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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
A Mendaciou. rimepiece.

Mrs. Ford had been paying char
table visit 10 poor old yictorine Du-
preuI, whom she found crippled with
rheumatism. But II yictorine's limbs
were disabled. her always entertaining
tongue was not, and the time passed
swiftly.
Mercy" at last cried the lady,
glancIng at the clock that licked wheez-
fly above the French woman's stove
Here 1t is five o'clock. and 1 should
have gone home half an hour ago."
"Geeve you'self no distress, madame"
reasured Vietorine. Monsieur dose
clock. she ees tole lie hon herself for
more zan seek year. She ees now to
a preclseness one hour fast n feefteen
minute slow"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
CHAPTER XVII.

Lynn Yeames had the sagacity to leave
Coneytord, and keep out of sight, know
ing that he could do nothing TO re-estab-
lish his character until he had got into
the farm where he was to work such
wonders, or finding the bad weather that
succeeded the frost intolerable, or society
dull, or for some other reason that may
be clearer later on.
He had made himself very popular at
Coneyford with his charities, his reckless
riding, his agreeable manners. and his as
sumption of bluff. outspoken honesty.
People were inclined to think even better
of him in his absence than when he was
amongst them. remembering the pleasant
side of his character and forgetting the
little slips which occasionally awakened
suspicion. He was spoken of as q fine
type of muscular Christianity. Miss Dali
rymple was constantly with these people,
and as it was generally understood that
a tacit enga cement existed between her
and Yeames, they thought to please her by
talking aboat him, and sounding his
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
CAUGHT N PRAIRIE B11zzA1D

HoW S1hOel CAi1dFe1 Of . NeA1an1kn
Tewn were HeIDeA NeRe.
Last Sunday was the twentieth an
piversaU Of the great blizzard Of 1883
b Nebraska and Northwestern Iowa."
MD G. D. Riggs the other day. Il
Fas living In O'Neill. Neb-. at the time,
nd had just left the ONCE to 90 homs
Dr dinner when the blizzard struck
Il started to cross the street to q
rug store, but when reached ths
ther side 1 found myself half way
own the block from my destination
The fine, wind-driven snowdakes
lied the air so that l couldn't see my
way back to the drug store, where
number OF other men had taken refuge
from the storm
School had just been dismissed foa
the noon recess, and we knew that
nearly 500 children were out in tbs
storm Securing long ropes, the crowd
started out to rescue them We found
them huddled in doorways and BY The
sides of buildings. The children
caught hold OF the ropes and were led
70 shelter by their rescuerS who's
sense of direction gradually returned
to them Every one of the 800 school
children In the town was got home In
safety
But seven school teachers were
frozen to death In the country during
the blizzard and thousands Of cattle
died The thermometer fell from about
the freezing point at noon TO % de
grees below zero that night 1t was
the worse blizzard l ever saw. and 1
never want TO experience another like
it."-pes Moines Register and Leader
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
How to Stop a Nose Bleed.

When the bellboy responded to the
signal he found the elderly travelling
man standing in the center OF the room
holding a handkerchief to his nose,
from which the blood was oozing.
"Give me a slap alongside Of the
head, good and hard" said the elder
ly man. turning his face toward the
boy and speaking with difficulty.
But. sir. p
Don't stop to talk" sputtered the
travelling man. "Slap me, l tell you"
again holding his head forward The
boy hesitated for moment, then tim
idly slapped the mans face. Hard
err commanded the smitten one. The
boy hesitated no longer, but with his
open palm dealt the man a vigorous
blow
That's better" grunted the gory
one as he removed the handkerchief
and after a test found the bleeding
had stopped I'm subject to these at
tacks of nose bleed" he explained to
the astonished youth. handing him a
tip. IL have tried all sorts Of RENE
dies. but nothing acts more promptly
than blow alongside the head. The
shock seems to paralyze the ruptured
blood vessels, and they quit work at
once. Try it some time If you have
the occasion. l got the idea from an
old physician in Mexico. New York
Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
CHAPTER XVI.

The following week Miss Dalrymple
moved into her new home with all her
household: and one morning when I had
been to settle affairs with Captain Ran
ger, l walked across the meadow, climbed
over the fence that separated It from
the Dingle paddock, and made my way
to the Cottage. l found everything in
Its place, and the whole house as neat and
comfortable Is IL the tenants had been
there a year.
1t seemed to me that l had never seen
Nurse Gertrude to such advantage. Black
was certainly becoming to her, and her
dress was, to my eyes, the perfection of
grace and elegance, giving fullness to her
figure which. rs l have said before. was,
in my opinion, a triie too slight. Her
carriage was never venting in dignity,
but / thought she bore herself with the
air of one conscious Of beng mistress Of
the house. Yet there was no stiffness or
formality in her manner little Laure
herself did not welcome me with sweeter
smiles
l sat down by the fire and We fell to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

A negro who al the age of nine years
was soul by auction in New Orleans for
$500. and later brought $500, retired
as janitor of bank building In New
England city the other day, TO spend
the rest of his life at ease on the inter
est of his savings. The man who paid
$1,000 for the young slave must have
been pretty good judge of values
There is many shlftless white man
for whom his neighbors would not give
$3.50, if they hoped to make anything
on the investment above the cost o.
board and clothes FOR their property.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The practice Of celebrating the birth
days Of great men not only fostsfS {
sentiment that Is wholesome and ennob-
ling, but also occasionally gives birth to
suggestions OF great practiea; value.
Gov. Hughes, one Of the speakers at a
Llncoln-day dinner Of the Union League
Club Of New York, after q review Of
Lincoln's life and eulogy Of his char
acter, said: II think have read every
word that Lincoln ever wrote. I would
not ask anything better for q young
man who desires to entsr political life
than 10 do the same. In the study Of
a profession or the preparation for 4
public debate, or political opportunity
course In John Bright, course In
Gladstone, course In Lincoln, and d.
rect familiarity with their speeches and
the platforms upon which they stood
and the methods which they brought to
bear upon the exigencies Of the day
would be worth volumes OF rhetorical
study to reinforce their mora:
strength, and bring to the community
that great power which is needed in rhe
regeneration of our affairs" The sug-
gestion is full of wisdom, and has the
force Of practical experience 1t TIA
belief Of many persons OF middle age
that the school Readers of generation
ago performed no greater servies than
the stimulation Of interest IN great po-
litical leaders by quoting eloquent ex-
amples of their mental and moral grasp
of the problems they had TO face. The
present Is time when every Ut rary
counter contains predigeste1 mentrl
food. There are so many interesting
magazine articles about great men, and
SO many handy little pocket editions Of
choice selections" from their works,
that the fashion OF going direct TO the
fountain head is neglected. Tie loss Ii
serious The young man who follows
Gov. Hughes advice will have prov, led
himself with political education and
equipment that not even an ordinary |
college education now supplies.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
An Ambition.

why are you so ambitious to have
all the railways in existence under
your management"
Il want to be- in position" answer
ed Mr.. Dustin Stax, where l can have
my transportation In my pocket. no
matter what part of the world ! may
strike. 1 don't want TO be obliged to
stand In line to await the leisure OF q
nervous and overworked ticket seller
Washington Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Several Vassar College girls are act
ing as probation officers for the city
court of Poughkeepsie They are
studying the truancy problem in this
boys are naughty. A special course in
this subject might profitably be intro
duced in all the women's colleges. If
the young women pursued it thorough
ly there might be fewer truants in the
uext generation of boys
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The critic who says the navy's aim
In the battle Of Santiago was miserably
poor will have some trouble convincing
Spain that he knows what he Is talking
about.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

"Do you believe that mosquitoes car.
ry malarla2"
Not the mosquitoes around here
answered Farmer Corntossel. They
couldn't possibly do it and be ~
healthy. Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Elderly Spiuster-You know, doctor,
I'm always thinking that man Is fol-
lowing me. Do you think 1 suffer from
hallucinations?
Doctor (sizing her up)-Absolutely
certsin Won do. ma'am.-Sketch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

An English court has recently decld
ed that husbands are entitled to the
savings which have been accumulated
by their wives. But this decision is not
likely to bring much encouragement to
American heiresses.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

II hooked a fish yesterday" said the
amateur angler, that weighed all of
ten pounds but II got OF the hook
~Will you swear to thatr asked the
one-man audience.
mo- answered the a. a Il swore
enough when | lost the fish,"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

One Of the lady novelists has written
a story entitled Come and Find Me-"
Is this strictly In line with the leap
year spirit?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

man laughed himself to death at
joke which was told at the table In a
New York boarding house. This seems
TO upset the theory that there are no
funny boarding house jokes
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The Mr.. Tack who was a candidate
for the Office of City Assessor of Har-
risburg, Pa, recently was badly defeat
ed. The hammers must have landed
on him pretty heavily during the cam
paign.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The Porto Rican house of delegates
has passed bill providing for the es-
tablishment of lottery with monthly
prizes amounting to $4,000. Evidently
Porto Rico is not quite ready for state
hood.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Tamaulipas is believed to contain
great mineral wealth. but little explor-
alton has been done. Copper. zinc and
coal are known to exist, and some day
will be extensively mined
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
Trapped.

He was telling her about the mem,
bers of his cricket team. Now, there's
Brown" said he; ''in few weeks
time he'll be our best man."
"Oh, Jack" she gushed. what nice
way to ask me!"-London Judy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Hartman now controls railroads
that stretch from ocean to ocean. He,
too, probably regards it as foolish to go
on with the Panama caal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Inasmuch as the automobile has
come to stay, 1t deyolves upon the road
builders to evolve pavement that the
automobile can't destroy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

As the Russians were not able to lick
the Japanese at any stage of the game
they may feel that they have to take it
out Of their generals.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11
An old Story.

did you ever experience change of
hearth asked the kind old lady.
well, l should say" laughed the
girl. 1--WE been engaged four timesl''
Detroit Free Press
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

Young Hiram p Maxim, offspring
OF Sir Hiram, has Just invented the
silent firearm, and, on the whole, seems
to be quite promising son Of a gun
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

China has been forced to apologize to
Japan. China has no Pacific feet Of
battleships
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

There are eighty State, private and
savings banks aud trust companies, and
thirty national banks in Idaho
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

1t doesn't inspire small boy very
much TO tell him that he may he vice
president some day.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The Kaiser ought to confne his fu-
ture correspondence with Lord Tweed
mouth to picture post cards
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

The fact that poets are porn snouio
never be blamed on the stork.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-11

he taaks are aparsd N hv H. old
Woman who b ~abls 10 halp round" Or
ths old man who @just dces ths cAorss.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
Athletic Sports.

The athletic sports at the grounds
Friday afternoon were under the
direction of the Modern Woodmen
of America, and were much enjoyed
by the immense crowd that filled
the ampitheatre.
In the l0O-yard dash Philip Pip
kin carried of the first prize and
Carson Wood the second; time, II
seconds.
The high jump was won by Hebcr
Nations, with Carson Wood second.
Height, i feet, ~ inches.
In the pole vault Philip Pipkin Sc
cured first prize, and Hebcr Nations
and Carson Wood tied for second ;
height, . feet.
In the 3OO-yard dash Pipkim again
won first; lie" Mitchell, second ;
time, 81 seconds.
Ladies Race, 100 yards-Miss
Brown secured first and Miss Muir
ply second
The slow mule race was won 10y
Dick Ockermoor's mule.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
SPECIAL HORSE KINGS.

There were sixteen entries In thu
special driving ring on last Friday
evening, lst. NJ. =. Cayce, I'd, Wal
ter Morris.
There were eight entries In the
special saddle ring held on the same
evening. LIST, Mr.. Hawkins, I'd,
Walter Morris.
Ia the saddle stallion ring, special
open to all saddle stations, there
were four entries, list, ! dolls, Il. f..
Rudy, with Chester Doss, ID, > dolls,
NJ. l.. Clardy, with Rex Denmark.
Model stallion, four entries, LIST,
Price Brothers, I'd. :. A. Byington.
No premiums were offered for
fancy work, but the following exhib-
its were made: Mrs. Mary Green,
six quilts; Mrs, II. G. Tucker, old
bed spread, 40 years old; Mrs. NJ.
NJ. Hughes, two quilts, and Mrs. G..
Hilliker two quilts.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25

Handsomest baby under eighteen
months, eleven entries, LIST, $500
Winston Burnet, I'd, 500, Leona
daughter of Mrs. John NJ. Miller
Bird, 81 90, Bernice Tucker.
Most graceful lady rider, three
entries, LIST, 800, Mrs. VIM. Dalton
ID 500, Mrs. Hightman, Ord, 81 90
Mrs. Hicks.
Most graceful gentleman rider
five entries, LIST, 4 dolls, G. E
Mansfield, I'd, 2 dolls, Virgil A
Smith, of Caledonia.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
5000 TO 10000 PEOPLE
AT STOCK SHOW FRIDAY
| Continued from Page |.

over, three entries: first, 800, and
second, 800, to J. b. Mccormick,
Mule under halter, > years and
over, 3 entries: first, 81 LOO, and sec.
ond, So 90, to =. b. Mccormick.
Mule under halter, two years old,
four entries: first, S4.0O, to 7. NJ.
Boyd; second, 500 T. NJ. Wheien.
Mule colt, bred in st. Francois
county, County Court premium,
four entries: first, $500, to X. =.
Sebastian; second, 500, to c. d.
Johnson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
FARM PRODUCTS.

| y II. Lung, Mlutii'pio'h'
Twenty ears of white corn, four
teen entries; LIST, d. +, Strallman
I'd, II. n. Waugh.
Display OF corn, three entries; LIST
James Low of Syenite; I'd, Forsyth
and Pipkin.
Peek red winter wheat; LIST, |. T.
Sides; ID, Powell Brothers.
| Corn in stalk, four entries; LIST,
James Low; I'd, NJ. l.. Eddington.
Cow Peas in stalk, LIST, Mrs. G. II.
Mcnge.
Millet in stalk, LIST, NJ. c. Doughty.
Sorghum in stalk, list, B. Banter.
VEGETABLES.
Peck early Ohio potatoes, three
entries; LIST, Louis Welsch, ID, f..
J. Deeper.
Early rose potatoes, four entries;
LIST, Charles Kennewurf; I'd, Frank
West.
Peck potatoes, any variety, six
entries; LIST, MIR. Kieppe; I'd, j. $.
| West.
Peck sweet potatoes, any variety,
four entries; LIST. Mrs. NJ. Butter
field; I'd, ID. L. Presnell
Parsnips, Mrs. g, n. Baker.
Cucumbers, Mrs. VIM. Good.
Squashes, John A. Cunningham.
Three largest pumpkins, three en-
tries; LIST, G. j. Sides; I'd, /. 7.
| Sides.
Three largest watcrmelOns, four
entries; LIST, w. NJ Bowling; I'd, j.
w. Neargain. John Acy Smith eX-
| hibited three melons, bringing them
in too late for entry. They were of
such high excellence, however, that
the Judges in this department award
ed them blue ribbon.
Three largest musk melons, LIST
f.. w. Gccr
Peek onions, three entries; LIST
Mrs. j. II. Long; I'd, Bicscr Bros.
Peck tomatoes, two entries, LIST,
hIEh''E.
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Fey P'"nt' r"ri ri"" e'N'
Pepper, NJ. l.. Eddington.
HORTICULTURE.
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25

James PinkstOn, one of the oldest
citizens of Ste. Genevieve county
died on the 18th, aged - years.
Ten thousand people attended the
Wallace Hagenhack circus ut Pop
lar Bluff ON the 18TH.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
MISSOURI 1908 WHEAT YIELD

The Secretary of the state Board
of Agriculture has just finished
tabulating the yield of the wheat
harvest for 1905 The average yield
per acre for this crop is l0.7 bushels,
the lowest average yield for five
years, The ten-year average for the
State is 1876 bushels. The cause for
the low yield this year is too much
rain, rust and overflow. The largest
product for any county is that of St,
Charles, producing 9i1, 900 bushels.
Ten counties in the State produced
more than half-million bushels,
namely: st. Charles, Franklin, Pike,
Lafayette, Platte, Cooper, Lincoln,
st. Louis, Scott and Saline.
The total yield for the state this
year is II, iSi .0CO bushels ms compared
with $3.50, 900 bushels in 1907. The
average consumption Of wheat per
capita, including that used for seed,
is about five bushels; so Missouri
has produced between three and four
million bushels more than is needed
for consumption by all her people.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-25
Notice to Painters,

Until noon, October 9TH, bids will
be received for cleaning and paint
ing the steel bridges Of st. Francois
county.
1Hos. II. HOLMAN,
County Highway Engineer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
JACK LoNDoN's LOG.

From the New York Post.
We shall wait for the publication of
Mr.. Jack London's own log-book before
giving credence to the story that the
crew of his boat, THE Shark" have de-
serted by reason of their failure to
meet with the adventures which they
were sure must result from a trip with
Jack London" We could believe that
the crew were overworked, underfed,
manhandled, anything else that can
happen to men on the sea, but never
that they were bored. Adventure! Why.
a voyage in boat with a Lewis Carroll
name, captained by a writer of raw
beef fiction, in the interest of a home
and-fashion periodical is itself one of
the most wondrous adventures known
to mortal man, even if it's course should
be solely through the LATEST unin-
habited islands of the seven seas. Your
modern descriptive writer adopts the
Wordsworthian principle:
ooh, Reader, had you in your mind
Such stories as silent thought can bring,
Oh, Gentle Reader, you would find
A tale in anything"
1t is only the commonplace man who
has to see material volcanoes, monsters,
anthropophagi and hurricanes in order
to understand these thing. Even in
that great epic which gives it's name to
Mr.. London's boat there is no report of
a real adventure to compare with those
in the bakers dreams:
st engage with the shark every night
after dark
In a dreamy, delirious fight.
1 serve it with greens in those shadowy
scenes,
And I use it for striking light"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-03
Railroad Earnings Past and Present

No great collapse in railroad earn
ings took place after the panic of 1898.
The panic came in the last six months
of 1898, and in the calendar year 1894
its worst effects on the railroads was
felt. Gross receipts fell liz per cent,
and so did net receipts. The year 1894
was the bottom year. The recovery
was slow, extending over six years.
After the panic of 1873 the low level
ON the railroads was not reached until
1877. and the loss in traffic was but a
trifie above 10 per cent, and the loss
in net receipts was but per cent
After the low level of 1877 had been
reached, recovery set in, and it came
along rapidly. All the ground lost was
recovered in a single year.
The shrinkage in earnings just at
present is heavy on many roads, but
the total losses will not probably out
run the losses of either 1873 or 1893.
Earnings some times shrink rapidly
after a panic for month or two, but
a years earnings make a better show
ing as a rule. We need the earnings
of the calendar year 1908 to determine
the extent Of the losses by the rail-
roads on account of the October panic.
Judging from the past, these losses
| will not exceed 10 per cent, and If the
crops grown this year are good they
may not go that far.