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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-21

1870 Excommunication Of Queen Elisa.
beth by Pope Plus v.
i631-Birth Of Henry Stubbe, ~ths mot
noted Latin and Greek scholar q
his age"
Of the Indians b
the Dutch at Pavonia, N. J.
l673-Charles II. leased Virginia to Lord
Culpeper and the Earl Of Ariingtca-
ton.
i6z6-Indians attacked the settlers ee
Weymouth, Mass.
i704rIndians attacked and destroyed
town of Deezfeld, Mass.
i765-British House of Commons passed
the Stamp act.
f777-South Carolina militia defeated 3
large force of American royalists-
i780-Russia issued a declaration Of
armed neutrality.
7S3-Denmark acknowledged the inds.
pendence Of the United States.
l797-The Bank of England suspendsd
cash payments.
1879 Bonaparte reached the city Of
Gaza in Palestine.
1908 denmark declared war against
Sweden.
i8f5-Napoleon I. escaped from the ISL
and of Elba.
is31-Poles defeated the Russians at
Prague.
iS32-Poland declared part Of Russia
1S42-Lord Enenborough appointed gov
ernor general of India.
I847-Americans defeated the Mexicans
In battle at Sacramento, Cal.
I857-Beginning Of Indian mutiny At
Merhampore.
iS61-New constitution of Austrian en-
pire declared.
IS71-Congress set apart the Yellow
stone valley as a national park.
A joint commission met in Wash
ington to settle disputes between the
United States and Great Britain.
tS73-Committe on the Credit Mobilier
scandal recommended the expulsion
of one of the United States Senators
implicated.
iSs1-Boers defeated the British at Ma
juba Hill.
lSS6-French troops suffered disastrous
defeat at Madagascar.
1888 Union Square theater, New York.
destroyed by fire.
iS91-Yuma, Ariz, nearly destroyed BY
food.
1896 Receivers appointed for the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad.
l90O-Gen, Cronje and the Boer forces
surrendered to the British. Relief
of Ladysmith, after siege Of 100
days.
l905-Beginning of the battle at Muk-
den, Manchuria, between the Rus
slams and japanese.
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What Is titled aristocrat" shouts
q gentleman upon the floor of Congress,
and every good American answers that
be is nothing whatever, and cheers
right Justify as the orator belabors the
American girl who goes title hunting
In Europe, or who Is captured by
hunter of heiresses In America. And
yet mob of 5000 persons, in the larg-
est city in America, disputes ground
with an army Of policemen with clubs
In an effort to see real live nobleman.
The crowd Is not composed of the
plainest of the common people. Great
er interest is not displayed in prince
Of the blood in any European capital
than the populace of New York mani
tests In the obscure possessor of an
unimpoEtant title in a fourth-rate
European country.
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American Temperament and Art.

The majority of the men and women
who gave American life its form and
direction were not the children Of an
artistic race, though they were the
heirs of a great literature. They de
scended from people who have never
pursued art as an end and whose first
instructive expression In meeting great
experiences has never been artistic,
but who have never divorced action
from vision nor failed in the long run
to match power in action with some
kind of beauty in speech. From Its
English ancestry the country has In.
herited an ingrained and inefaceable
ldealism OF nature, which enormous
tasks and hitherto incredible prosper.
ity have at times smothered and blight.
ed. but never destroyed. From other
races have come richer temperament,
quicker sensibilities, craving for joy
and love Of beauty for Its own sake
which have already immensely enrich
ed American art and are subsoilina
American life.-Hamilton Mabie In At
lantic.
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Co,tI, New BANK building.

The National City Bank of New York,
commonly known as the Standard OIL
bank, has begun to demolish the old Gus
tom house on Wall street, which it pur-
chased some years ago. On this site IL
is planned to erect the most imposing
bank structure in the world, to be twenty
five stories high and cost over S2,5O0,O0O.
1t is said to be the desire of the bank
official, to erect building that will re-
mind people of the Bank of England.
while being far more magnificent ant
complete,
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The folly of the king system Of gov
eminent Is illustrated in the case Of
Portugal Because an 1S-year-old boy
happens to be the son of his father he
becomes the head of the nation. With
out experience, With immature facul-
ties, without proof Of aptitude, without
evidence Of the proper sort of character
be is lurched into seat on the throne.
1t Is all very well to say that he is but
f1gurehead that the real responsible
ties of the government will be borne by
older men; that he is the ruler of Por-
tugal in name only, but that does not
vindicate the soundness of the monar-
chical idea. If he is to be the actual
bead of the government, the plan of CIV
Ing him such a position merely because
be is who he Is becomes for that rea-
ton peculiarly absurd. If he Is not to
be the actual chief of the government,
but an ornament only, the absurdity Of
the thing is just as clear, for what is
the use OF having king If somebody
else Is to do the work? A king under
mch circumstances becomes a ridiculous
superfuity and a sort Of relic of the
old days of popular servility to a hcti-
tious divine right"
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BY MISADVENTURE
FIR a N K 3 A r r ET IT
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up, Of course. Perhaps you would Ike
me to tell them they must go"
mo | am to consider my. position
here unaltered and no change in the rout-
Inc is to be made until the will has been
read, Mr.. Keene says
Mr.. Keene seems to be unduly inter
fering-to be overstepping tbs bounds Of
his--ah function" mid Mrs. Teames
tartly-
age Of desperation, declared was dear
old man, and wouldn't let cook be sent
away, or let any one be made unhappy.
The day Of the funeral cAme-and Z
sad day it is in my memory, for even
4 lawyer cannot bury an old friend with
out pang of regret for the past that
can never be renewed bitter yearn-
iRg for the hand and the voice and the
eyes that never again one shall clasp,
and listen to, and look into!
- expected that Lynn Yeames would
be sufficiently well to come back for the
reading of the will but he was not. How
ever. Mrs. Yeames was there with tele-
gram of regret from him (she had torn
off the heading, but found out after
wards that it came from Monaco, and
herself prepared to stand as his repre-
sentative; and a fine monument of re-
spectabllity she was in her Grape. To
her disgust, l had up all the servants
into the room indeed, had invited every
one whose name was in the will. DIR.
Awdrey was there, looking as if he were
going to have his head cut off, and Miss
Dalrymple, and little Laure.
/ opened the will, and in a dead ST.
lence began to read it clearly and slow
ly. You might have heard pin drop.
After the usual preamble, came the leg
acies to the servants, whom Mrs. Yeames
would have packed off with months
wages and then began the shifting and
signing and smothered ordinations Of
establishment and pleasure as they learn
ed that there were hundred pounds and
good suit of clothes to come TO each
OF them out of the fortune Of their kind
old master. And when these were dis
posed of, came to the Yeames bequest.
"To Mrs Anna Maria Yeames, widow
of my brother, Joseph Flexmore, l give
and bequeath the sum of FIVE pounds"
/ looked at her over the top of my
glasses as | read this. She folded her
arms, closed her eyes, and assumed
look Of injured dignity. l would have
given as much as this bequest to have
been able to look round and see how the
servants managed to conceal their feel
ings. However, l contented myself with
reading on:
ITO my nephew, Lynn Yeames, stepson
of the aforesaid Joseph Flexmore here
l turned over the page, and glaneing at
Anna Maria, found her eyes open, and
her expression indicative Of assured tri-
umph-"I give and bequeath the sum of
fifty pounds and my glass case of stuffed
birds"
Lowering the will and looking over my
glasses, l said to Mrs. Yeames Flex-
more:
"As your son is not here, l will apprise
him by letter of this bequest."
THAT is not all, am sure. 4sead on,
if you please" said the lady.
l bowed, and proceeded to read out In
full the clause in which ElexmSre con-
stituted John Howard Audrey, N. D.,
etc., sole guardian of his beloved daugh-
ter, Laure Constance Flexmore, and in
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the labor OF H1nen Will establish q
principle Of far reaching influence. The
state passed law forbiddlng employ
err from forcing women to work more
than ten houls a day A Portland
laundiyman questioned the constitu-
tionality OF this law. He declared that
itsput limitation upon the power Of
contract. From the Supreme Court OF
Oregon the case reached the highest
national tribunal. That body has de
cided In favor Of the state Legislation,
The opinion OF the court, as stated by
Justice Brewer, calls attention to the
fact that the rights Of women can no
more be infringed than those Of men,
But on many accounts women are en-
titled to greater protection than men
Whatever theories may be advanced In
connection with women's rights, the
facts remain that the sexes differ In
structure of body, In physical strength
in the capacity for long continued
labor, particularly that done standing
The difference is marked when there
Is consideration Of the influence Of Wig.
orous health upon the future well being
Of the race, the self-reliance which en-.
ables one to assert full rights and the
capacity to maintain the struggle fol
the court declares that legislation In
behalf of women may be sustained even
II similar legislation Is not required for
men and could not be sustained. The
difference In laws for men and women
Is justified by the inherent differences
Of sex. If some Of the burdens which
rest upon women are peculiarly heavy
they ought to have compensation In
other directions There has long been
recognition of the principle that child
labor should have its own laws and
should not be put upon the same plane
as that of adults. This decision places
the labor Of women In distinct cate
CORY also. 1t does not deprive a state
of the right to refuse to enact laws
regulating women labor, but 1t makes
1t certain that state laws regulating
the labor of adult women which differ
from those affecting adult males, will
not be set aside by the federal Supreme
Court. A state legislature may enact
such law, however, and the state Su.
preme Court hold 1t unconstitutional
That was the case in Illinois. Its Su.
preme Court made short work of law
regulating the hours women should
work on the ground that it was an
unlawful interference with the right
of an adult to dispose of her labor
Some state Supreme Courts have taken
the Illinois view of the case, while
others have been of contrary opinion
Probably in time there will be gener.
al acceptance Of the principles enuncia,
ted by the Supreme Court of the Unit.
ed States. The reasons asserted by
the court will be recognized every
where as having great force. They will
make their appeal to the better judg-
ment Of all. Whatever the theories
advanced In favor of substantial equali-
ty Of women and men in political, per
sonal, and contractual rights, the fun.
damental differences Of sex will con-
tinue to exist and will be considered
as important In shaping laws.
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CHAPTER x.-(continued.).

CHAPTER X-(Continued.)
was shown into sitting room, ~
pretentiously genteel and chilling as Mrs.
Yeames herself. and there waited till II
pleased the woman to come to me. She
waved me to u chair, after seating her
self, without giving me her hand, for
which was grateful, though hitherto she
had allowed me to take the tips OF her
clammy fingers. Her lofty air and pat
ronizing smile showed that she partsci-
pated in her precious sons belief with
regard to the heritage.
Il have called to see your son, Mr..
Lynn, madam" said /.
He Is rot hyah, !" said she with that pc
cuhar pronunciation which your "supe-
riah' person affects. He il in London.
where he has met with an accident re-
quiring medical treatment which confines
him to his room"
Can you give me his address," SIX
ed. Il have business to transact with
him."
No, cannot give you his address. j
have received a wiah from him, in which
he begs me to act for him In all matters
of business nature until his return"
About three days after this, client
who had just returned from business
journey to the south of France dropped
in 10 have chat with me, and amongst
other things he said
"By-the-by, Keene, | crossed over with
young Yeames."
"WhenF asked.
On the 6fteenth-night service. He
pretended not to see me, 20 / did not
bother him. know a man at such times
as this doesn't care for condolences and
that sort Of thing"
He was going to Paris, l SUPPOSED"
ventured to suggest.
"Oh, farther than that. I caught night
OF him at the station where the line
branches off to Monaco"
You are sure of your fact? | ask ed,
though l had little doubt of IT,
Il am as sure 1t was he a. / am that
you are before me now
Now the 18th was the very day he had
left Coneyford for London. Was London
not gay enough for him, that he must
60 on to Monaco for amusement7 One
thing was certain: Mrs. Yeames, to have
received a telegram from him, must have
known his whereabouts, and could not
give me his address in London simply be
cause he was at the other end of Europe.
Why had she told me that lie? Because
she did not wish it to be known that
her son had gone to Monaco, lest it might
be inferred that he had gone there for
pleasure? That was the conclusion
came to.
1t never entered my head that he had
got out of the country for prudential
reasons, and that the cause of his precip-
itate fight was that little paper pellet
which was lying quietly in my handy
drawer. There are things which escape
even the suspicion of a lawyer some
times
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CHAPTER XII.

Mrs. Yesmes found time to quit her
dressmakers, her grapes, bombaIines, and
the rest of 1t, in order to visit the two
poor souls at Fle1more House and wor-
ry them. First Of all, she attacked Nurse
Gertrude upon the subject of mourning.
rs it possible that you have not yet
ing around her with a snif, as if scent
ing the air for the smell of Grape.
Miss Clip is making our dresses; they
are to be home tomorrow" replied Miss
Dalrymple.
VERY injudicious. I always have the
dressmaker in the house You know then
that an inferiah article is not substituted
for the material you have bought, and
that none of it is kept back. Also you
can be certain that good work Is put in
and no machining. The cost is very much
less, too. What with lining and trim
mings, and one thing and anothah, fear
these dresses will be very heavy eI-
pense"
Not more than l can afford to pay, I
hope" said Miss Dalrymple quietly.
II hope you have chosen a fashionable
cut for my niece's dresses. l should have
liked them to be like Sir Willoughby
Chough's little girls, or the Honorable
Mrs. Blinker's nieces. You must have
noticed how very elegant and high-class
they are"
Il do not think Laurie initiated any
ones style"
Surely you have not suffered that
child to choose her own Style ~
hac vary ooo6 Sta in,
dress, and the dresses are for her,
shell be perfect sight !" said Mrs.
Yeames emphatically, with dab of her
hand. How very unfortunate! If l
had only thought of it q little earlier.
Deah. deahl They'll all have to be al
tered. of course, when she goes to board
ing school,"
But l am not going to boarding
school," said little Laure desperately. 81
am going to stay always-eyer, ever =
with Nurse Gertrude. Mr.. Keene says
So"
"Mr. Keene knows nothing about it.
Your guardian will settle such matters.
and not Mr.. Keene And little girls
should speak when they are spoken to-
not before. I'm afraid | shall have
great deal of trouble with you when you
come to live with me"
but l am not going to live With you
never, never" exclaimed the child, screw
ing herself in terror against Nurse Ger
trude, and holding her arm for protec-
ion.
1--WE shall see about that" retorted
Mrs. Yeames, pursuing up her lips and con-
tracing her nostrils viciously. Then
turning to Nurse Gertrude, she said:
"Have you made any plans with regard
to yourself, Miss Dalrymple? Have you
settled where you will go when you leave
byah?'
mo; it is impossible to settle anything
definitely at present"
Zone thing there Is which should GER
tainly be done without delay. 1t ought to
be intimated to the servants that their
services will not be required after their
month u up. The house will be given
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would withdrar as, 600, 600.

From all the money centers of the coun-
try come reports of bank deposits again
up to or exceeding the normal before the
panic. This being the case, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury has made further
withdrawal of public funds from the de
pository banks to the amount of 25 per
cent of their holdings, where the total
is 100000 or more, 10 per cent payable
on or before March 8, and the rest on
March %. Under this call about $685.
100000 will be returned.
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Although In foreign countries and In
some parts of our own land birth is
announced In the newspapers as mat
ter Of course, New York man who
advertised the arrival Of his first boy
now doubts the wisdom of pursuing
this practice in large cities. Within a
fortnight he had had calls from thir-
teen statesmen, and received thirty-six
letters and circulars, and ffty-eight
samples, all aiming to promote the In
fant's health or happiness by the sale
Of some article of merchandise.
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never Burnt Before.

'.viu YOU direct me to Farmer Skin
re house?o asked the newly-arriYed
arder.
~ will eff you want nne to-" replied
+ station lounger.
y shall have to ask you for explicit
|ections. because I've never been
re before"
Gosh, | know that, seein' ye're 80
on goin' there now."-The Cathoic
hndard and Times.
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State Commissions Legal.

The New York Court of Appeals, by
unanimous vote, has sustained the consti-
nationality of the former State Gas Com
mission. This decision is considered as
practically affirming the validity Of the
Public Service Commission law, which
merged the duties of several separate COM
missions into two general bodies, one hav-
ing jurisdiction in New York City and
the other in the remainder of tiie State
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United States authorities have de-
ported a boy to Russia seven times.
The next time he comes they ought to
let him stay. A youngster of his per-
severance and determination has the
making of a good citizen in him.
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An examination of the brain of
German scientist who spoke fifty Ian
Euages dlscloses the fact that it was of
ordinary size, shape and texture. 1t
should be explained, however, that the
scientist never mastered slang.
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Unlimited stock.

3Iox latter ten years absence)-
lat became of Skinner, the dry goods
n? When l left he was In financial
out at cost.
knox-Oh, he's doing business at the
stand-still selling out at cost
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The English we use In this country
is practically the same that Is used In
England 1t is the slang prevailing
in the two countries that is, unfortu-
nately, 30 different.
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A woman arrested for forging checks
she was lonely. Still, some people pre-
fer being lonely to getting into bad
company.
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An observing newspaper has noticed
that since his marriage Senator Bever-
idge has given very little advice to
young men.
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A typesetter committed suicide tie
other day because his work was full of
errors. You never hear of a baseball
player taking his own life for similar
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When all liars are prohibited from
voting, as suggested by Boston man,
we won't have to sit up very late await
ing for election returns.
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If the grip germ would only make
warning noise, something like rattle
snake, everybody would be less afraid
of It
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The dlfrhence between doctor and
an enemy Is that the doctor charges
for telling you to 60 to warmer ell
mate.
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Vain Argument.

Brown-I wasted an hours time In
an argument with Jones this morning.
Smith-How did 1t happen?
Brown was trying to convince him
that he ought to pay me the bill he
borrowed of me last spring