The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-10-01
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

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It is expected that the Australian ole
ige pensions project will cost FL ,SO0,00t
early.
twenty-five high school principals #
Kansas are women. They are said to dc
heir work 50 well that no one has eyel
suggested putting men in their places
There Is never a part of the year
when Pixies Peak Is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and August
weather snow is to be found even at d
considerable distance from the top OF
The mountain.
Twenty-Five men interested in the
navigation Of the air, have formed the
Aero Club of California at Los Ange-
es. The purpose of the club is to OBJ
ain suitable grounds for experimental
iscents and maintain repair and con-
struction shops.
A residence Of ct least five years is
requlred to qualify an alien for natur-
llization. No matter how long a man
may have been in the United States,
two years must elapse between the date
Of his declaration Of intention and his
ldmittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit In the budget the
French Minister Of Finance suggests
! the doubling Of the licensing fees Of
lenders of absinthe. This taxing Of
the green peril" Will, It is thought, be
popular; the minister anticipates that 1t
will bring him In 100000.
Adeline Genee is a Danish girl, who
made her debut as dancer at Copen-
hagen when she was II years of age
She then went to Berlin to dance at
the Grand Opera House, and after
ward to Munich. She is considered to
be one Of the most graceful and accom-
Iplished dancers in the world.
In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat, Danish company, with one ex-
detrimental plant In Denmark and one
In France, has found the cost to be
about one-fourth Of that made from pO
tatoes. In the process of manufacture,
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verted by sulphuric acid into soluble
carbohydrate and this is fermented by
a special yeast.
In 1907 Philadelphia's export and
import trade increased $25OO0,OOO in
value over the figures for the previous
year. The total value Of the city eX-
ternal trade for that year was over
.S15O,OOO,0OO. These figures account in
part for the opening of the new steam
ship service between Genoa, Italy and
the City Of Brotherly Love. The Ital-
lans want some of the business.
Indla's government has recently au-
thorized the employment of women
telegraph operators. The candidates
must be between IS and 80 years Of
age, and they must be unmarried or
widows. They must undergo training
If twelve months in the telegraph train
ing classes. during which time they win |
receive S0G5 a month, the same allow |
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death of
Grover Cleveland, 1t is interesting to
note that only twice before in the his
tory Of the nation has the United
States been without a living eX-PresI-
dent George Washington died in 1900,
when John Adams, the second Presi-
lent, was In Office. Andrew Johnson,
1T the time the only surviving ex-Chief
Executive, passed away in 1875, two
years before General Grant retired to
private life
The Dutch government has granted a
to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tramway Company to
,ulld and operate an electric railway
ystem in Holland. The route will be
nearly fifty kiloms, running from Am
terdam north through Zaandam to
iromemlnie, from Zaandyk to Wyk-
and Wormeryeer to Purmer-
nd The Holland Development Com
any Of Amsterdam will build the en-.
ire system.
The Arabian Nights" is an extensive
of tales forming part Of the
.rabic literature, and the exact title
which Is 'The Book of the Thousand
nd One Nights" They were first made
nown to Europe by Antoine Galland, ,
eween 1904 and 1717. He was !
rench Orlentallst, who succeeded, !
fter much effort, in obtaining a manu-
,rlpt, which he supplemented by gath {
ring tales from professional story-tell- {
rs, whom he met during his travels In
le East. {
As an instance of the Great Eastern
always elaborate precautions for the
lfety Of travellers ON its system, the .
ailway News says that at Broxbourne, !,
n the purpose Of advising the station /,
gnalman when train has passed his !
,wn or up advanced starting signal, a =
III contact is placed about 800 yards u
head of the respective advanced start :
G signals, and on the engine reaching n
lie rail contact a bell is rung In the v
gnal box, and this bell continues ring i
s until the signal is replaced to dam S
r. $
According to a report in the Neue /
reie Presse, Vienna, j. Pierpont Nor /
IN was n busV StUhtSaar I'm tbat city