perate, blood curdling performance ev-
er witnessed in the history of the
world. Some wonderful inventions for
exploiting the reckless courage of man
have been seen in late years, but for
downright disregard of natures laws
and devilish daring the perilous ride of
this Frenchwoman is the supreme SEN
sation and greatest thriller of them all.
II is impossible to picture in words the
tense, pale faces Of the crowds as they
look up toward the cool driver, who
bows and smiles as she seats herself in
the "machine Of DEATH" The person
who wants a thrill for his money gets
it with emphasis in this game with des-
tiny, and is sure to go away with a
white face and haunted memory.
The furious fight of the ponderous
automobile down the incline, as sheer
as the face Of q preciprice, fearful
whirling over and over in mid-air, and
finishing fash into the hippodrome
track and safety takes only about three
seconds, but in that brief ticking there
is gasping for breath by all behold.
ers. This staggering deed Of nerve
and ingenuity has created trem end
GUS furore with the big show, and i,
the climax Of Q long list of European
novelties and exclusive features with
Ringing Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows this season.
This wonderful and popular circus il
to exhibit here Friday, October9. Show
day morning at 10 o'clock the splendid
street parade, which is distinguishing
feature Of Ringing Brothers grea
shows, will leave the circus grounds
and move over the principal business
streets. All of the l ,2S0 people with thu
show, the $50 beautiful horses and A
elephants will take part. Most of tn,
1903 wild animal cages and dens will b.
open, and the pomp and luxury Of tn
worlds royalty will be pictured in ex
travagant display of decorative float
radiant costume and adornments ant
stately parsonage Fifty clowns pro
vide amusement, and a score of band
give exhiDarating spirit to the three
mile professional display.
Performances are to be given at 2 il
the afternoon and at s in the evening.