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COFFEE DRINKING
A Doctor Says II Weakens the Heart.

"In my opinion" says a well known
German physician. mo one can truth.
fully say that coffee agrees with him,
as 1t has long since been proven that
caffeine, contained in coffee. is an in.
furious. poisonous substance which
weakens and degenerates the heart
muscles.
For this reason the regular use Of
coffee. soon or late, causes condition
of undernourishment. which leads to
various kinds of organic disease.
Convinced of this fact, have often
sought for some healthful beverage to
use instead of coffee. At last found
the thing desired in Postum. Having
had occasion to forbid people using
coffee, whose hearts were affected.
have recommended Postum as bev
erage, since 1t is free from all injuri
GUS or exciting substances. I know
this from results in my own family.
and among patients.
Hundreds of persons who now use
Postum in place of coffee. are greatl,
benefited thereby" There's Reason
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read. "The Road e
Wsllville." in pkgs.
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,TO BE CONTiNUEDD
Mans Prejudice for Black Clothes.

In opening an artistic dress cXhib-
tiou MIR. Louis y. Parker. master Of
the recent Warwick pageant, said
there could be no doubt that the
clothes men wore were foolish. says
the Pail Mall Gazette. He claimed
that as woman could array herself in
sympathetic colors and flowing folds
the time had arrived when man should
be placed on equality with her. instead
of tn. having to array himself in black
for dinner. the theater. funerals and
weddings. He believed and hoped that
his pageants would do something to
sweep away the prejudice for black.
for 1t was horrid custom on the part
of civilization.
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Liuht from the Fixed Stars.

The fixed star which. according 10
the knowledge we have. is nearest to
the earth is 100000 astronomical units
distant from us. The astronomical
unit Is the mean distance of the sun
from the earth. Il matter OF some 49,
O0O. 900 miles. Thus the nearest fixed
star is $500 900. 100000 miles away.
Light travels at the rate of some 1856
900 miles per second. or 5.S65.696.eOO.
900 miles year. 1t will thus be seen
that II takes over three years for
light to reach the earth from the near
est fixed star. so that IL every star in
the sky were blotted out, It. would be
over three years before we noticed
any difference. This does not. of
course. apply to the planets In our
own solar system. such Az Mercury.
Venus. Jupiter, etc.
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THEIR DEGREES OF HAPPINESS.
Marital Relations Of Rural Postmas.
tiers Not All Serene.

The chief clerk of the post office de.
partment at Washington recently sent
to all the postmastcrs In the country
a lis, of questions asking for certain
Information. says the New York Sun.
to be used in the preparation of the
government Blue Book. One Of the
questions in the list was. What are
your marital relations?"
The object of this particular ques-
ton was to find ont whether the post
masters are married. single. widowed
or divorced. But some OF the rural
postmastcrs did not understand. and
many answers were received in which
the persons addressed endeavored to
give n clear and lucid explanation of
the status of their married life. One
postmaster briefly stated that his do
nestle affairs were Fine and dandy"
Another. not so fortunate. replied:
Fairly middling." while n third filled
In the blank space with two words:
'The worst
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ri,nt b, 4. c, Mctiurx a Co, is'.j
SYNOPSIS.

WIllision, u poor ranchmRn.
indcd and cultured. searches for
Kissing from his ranch the Lazy
n wooded spot In the rivers bed
buId have been an island had the
i hrcn at high water. he discovers
Of horso thieves engaged In work
r brands on cattle. lie cre"ps
6ough to note the changing OF III"
Bars" brand on one steer To the
hrnnd. Paul i.angford. III" rich
hi the Three Bnrs" ranch. lS sent
Williston and Is informed Of tn"
pms Of tn" gang o, cntt,e thirv"s'L
Of outlaws beaded by Jess" Black.
he have, dchcd the law and author
IA k.mHh county. South Dakota.
npunlty. but who. heretofore. had
Ifcd To modest any OF tn" property
great Three Bars" ranch. Willis
Iows his r"iuCtnnCy In opposing u
u powerful In politics and 40 dread
all the community. l.anIford
WiIlIston his friendship II he
bsiYt In bringing Jesse Black and
Sng to Justice. i.Rngford Is struck
|fhr beauty nf Mary. commonly
\ aS "wiiliston's little girl" Louise
|nn expert court strnograph"r. who
pllow-d her uncle. Judg" Hammond
from the east to III" "Dnkotlhs.
Iho ~ living with him at Wind city,
Duerted by the county attorney.
ri Gordon. to com" to Ecmah AMI
testimony in III. preliminary hear
Jesse Black. Sh" accepts tn" invi-
and makes her inst trip into The
Indian country. Arriving AT Ncip"n
the river from kcmal. sh" is met
n Munson. II hot headed cowboy OF
Three Bars" ranch. In waiting FOR
min Munsnn looks at som" cattl" In
nck pen. In the herd being shipped
'uA CitN hy Bill Brown II" detects
Mag" "a we'll known "onrry" steer
;lng To his employer OF tn" "Thr-"
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"Mr. y, Winston informed. did he

note" "'' he
"Williston? oh. yes. he Informal
but he'd never "a done If n II hadn,,
a been for the boss. The ol' jeliyHsh
wouldn't "A had the nerve to inform
without backln' AS sure as a stone
wall. The boss is doin this. | tell
you. Miss. But Williston s a goin on
the stand to'morrcr all right. and So
am l."
The two cowboys at the corner ,ah,e
had long since finished their SIMMER
Ihey now lighted bad.smellng cigars
anu ieIt the room. To Louise's great
reiei Munson rose. too He was back
very soon with a neat little runabout
ana high'spritcd team of BAYS.
Boss's private" explained Jim with
priue' Nothin too good for Il lady.
80 the boss sent this and me TO take
keer o 1t. And o you. too, Miss" he
ADDED. as an afterthought.
He held the lines in his brown. mus.
cular hands, lovingly. while he slowed
away iouise's belongings and himself
snugly In the seat, and then the blood
burned hot and stinging through his
bronZed. tough skin Tor suddenly in
ms big. honest. unframed srnsbili,ics
was born the consciousness that tho
boss would have slowed away the lady
hrst. II was an embarrassing mo.
ment. Louise saved tn" day by climb.
Ing in unconcorncdly after him and
tnckinH III" linen rob" over her skirt
1T Will be II dusty drive. won't it -"
she asked. simply
Miss. your" a-dandy." said lin
as simply
As they dove upon the pontoun
bridge, Louise looked back AT the little
town on the bluffs and felt mom"n-
tary choking in her throat. It was "A
strange place. Vet II had tcndrils
reaching hOm"ward The trail he
yond was abscurcly marked and not
easy To discern. Sh" turned to her
companion and asked quickly: Why
didn't Mary come"
Great guns. Did | furgt to tell
YOU? Willistons got the stomach.
ache 10 beat the band and Mary's roi
to physic him up gin to-mOrrcr We've
got To cit him ON that stand il 1t takes
the hull Three BARS to hOl him up and
the gal n pourin' phy sic down him be
tween times Yep. Ma'nm. He was
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CHAPTER VI.
"Nothine but a Hoss Thief. Anyway

"Nothina but a Hoss Thief, Anyway"
The island tcemed with early sun.
flowers and hints of goldenrod yet to
come. The fine. white. sandy soil
deadened the sound of the horses
hoofs. They seemed to be spinning
through. space. Under the cotton
woods it grew dusky and still.
At the toll house dingy blackboard
IN n state of weird dilapidation. with a
team of shaggy buckskin ponies. stood
waiting. Jim drew up. Two men
were lounging in front of the shanty,
chatting to the toll.man.
"Hello, .Jim!" called one of them, a
tail. slouching fellow with sandy col
oring. -, ~, - I'll.
.o familiar with my name?" growled
"rhe Three Bars is gettin' busy
these days" spoke up the second man.
with an iusolent grin.
"You bet It is," Dragged Jim. .wnen
the oft'cers o. the law git to sleepin,
with hosy thieves and rustlers' ana
axe two wesks to arrest . bunch Ok
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Nearing the End.

Joe Lincoln. whose Cape Cod folks
are well-linown characters. recently
attended lecture. When asked how
he liked II. he related this little story:
A stranger entered a church in the
middle OF the sermon and seated him
self In the back pew. After a while
he began to fidget. Leaning over to
the white-haired man at his side. evil
IDENTITY an old member of the congre-
CATION. he whispered:
How long has he been preaching?"
Thirty or forty years. I think" the
old man answered. Il don't know ex-
actly"
"I'll stay. then" decided the stran-
ger. He must be nearly done. ."-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
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Correct Interpretation Essential.

MANY of the most beautiful pieces OF
poetry in literature would seem unin-
terestiry and Hat II read by a bad
reciter. In the same way. good re-
citcr will make attractive n poem
whose beauties are not so apparent.
A fine PAINTER will light up each little
beauty in his pictures until the small
est detail is attractive and strikes the
eve. 1t is only the mediocrity whose
work is characterized by sameness
and lack of interest.
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piZcned You see. everybody that ate
any meat last night WAS took sick
with Gripin' cramps. yep. but Willis.
ton he was worscn all he bcin' a
hearty eater. lie was II Stayin' in
town over night on this preliminary
business. and Dick Gordon he was
took, too. but not so bad, bein' what
you might call IA light eater TIL" boss
and me We drove home after all.
though we'd expected To stay for sup
per The pesky coyotes got fooled
that time. Yep. niaanl. no doubt about
II In the world Friends % Jesse's
that We ain't able to lay hands on yit
pizencd that there meat. Yep, no
doubt about it, Dick was in an awful
sweat about you. Was bound he was
n comm after you hisscli sick as he
was. when we found Mary was on the
count. So then the boss was comm
and they fit and squabbled for an hour
who could be best spared. when |.
ofrerin' my services, which was gladly
accepted When there's pizenin goin'
on, why, the boss's place is hum. And
nothin' would do but the boss's own
particular outfit. He never does things
by halves, the boss don't. So | hikes
home after II and then hikes here.
81 am very grateful to him. ! am
sure" murmured Louise. smiling
And Jim, daring to look upon her
smiling face, clear eyes and SOFT mar
under the jaunty French sailor hat.
found himself wondering why there
was no woman at the Three Bars,
with the swift. half-intuitive thought,
the serpent entered Eden.
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Avnnotic Sunstroke.

A German physician who had a pa.
tieut who could not afford to go to u
warm climate, thought he would ar.
complish the same result by means of
hvnnotism. The doctor chalked n pic.
ture of the sun on the ceiling. and by
suggestion induced the patient to be.
lieye 1t really was the sun and that
n would cure him. But the patient
soon died. When the doctors friends
pnyed him about the novel treatment
he Indignantly explained that the pn.
tient was getting along nicely and
would have got well had he not unex
pectedly died OF sunstroke.
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Truly Versatile Man.

In the London Sketch appears n
picture of the most versatile man"
Louis NJ. Elshemus. who has paint
ed 5000 pictures. written 40 novels.
written plays In English, French, Ger
man. Italian, Spanish. Aarbic, San.
scrit and Chinese, who has composed
100 songs, been around the world
seven times. and has a great reputa.
ton as a piemaker.
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searcer There Than Here.

Miss Blanche Bates. the eminent
actress. in the course of luncheon
that she gave at Sherry's. in New York.
TO her sister artistic. Miss Geraldine
Farrar. said a witty thing about mar
riaGc.
I'm heaven. we are told" she re-
marked. There is no marriage nor CIV
ing in marriage"
She smiled and added.
NO wonder. when there are not
men enough even here to go around"
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$500 in Gold. Free.

Send rs the names of your friends
who want u piano. and II we secure an
order ms n result we will give you S.
in geld for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. Tho
knight.C ampbeli Music Co.. 1625.3l
California St. Denver. Colo.
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His QiscoXerY.

Have they ever discovered perpet-
ual motion. pa?"
81 have my boy. had long known
that your mother talked all day and
the other night kept awake long
enough to satisfy myself that she kept
at II all through her sleep"
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Literary hardshlps.

Literature is very trying, isn't it?"
said one woman.
YES" answered the other. III your
book doesn't sell. you are disappoint.
ed, and II It does 1t has to be SO
shocking that you are embarrassed. T"
-Washington Star.
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CHAPTER v.-Continued.

Nhatll Won have?" he asked. hos
bringing him back TO his accus-
rd sclfconiidcnt swagger.
Might | have some tea and toast.
se7 said Louise. sinking into a
at the nearest table. with two
ftling yet amusing thoughts ram
In her brain. One was. that she
he'd Aunt Helen could have seen
swinging along in the wake OF this
lcal bold and liceniious" man.
calmly and comfortably sitting
IN TO cozy little supper for two
. public eating house: the other
f,ling thought was to the effect
III. invitation was redolcnt with
gestiyeness. and she wondered II
was not expected to say. "a whis.
for me. please"
FGuess YOU kim" answered Jim.
)nder in his voice nj the exceeding
rrenncss OF the order. Mrs. Hig.
ps. hello there. Mrs. Higgins. I say.
pre-. bring on some tea and toast
the lady"
Where is the Three Bars" asked
pulse, her thoughts straying to the
frors OF 15-mile drive through n
|rangc and uncanny country with a
ranger and yet more uncanny man.
pe had accepted him without ques-
pm. He was part and parcel with the
|fangeness OF her new position. But
~ sudienness OF the transition from
'le conjecture to startling reality had
used her proud head and she looked
Dis new development squarely In the
ice without outward hint OF inward
say. where was you raised?" asked
'h' with tolerant scorn, between
uge mouthfuls Of boiled pork and
ipoaSe, interspersed with baked DO.
noes. hot rolls and soggy dumplings.
no'e!ed in with knife. fork or spoon.
e occasionally anticipated dessert
making sudden sortie into the
latter OF an immense custard pie.
listening the end by means of noisy
raushts of steaming coffee. Truly.
ie ihree Bars connection had the fat
the land at the Bon Ami.
why, it's the Three Bars that's
''nsih you here. Didn't you know
'a,? There's nary n man in the
hii country with backbone enough to
eep on all.fours 'ceptin' Paul Lang.
'ru' um. You Just try once to walk
yer The boss. will you? Lord! What
crease spot you'd make."
MIR. Gordon isn't being walked
YER Is he?" asked Louise, finished
''n her tea and toast and impatient
be of. -
oh' Gordon? Pretty decent sort O
zap Right idees. Don't know
'ich about handlin' hoss thieves and
en. Amt smooth enough. Acted
hd o like chicken with its head
II ON till the boss got into the round.
On" said Louise, whose concep.
oh " OF the young counsel for the state
~ not tally with this delineation.
,ep' Miss, this here's the boss's
'.n .. yep. Lord! What'll that
Ing ~. look like when we are through
,th EN-. spendin' the rest O. their
,ys ". down there in Sioux Falls, medi.
.lh on the advisability O. walkin'
car o the toes o. the Three Bars in
y - .u.ure and cussln' their stupendi.
- = ,S stupidity in foolin' even once with
- anree Bars. Yep. sir-yep. ma'am,
, mean-Jesse ~ Black and his gang
we !, acted Just like pesky, little plum
~ ~ Moskeeters, and we're soin' to
, - :. em. The cheek Of 'em, lightin'
~ Three Barsl yLordl"
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READ SOMETHING LIKE CIPHER.
Fearful and Wonderful Memorandum
Of Baltimore Cook.

In the family OF former Balti-
morean now residing in Providence.
X. l.. there is a middle-agcd German
woman-a relative of the famiiy-who,
though having lived in this country
over a quarter OF century. has not
yet thoroughly mastered the English
tongue. The expressions OF this rela.
tive. who keeps house for the fam
ily sometimes afford much amusement
to those unaccustomed to her peculiar
ly characteristic pigeon English
Happening TO visit the kitchen sew
eral days ago the head of the house
discovered tackled up against the wall
a crude memorandum pad. Inquiry
developed the fact that IL was a re-
mindcr of the days culinary needs.
This is what was written in combina-
tion English.German chirography op
the little sheet:
Tapioc;i
pruns
corn Starsh
Shraddcd Wieth
Sardicn
saman
Egg Gle
Salsc
scllerie
The memorandum was confiscated
and sent to friends OF the family in
Baltimore. II is being preserved as a
classic.-Baltimore News.
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Thr.. Place. a. ones.

"PoD"
"Yes. my son."
Can a man be in more than one
place at one time?"
mo. my boy"
well. this newspaper tells Of man
who broke his leg In three different
places."-Ycnkers Statesman.
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SIander,

"The Hon. Thomas Rott is nothing
but n peanut politician. anyhow"
Now, hold on there! That Is gross
injustice to the peanut"
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Derivation Of a Term.

The reason we call money dust
Is. as I've cause to know 1t.
To get It we must raise the wind
How easy then to blow 1t.
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Rowdy Youngsters.

The mobbipg of a New York restau-
the proprietor invited to free feed
is not an isolated case of rowdyism in
the very young boys and girls of Amer
lean cities and towns. These children
Nere taken from the street and treated
royalty by kind hearted host, and
they returned his kindness by wreck
ing the restaurant 1t cannot be ar
gued that starvation had turned these
children into brutes. Otherwise star
walton must be the rule among the
boys and girls seen in the streets Of
most all cities and large towns. Their
conduct is generally rude to the point
of rowdyism, and but for the presence
Of police or other guardians of order
there would be scenes as scandalous
as that in the New York restaurant re-
ported every day.
Children who get far away from
home in the streets of large towns and
mingle indiscriminately with the crowd
soon lose veneration for their elders
and respect for the rights of any one
upon whom they think it is safe to
impose. Often older boys and girls and
even adults encourage rowdyism In
the young as an evidence of spirit.
Perhaps the enforced restraint of the
schoolroom has something to do with
these too frequent outbursts, an evil
by no means confined to the children
of the poorer class of homes In fact,
the middle class children are the most
insolent and uncomfortable, and the
nearer they approach to the upper
class the worse they are. These latter
will respect the rights and decencies
of their own homes, but disregard the
rights of all outside and thus set bad
example to those beneath them in the
social scale.
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From National Forests.

Announcement has just been
made of the amounts which each
state containing national forests
will receive under the new law
giving % per cent of the gross re-
ceipts from forests to these states.
The total amount to go to the
states. from the receipts of the hs-
cal year which ended June 80, is
s$447 063. 70. Idaho received S56,
3V.84. Only one other state re-
ceives more than Idaho, and that
is Montana which receives SID,
SO7. Al. The law requires that
this money be expended upon
public roads and schools by the
counties which contain national
forest land. In this way the
counties are compensated for the
reduction of taxable area brought
about by the existence of the for
ests. Before this year the states
have received 10 per cent of the
gross receipts, but Congress voted
last winter to increase the amount
Ip 25 per cent.
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COUNTY NEWS ITEMS
News Items Gathered From
Our Exchanges.

Col. T.. V. Patch of Pavette says
in regard to the cannery at that
town. The output of the cannery
this year will be thirty cars. CON
slstiug Of twenty cars of peas and
ten cars Of fruit. consisting of ap-
ricots, peaches. pears, cherries aud
apples. They can neither to-
matoes or corn The tomato crop
is S uncertain that farmers do not
like to take the risk of growing
them, owing to the blight Two
years ago 80 acres was planted to
this fruit, but there was less than
200 cases canned. Col. Patch is
Of the opinion that when the soil
gets thoroughly mnls he'd with
vegetable matter. that this much
sought vegetable will produce
abundantly. The eannery now
20 people and affords quite
! pay roll for the town and
Caldwell Tribune.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
Kicked by Horse.

Yesterday as Thomas Peterson
was loading coal at the Emmett
Forwarding Co.'S. warehouse, he
was kicked by horse. His team
was standing by another horse and
as Mr.. Peterson reached for the
lines which had fallen on the
ground the horse kicked him with
both feet. One hoof hit him in
the side and the .ther hit him on
the leg.
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Pettibone is Dead.

Denver, Aug 4.-George Petit
bone, for years prominent in the
councils of the Western Federation
of Miners aud charged with Presi.
dent Moyer and focmer Secretary
HAYWOOD with completely IN the
murder of former Governor Steun-
enberg of Idaho, died at St
Joseph's hospital last night from
the effects OF an operation for can
Ger. Mr.. Pettibone has been i'll
practically ever since his coufine
ment il the Idaho prison which
began more than year previous to
the famous trials in Boise, Petit
bone was tried and acquitted OF the
murder charge. He leaves
widow.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-08-06
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
Emmett Selects Delegates to
the County Convention.

The Republicans Of North Elm
NETT Precinct met III the CONNER
cial club room and elected d. a,
Hawkins, Michael Gilbride, M
A. Ross, F. A. DeClark, and u
M. Stokesbery, as delegates to the
county convention TO be held al
Middleton, August IL. d. q.
Hawkins acted as chairman and T..
K. Hayes, secretary. The South
Emmett Precinct met in the city
half. with Finley Monroe as chair
man and v. T. Craig, secretary.
Johnsthan Moulton, Frank Berry
W. L. Burton. Ed Campbell, A.
A. Richards and v T. Craig were
elected as delegates. In the West
Emmett Precinct. James Wander
dasson. Orie Critics, and Geo. Zin-
norman were elected.
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Picking at West Lake.

Cherry picking at the Wesl Lake
place goes merryly on, and will
continue for several weeks. The
large late Duke variety is the
cherry now on the market, and Mr.
Richards SAYS the demand is much
greater than the supply. He states
that nine tenths Of the crop has
been sold on the tree, the buyers
doing their own picking. For cam
ming purposes the late Duke is
considered the best, not being so
tart as the early Richmond and
much larger in size.