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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25
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Supt Maxwell of the New York City
Board of Education, in his annual report
urges the formation of department Of
school hygiene. Such a department, he
thinks, should be under the direction Of
a medical man, who would rank as an
associate superintendent, and who should
have sufficient number of physicians to
examine all the children in the public
schools at least once a year, and sufh'
cient number of NURSES to visit tho
homes of sick children and to care fol
slight ailments in school. He says thai
New York is the noisiest city in the
world and that children lack a proper
amount of sleep. Owing to crowded
quarters in the tsnements and in some
of the public schools as well many chill
dren are crippled by lowered vitality, de
feetive sight, defective teeth and Other
evils, many of which could be overcome
The report says that there are 15S, 46e
pupils in the schools over normal age; in
other words they are backward in theiI
lessons because of physical defects.
The National Civic Federation has
made arrangements to send 500 or NOR,
public school teachers next fall to Eng
land, Scotland, Ireland and the CONT
nent to inspect the system of teaching and
school methods generally in foreign coun
tries. This idea was suggested by the
success of a similar expedition of Eng
fish teachers to the United States in
1866. The teachers who make THU
trip will have an opportunity to exam
inc at first hand what is being done foi
children abroad, both in the commos
schools and in the special schools. Presi
dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Colum
bia university has been appointed chair
man of an advisory committee to carry
the plan through. In this connection II
may be noted that Mr.. Butler has &C
cepted the invitation of the University
of Copenhagen to deliver three lectures
there next September, the subject matter
of the lectures to be "Some Aspects Of
American Civilization" He will leavt
for Denmark in August, returning in
Chancellor Dewitt @. Huntington Of
the Nebraska Wesleyan university al
Lincoln has rendered his resignation, and
il was accepted by the board of trustees
with the understanding that Chancello,
Huntington shall remain until the end Of
the school year.
At Chippewa Falls, Wis, Supt. Swarh
ordered the members of the Greek letter
fraternity Alpha Delta Omega to disbans
the organization or suffer expulsion from
school. He declared that no secret or
ganization of pupils would be tolerated
The members promised to heed the warn
ing.
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LETTERS BETTER UNwRITTEN.
Illustration of Trouble that Can Be
Made with the Pen.

Illustration of Trouble that Can Be
Made with the Pen.
The dog-eared aphorism, Never
write a letter and never destroy one,
has double vindication in Lady Ran
dolph Churchills second installment OF
her experiences in English society. This
American lady, born jerome, introduces
private note that former Premier Bal
four wrote to her when he was secre-
tary for Ireland Mr.. Balfour express
es regret that he must remain on the
.beastly' treasury bench" The letter is
calculated to raise the ''green-eyed
monster for this distinguished ladys
present husband, young CORVALLIS
West
The afterward premier confesses that
he would preferably be at her side,
playing Wagner duets on the harpsi-
chord,-it is quite irregular to say
piano in dear old London, unless you
add the word forte thereto and call the
instrument a 'pianoforte''-than hold
ing down his job. Ye gods! Balfour
wash AUNT III IOI lllO
most interesting woman in England
Very well do l remember her marriage
to Lord Randolph Churchill, young
er son. of the Duke Of Marlborough,
and the handsome, clever woman that
she became and the large figure that
she cut in London society solely by
her brightness and her wit. OF course,
Leonard Jerome's money gave to her
the fine place she soon secured for her.
self, for my American friends must
know that the position of young son
in noble family is but little short of
humiliating. Unless that man have SUI
perlative genius, like the younger lit
or Lord Curzon, he is absolutely no.
body.
But there was time in which Lord
Randolph promised to achieve great
ness. Had he not contracted fatal
disease that made his life a burden to
him, he would have eventually attained
the summit of his own and his Ameri-
can wife's ambition.
The magazine articles promise TO stir
up several serious rows. Mrs. West has
long list Of grievances against the
people in London society who petted
and cozened her while her husband was
alive, but suddenly dropped her after
his decease. In the forcible but lnele-
CANT language Of Benjamin Harris
Brewster when referring to members
of the Philadelphia bar who made sport
of his misfortune in having been
SCARED by a fire when a child, Lady
Churchill "knew the dGstards we'll"
She is publishing her memoirs while
yet living, so that she may gloat over
the struggles of her victims upon the
roasting" spit of literature When
the volume appears, l am credibly in
formed that it will bear the famous
Spanish motto: Guerra al cuchillo"
(war to the knife). Many things that
are too fervid for magazine pages will
find place In the bound book.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
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u simple, IL not conclusive. The rule
In the animal kingdom, he says, 10 that
the lifetime Of an animal Is six times
the period Of its maturity. By way Of
illustration, the dog, he says, reaches
Its maturity in one and half years,
and its lifetime Is nine years. Then
he argues that as q man reaches his
maturity III twenty years his natBral
lifetime is 100 years. And certainly,
If. the bishops premises are right, his
reasoning seems TO be conclusive, though
1t constitutes the greatest indictment
that could be framed against the living
habits of the human race. The rule
Of nature, however, on which 1t rests
admits Of an important elaboration.
The age Of maturity is different, not
only in different species but In different
individuals Of the same species, and Its
relation to longevity Is as obvious In
individuals as in species. 1t would be
interesting to know-though probably 1t
can never be exactly known-how wide
ly the age Of maturity In human beings
varies The mind and body do not APP
pear in all cases to mature at the same
age, but judging by the growth Of the
body, which Is visible, it is obvious that
there must be difference Of several
years in the lge Of maturity. Some
would say that the mind natures ten
years sooner In some human beings
than in others This principle Is use
full not only in forming an estimate OF
the probable duration Of life, but in
determining what ought to be expected
of people at given age. 1t will hardly
be questioned that precocious people,
like Lord Macaulay, John Fiske and
President W. r. Harper, rarely live to
a great age. And perhaps they might
live longer If they realized that, hav-
ing matured quickly. they have not nat
urally the same lease of life as those
who mature more slowly. The greatest
use of the principle, however, is In judg-
ing Of the capacity and intellectual
needs of immature minds. There are
cases in which young person Is I'M
necessarily discouraged in regard to his
powers and progress be-
cause age deceives him, and he does
not reflect that be has not yet reached
maturity Still more frequently does
1t happen that in the work Of teaching
the young the age is consulted more
than the development
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CHAPTER XXI.

Dr. Audrey and Miss Dalrymple were
the first to arrive; they came together
Awdrey with bright and cheerful smile
on his face, and perfectly calm; Miss Dali
rymple showing signs of nervousness, but
staunch and true for all that.
Next came Sir Roland Firkin; we had
private chat in my dining room, and
put the list of questions in his hand,
instructing him as tenderly as | could
how to conduct the inquiry. He was
nightly pleased with his own Importance
Then Bax and Mrs. Yeames arrived /;
Mr.. Bax pulled and gasped, bowling to one
and then the other with solemnity; Mrs.
Yeames passed to her seat, after a low
obeisance to Sir Roland, without recog-
nizing DIR. Audrey and Miss Dalrynple,
except by drawing down her lips and con-
tracing her nostrils as she might in pass
ing an unsavory dust heap.
AS the clock struck three Mrs. Bates,
who had been waiting outside, gave sin
gle bang at the door and was introduced ;
her courtesy to Sir Roland and her rigid
ity in sitting down, together with her air
of conscious virtue, gave her a strong re-
semblance to Mrs. Yeames-for the rea-
son. perhaps that their airs sprang in
both cases from a narrowness and yul-
garity of mind.
Lynn Yeames came in two minutes
later, painting with the haste he had made,
and beaming all over with that frank,
generous smile of his. He looked round
the room, saw DR.. Awdrey standing beside
Miss Dalrymple. aud strobe up to him.
head erect, shoulders back and his hand
out, as il to say before US ALL do not
share this common i'll opinion of my old
friend"
DIR. Awdrey stood perfectly still, and
looked straight in Lynn's face without
moving a muscle, letting him stand there
with his extended hand untaken. With
sigh and a shrug ynn dropped his hand
and turned away.
Mr.. Bax approached the table, put his
knuckles on it, and, after bowling to Sir
Roland Firkin, said impressiyely:
81 was given to understand this was
10 be an amicable inquiry. The hostile
attitude of DR.. Audrey towards my
friend, Mr.. Lynn Yeames
you overlook the fact, Mr. Bax,'
said |, knuckling the table on the other
side, that the onus of administering ar
senic to Mr.. Flexmore falls upon one of
three people-Dr. Awdrey, Mr.. Yeames,
and Mss Dalrymple. You cannot expect
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DoRMoUsE DELEGATES.
Tftbitn That Were Relished In n
cient Roman Times.

Tftbits That Were RelfShed In
cient Roman Times.
Drawn was originally Roman dish
and was eaten with garum, and cows
and calfs foot jellies were likewise
dainties with Rome's upper ten in the
time of the Caesars. One would hard
" suppose that black buildings were so
old as the reign of Tiberius, but this
is the fact They were made of pigs
spersed in the compound, and were
the invention of a gentleman who re-
joiced in the name of Bambonselver-
gus 1t was he who invented all kinds
of sausages-that is, meat stuffed into
skins, which, we take it. is the ground
plan, so to speak, of sausage.
This gentleman also wrote learned
treatise on the fattening of dormice
for the table, for at one period dor
mice were a craze. There were dor
mouse soup, dormouse sausage, dor
mouse Drawn, dormouse cooked in ev-
cry conceivable way, and the demand
for this delieacy in prize sizes was so
great that there was room for a book
on the subject, though unfortunately
this book is lost to posterity, and the
only knowledge which we have Of the
fattening Of dormice in Rome is from
Petronius Arbiter, who tells US that
they became fat by sleeping.
He also tells us that the best saua
to eat with dormouse is a mixture OF
poppy seed and honey, mixturs
which probably had the merit Of in
ducing sleep after a meal.
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Apropos of its bargain list a firm
of manufacturers announces that it re-
Gently sold "a 1907 secondhand auto
mobile" to the vice president of one
OF the largest transcontinental lines ;
another to the president of national
bank; third to prominent real es-
tate dealer; another to a famous Wall
street operator: one to well known
and popular man of leisure; another to
the president of great commercial en-
terprise, and yet another to noted cor
poratlon attorney. This is a class of
buyers" it is added, who in the past
would not consider any but new
car" Perhaps the reason is not far to
seek. They are not the only persons
who are economizing.
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At the RlAce dATmeA NoAffe
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an early governor eeAarAJ q m4aA
born In England.
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eovefnor % SAnaos
1647-Covent Garden theater, Leodoo.
opened for Italian opera
654-CommerciA treaty conciudsd WITH
Japan BY Commodore Perry Of u
unlteo states navy
lS56-Planet Gree Uncovered By -.
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l656-Treaty OF Paris, ending the
Crimean war.
lS5S-British force under Sir Hugh Kos
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tooK ene CITY OF 'nansl'
1S62-Gen. Albert s. Johnston OF the
Confederate army killed at Shiloh
oorn 1910
ooo-oonieuerates eVacuateo nicn
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So "Bim the Button Man is dead.
He made a fortune by holding the eel
luloid disk up to nature and giving his
countrymen the counterfeited present
ment of their presidential nominees.
What lifted him from the commercial
commonplace was his power to prophe-
sy who the nominee would be and TO
embody that prophecy in countless buT-
tons before the convention had even
met. We are sorryrthat BIN has gone.
But this is an unusually easy year for
anyone who wants to succeed him in
the presidential prophecy industry.
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A New York woman who had forgot
ten her poc1etbook applied TO police
man for a dime with which to pay her
car fare home. He gave her the money
and has just received $40 bill for his
politeness. This is fine; but probably
the next New York policeman who
hands dime to strange woman viii
be swindled.
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big diamond firm which failed the
other day blames its trouble on the
public's craze for automobiles" The
old saying may, therefore, be changed
to "Stick to me aud you'll ride In an
4 Automobile"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

The British House of Commons has
passed woman's enfranchisement bill
on its first reading and put it on the
shelf The suffragettes are making
Roadway. When legislative body be-
gins to throw sops it indicates that 1t
Is sitting up and taking notice
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A London paper is telling its read
ers ''how to live on $500 year" The
average human being would be glad or
the opportunity to experiment on that
income without any instructions.
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Governor Hughes gives 1t as his opin-
ion that men are nine-tenths good. 1t
Is unfortunate that the nine tenths good
should always have to be at SO much
trouble and expense to keep the one
tenth bad from wrecking things.
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In a recent newspaper interview
Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago
maintained, on scriptural and scientific
grounds, that 100 years were the natu
raj duration of human life. Leaving
out of view the scrlptural argument, of
which he is the best judge, it must be
admitted that his scientific reasoning
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Wrong Chnse.

Jimmy-What do 20 uthink OF OLD
Ponce de Leon going into de woods
looking for de fountain Of youth?
Petey-What a foolish guy He
might have known der want no soda
water fountains In de woods.
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Napoleon was a neutrality-suspicious..
omniyorous, interchangeable. By the camp
fire and in his travelling carriage, in
his temporary staff office or his own
bedroom his favorite volumes were ever
kept within easy reach.-Reader Maya
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

Instead of patching up our battle
ships. 1t might be easier to induce the
next Hague conference to decree that
no sea fighter may hit an antagonist
below the armor belt.
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A scheme to limit speeches in Parli-
ment to FIVE minutes. And some OF the
members will be able to tell all they
know In less time than that
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Miss Elkins seems to have violated
all international marriage traditions by
getting hold of man as well as
duke.
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Universal Fad.

Gunner-I wonder what will be the
first communication we receive from
Mars?
Guyer-oh, souvenir postal, OF
course
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The most trustworthy of AL the
signs Of returning confidence are
these :: $s$Ss$$$.
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Mr. Bradstreet says the cost Of liv-
ting has been decreased II per cent. Bet
Mrs. Bradstreet made the discovery.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

Isn't 1t absurd to accuse New York
society people of planning divorce
just because the husband chooses to
live In London and the wife at Lenox?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

John Burns, NJ p, believes In fewer
and better babies. There isn't as mucn
milk In England as there is In this
country.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

Bill-What in the world do you sup
pose makes whales blow so much?
Jill-Why, didn't you ever hear that
Jonah story ?-Yonkers Statesman.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25

In his desire to get out Of prison and
60 to Congress, Caleb Powers no doubt
feels that the change would do him
GOOD
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Ut may some cay Dawn on starry n.
Thaw that he made big mistake when
Dc got crazy.
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About the first thing child learns
in this strenuous old world is how not
to behave
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I'd SKINNER. Psbs,.,,er
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
LILLEY CASE CLOSED
NO ATTEMPT AT EXPULSION Is
CONTEMPLATED.

No action looking toward the expulsion
of Representative George l.. Lilley of
Connecticut from the House is contem-
plated. This statement was authorita-
lively made today.
When the special committee appointed
by Speaker Cannon to investigate the
charges brought by Mr.. Lilley against
the Electric Boat Company submitted its
report to the House last Tuesday. and
more SO after the report had been read
on the floor the next day. there was
much speculation as to the probable out
come. The severity with which Mr.. Lii
ley was handled in the committees find
ings gave color to report that those
were to be made the basis of resolu-
ton of expulsion. The following author
lied statement, made today, is contrary
wise and conclusive:
The House of Representatives has moth
ing more to do with Mr.. Lilley. so far
as the investigation episode is concerned
The special committee investigated fully
Mr. Lilley's charges and reported its
findings to the House The House, by a
substantial majority. adopted that report.
No further action in the matter is con-
templated. The case is closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
MAY BE A GREAT FIND
OLD PAINTING IN CHICAGO POS
SIBLY A REMBRANDT.

CHICAGO. May 22.-What may prove
to be a master picture by the great REM
brandt, worth tens of thousands OF dol
lars. is hanging today. as 1t has been
hanging for mauy years. in the Hutchin-
son gallery of old masters at the Chicago
Art Institute. catalogued and Labeled as
the work of another and inferior hand.
The picture is signed by Rembrandt. Not
even the owner. Allison V. Armour OF
New Jersey, knew the signature was
there
1t is somber painting of young man,
apparently of the early seventeenth CEN
tury, is dark brown in tone and done III
heavy shadow. 1t is supposed by us
owner TO be worth about $1,000 or So.VO
If ii is Rembrandt it is worth $JO.ooo or
more.
Except under close observation ana 10
bright sunlight it bears no signature. Cm
the frame is the name "Ferdlnand boi
Bol was a pupil of Rembrandt.
1t remained for Director W. NJ. u.
French Of the Art Institute to discover the
signature but il is there, in letters rant
in hradow but distinct in brighter light
Rembrandt" 1t Is probable that steps
will be taken TO investigate the signature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
REGRETS CUT ESTIMATES.
Commissioners Macfarland Discusses
Fate of District Bill.

Discussing the passage of the DlstTiet
appropriation bill, Commissioner Mac1ar-
land said today:
The final outcome of the District ap-
preparation bill is very gratifying. even
though SO much that the Dlstrlct heeus
and the Commissioners asked, incluo'hg
what was granted by the Senate but lost
in the conference. was not given. am
particularly sorry that the appropriation
for improving the fire protection In the
school buildings and for the increase OF
school buildings was 80 much cut, Ior
We had laid special stress upon the schooi
building estimates. But we shall OF
course have to do the best that We can
With what we have.
1T is all the more regrettaOle from our
point of view that our estimates were
so much cut because 1t seems TO US quite
unnecessary SO far as finances are coh-
cerned We have ample District revenues
for next year to meet the Distflct Share
of the whole amount of our estimates. ana
II the financial arrangement we suggesseu
had been adopted the whole amount OF
the estimates could have been appropri-
ated without difficulty. The inevitapie re-
suit of not adopting our plan was 'hd'
the estimates had to be cut.
Still there is great deal TO be thank-
full for in the District appropriation Dill
and as a whole it will advance the prog
resS of the District. Inc senators aiu @
representatives who dealt with the Dill
in committee deserve our thanks for the
time and effort they spent upon II IN
conscientious desire to do their duty re-
specting 1t.