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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10
CHAPTER XVIII.

Walter found a good dinner ready for
MIN at u o'clock, which he enjoyed the
more because he felt that he had earned
ii in advance. He waited till about .
I o'clock. and again set out, this time in
a different direction. In some places he
was received politely; in others he WIS
treated as a humbug. But Walter was by
this time getting accustomed 10 his posi-
ton. and found that he must meet dis
agreeable people with as good humor as
he could command. One farmer was will
ing to take the book if he would accept
pay in apples, of which he offered him
two barrels but this offer he did not for
a moment entertain, judging thar be
would find it difficult to carry about the
apples. and probably difficult TO dispose
of them. However, he managed to sell
two copies. though he had to call at TWEEN
~ places to do it. Nevertheless. he felt
well repaid by the degree of success he
met with.
Five books sold to-day - thought Wal
ter. complacently, as he started on his
walk home. That gives me six dollars
and a quarter profit. l wish l could
keep that up"
But u young merchant found that he
vas not likely to keep up such sales, The
next day he sold but two copies. and the
day succeeding three. Still. for three
days and a half the aggregate sale was
eleven copies. making a clear proit OF
thirteen dollars and seventy-fve cents. ~
end of the week he had sold twenty
copies but TO make up this number he
had been obliged to visit one or two neigh
boring villages.
He now prepared to move on. The
next place at which he proposed to stop
ror a few days we will call Bolton. He
lad already written to Cleveland for a
fresh supply of books to be forwarded
% him there. He had but two books left
md his baggage being contained in a
mall valise, he decided to walk the dis
ance, partly out of economy, but princi-
ally because it would enable him to see
he country at his leisure. During The
FIVE miles he succeeded in selling
9th books, which relieved him of the
urden of carrying them, leaving him only
is valise.
Walter was strong and stout, and en-
Dyed his walk. There was a freshness
nd novelty about his present mode OF
fe. which he liked. He did not imagine
e should like to be a book agent all ms S
fe, but for a time he found it qnile
!e
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The success Of Governor Hughes
campaign for the repeal and amend
ment OF statutes under which betting
within race track Enclosures was an
act without criminal penalties In New
York State probably means the end Of
the tracing game" as it has been here
tofore played In the United States.
An end has been put to a real and
strong effort to make the sport of
horse racing socially respectable-to
ameliorate the known evils connected
with Ito make it a decent amuse-
ment for those who felt that they
could afford to indulge in it. Very
large property values have been affect
ed. 1t Is estimated that horsefesh
which for the purposes of the game
was worth $20,G00,0W may now be
worth from one-ffth to one-tenth of
that amount. Other uses will have to
be found for lands occupied by tracks
and for buildings on them valued for
their recent uses at $~27,0O0,000 and
Immediately worth for other purposes.
very much less. The owners of this
property have, Of course, no right to
complain. This was a chance they took
when they put their money into 1t. 1t
Is a well established principle of
American law that when the sovereign
people become of the opinion that an
occupation or amusement is dangerous
to public health or morals they may
by due process of law put an end to it.
The people of the State of New York
would seem to have become Of that
opinion with respect to a form of sport
which, its advocates have contended.
cannot exist unless people are permit
ted to make wagers over it. The ap-
peal was made directly to them 0y
Governor Hughes. Whether or not the
should be changed was made the
issue in a district where a special cleo
ton was necessary. And every mem
Der Of the Legislature was virtually
forced TO inquire and decide how his
constituents wished him to vote. The
was no referendum In legal form,
there was one In moral fact Horse
men all over the United States have
a heavy blow in the New
FORK law. Kentucky, for example, has
Millions of dollars invested In breed
ng farms for the production and train
ng of thoroughbreds. The New York
aw strikes this industry directly, and
and breeders estimate that they
ace tremendous losses in the depre-
iation of their holdings. For with no
acing in New York their principal
iarket is abolished The same situa-
on obtains wherever rae horses are
red.
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KING HARHEssED A HORSE
Meanwhile, Its Owner Sat ny,
Watching the Monarchy Work

hile, It's Owner Sat By,
Watching the Monarch. Work
Much-traveied people will testify
that the most stupid people in the
whole world are found In Mecklenburg,
Germany, says the Kansas City Star.
Natives of that district are said to be
even more dense than the inhabitants
of the county of Wiltshire. England,
and that IS saying a good deal. The
Inhabitants OF both OF these places will
admit the Impeachment, but they do
not call it stupidity they have anoth-
er name for it They have exalted it
into a virtue and call it "imperturba-
bllIty." In the United States, if a
country yokeI didn't know the way to
a owl fifteen miles away. ne would be
accounted a fool. But in M~eeklenbuR
the peasant n meets on the highways
doesn't know, has never been there and
never wants to go. That is ~imperturb-
ability.
1t is a mistake. however, to think
that the country duIlard never scores
as the king of Wurtemburg has discoy-
cred Recently that royal Individual
went TO shoot with the Grand Duke
Adolphus Of Meckenburg- Acconlpan-
led by the grand dukes eldest son they
drove In a luxurious motor car 70 the
famous deer park at NeustreIitz- On
the way they came upon a country
tlr-cart drawn at a snairs pace along
the narrow road by a white horse.
Perched on the seat were a peasant
and his good wife. The chauffeur blew
his horn and much to the royal party's
surprise the horse began to prancs
briskIE.
As the peasant made no attempt to
pull the horse and cart out Of the road
the chauffeur repeated the "honk,
honk." The horse reared and jumped
about, but strange to say, the peasant
and his wife sat stolidly on the seat
without any signs OF excitement Final
" the horse Topped oyer on its side
and lay quite still.
Immediately out jumped the king,
SEdLu duke and TIE son OF IQe
grand duke and came running up to
the fallen horse. The grand duke made
a dive at the horses head, his son
grabbed the bride and the king mar
,Owly escaped serious injury in unfas
-ening the traces while the horses's
lind legs were working like fails. All
his while the peasant and his good
wife sat calmly on their seat and
watched the royal trio perspire at their
elf-impOsed task Finally after a great
Ieal OF pulling and coaxing the white
lOrse scrambled 10 its feet and patient
Y submitted to being r-eharnessed by
he three pairs of hands which prob
bly, never before had done such hum
lie work. When everything was in
rider again, the grand duke handed
be peasant a piece Of money.
There. there, my good man." he
aid. Its all right this time, anyhow.
you can tell your cronies that the
rand duke and his son picked up your
orse. and the king Of Wurtemburg
them"
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In these times of great drains on
the timber supply, caused by the heavy
demand for forest products of all kinds,
Americans may see In Japan an exam
pie of what can be done in growing
wood on small plots. That country con-
tains twenty-one million wood lots,
about three-fourths of which belong to
munes. The average size of the plots
is less than nine-tenths of al acre.
They usually occupy the steepest,
toughest, poorest ground. In this way
land is put to use which would other
wise 20 to waste, and If unwooded
would lose its soil by the wash of the
dashing rains. From Japan's wood lots,
the yearly yield OF lumber is about
lightweight feet. board measure, per
acre, and three-fourths of a cord of fire.
higher. More than half a billion trees
are planted yearly to make up what is
cut for lumber and fuel. Assessment
for taxation is low, averaging for the
twenty-one million lots less than a dol
lar an acre. With all the care In
cutting, and the industry in replalting
Il is by no means certain that Japan's
forests are holding their own. If the
preservation of the forests is doubtful
there, it is evident that depletion must1
alarmingly rapid in other countries
which cut uasparingly and plant very
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GHONS
.n-D COLLEGES

The Chicago Board of Education ha
decided to bar all candidates for positions
as teachers in the public schools who are
over 90 years old.
The Minnesota school for the deaf this
year graduated seven students, each OF
whom has learned a trade, in addition to
his academic training.
CONTRACTORS are now at work on a
building to be erected at the Minnesota
school for the deaf, which will cost close
to $4,000 and is to be completed this
year.
President Northrop of the University
of Minnesota notified the students that
any one having unpaid bills outstanding
at the close of the school year would not
be graduated.
At the annual meeting of the alumni
held at Faribault, DR.. Dorr, superin-
tendent of the school, was presented with
a gold-headed cane.
At Reno, New, the entire State took
1 holiday the other day to celebrate the
dedication of the Mackay School of Mines
and the reception of the statue Of Mac
kay, both being presented TO the State
and University of Nevada by Clarence II.
Nackay snd his mother.
In revenge for the passage Of g proht
oition law in Alabama, which deprived the
of Mobile city and county of $780,
300 annual ~revenue, the anti-prohibition-
at a special election, defeated a pro-
posal 60 levy a special n mill school
leaving the schools without financial
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

In a street of Edinburgh one day a
dusty soldier went up to a little boot
black and told the boy to brush his
boots and polish them well. The lad
looked at the big Scots Gray and
shouted blithely to another bootblack /:
"Haw, Sandy, come owe an gle us a
with his hands curved round
his mouth to form a speaking trumpet.
"See wha's here VII mel I've got an
contract"
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121rMagna cbarta signed by KIM
John.
the lake which bears his name.
1610-Champiain defeated the Iroquoi,
near the mouth of the Richelieu
river.
1706-Madrid entered by the English and
Portuguese.
l741-Alliance between George II. OF
England and Marie Theresa of Aus
tria.
1145-Louisbourg, n. s., taken by the
British from the French.
17755Battle of Bunker Hill.
177S-British evacuated Philadelphia.
1793-City of Archangel, in northern
Russia, nearly destroyed by fire.
1795-Union College founded at Science
tady, n. Y.
ls12-United States Congress declared
war against Great Britain.
fS15-Battle of Waterloo.
tS19-The Savannah, first steamer to
cross the Atlantic, arrived at Liver
POOL. The State of Maine separat-
ed from Massachusetts.
1S20LThe Earl of DaIhousie assumed Of
fee as governor of Canada.
1S31-Reform bill reintroduced u the
British Parliament.
1S37-Accession of late Queen Victoria
OF the death Of William ".
1s39-TotaI defeat of the Turkish army
by Ibraham Pasha on the Euphrates.
1s4O-Montreal and Quebec incorporated
as cities.
1S5O-Steamer Griffith burned on Lake
Erie with loss of 300 lives.
1sJ3-Termination of the Burmese war.
1SJ6-President Of the United States rec
ognized the flibuster Gen. Walker as
President of Nicaragua.
lS59-Repulse of the French and English
squadron on the Peiho.. Commodore
Tatnall of United States navy, in
Chinese waters, made his famous ut
terance BLOOD is thicker than
water"
IS63-Japanese ports closed to European
and American traders.
.s6AAlabama sunk by the Kearsarge-
.S67-Execution of Macmillan. Emperor
of Mexico. North German eonsti-
tuition promulgated.
S6S-Mumaita evacuated by the Para
guayans.
S69-Kansas negroes petitioned Con
gress for suffrage. !
S7O-Treaty of peace between Brazil /
and Paraguay. T
S71-Corner stone for the New York Z
State capitol laid at Albany.
S72-Earl of Duferin assumed Office as S
governor general Of Canada. t
S9O-Armenians mastered by Turks :
near Erzerum, :
S93-Monument unveiled in Waldheim )
cemetery. Chicago, in memory of the
"Haymarket anarchists"
S95-Baltic canal opened by Emperor
William. q
,Oo-Spain ceded the Caroline Islands to u
Germany. Il
go3-Regina. Saskatchewan, ineorpo o
rated as a city. a
l01-Tbe French chamber voted to sup !"
press the agitation in the wine grow =
ing districts by force. The Mayor :.
of New York turned the first sod in :
the construction of the Catskill water :
supply. President Roosevelt signed -
a treaty with Santo Domingo.
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STRONG AND STEADY
sy 3 NIGER. n
CHAPTER ~xyII.-(Contiuue,

CHAPTER xvIL-(Continued)
lie began to replace the book in 1T
brown paper covering
Il don't know but | might give yol
twenty-five cents more. Come. now, II
give you W dollars and a quarter"
Il can't take it, said Walter, shortly
Three dollars and a half is the price
aud 1 viii not take a cent less"
You won't get it out OF me. then,
hetorted the lady, slanniing the door ii
displeasure.
Waiter had already made up his MIN
20 this effect, and had started on his way
to the gate.
Il wonder if l shall meet nan people
ike herY' he thought, and be felt some
what respondent.
Walter began to think that selling
books would prove a harder and more dis
agreeable business than be had entici-
pated. He had been brought face to face
with meanness and selfishness, and they
inspired him with disgust and indigna-
ton. Not hat he expected everybody
to buy his books, even if they could af-
ford it. Still, it was not necessary 20 IN
suit him by offering half price.
He walked slowly up the street, Won
dering If he should meet any more such
customers. On the opposite side of the
street he noticed a small shoemaker's
shop.
Il suppose it is Of no use to go IN
there" thought Walter. IF they won't
buy at a big house, there isn't much
chance here"
Still he thought he would 90 in He
mad plenty of time on his hands, and
might as we'll let slip no chance, however
small. He pushed open the door, and
found himself in a shop about twenty-five
feet square, Uttered up with leather snag-
ings and finished and unfinished shoes. a
hoy of fourteen was pegging, and his
father, a man of middle age, was finish
ing a shoe.
-Good-morning," said Walter.
"Good-morning,H said the shoemaker.
round. do you want a pair Of
this morning?"
mo" said Walter, Il didn't come to
buy, but to sell"
"Well, what have you got to sell?'
"A subscription book, finely illustrat-
ed"
Let me look ar it.
He wiped his hands on his apron, and
the book, began to turn over the
caves.
1T seems like a good book" he said.
Does it sell wellf"
yes, il sells largely. have only just
commenced, but other agents are dong
veil on it."
That's the way to talk. How much
10 you expect to get for this bookl"
'sThe price is three dollars and a half"
ITS rather high"
But there are a good many pictures.
hose are what cost money"
yes. l suppose they do. Well, I've a
reat mind to take one"
Il don't think you'll regret it. A good
ook will give you pleasure for a long
That's so. Well, here's the money"
Walter was all the more pleased at ct
citing this sale. because it was uneN-
ected. He had expected to sell a book
the great house he had just called at,
thought that the price of the book
light deter the shoemaker, whose income
was not large.
During the next hour Walter failed to
Il another copy. At length he managed
sell a second. As these were all he
ID brought with him. and he was feel ,
2 somewhat tired, he went back to the
vern, and did not come out again till
ter dinner. :
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The Retort courtenu..

An official OF the Department Of the
Interior tells OF an incident at one Of
the government schools for the In
dams.
A patronlzing young woman Of Cir
cinnati was being shown through the
Institution. when she cam upon a fine
looking Indian girl Of perhaps 10 years
Of age. The Indian girl was hemming
napkins, which the girl from Cincln-
natl watched for some moments in ST.
lence. Then she said to the Indian
Are you ciyilized?r
The Sioux raised her head slowly
from her work and glanced oddly at
her interrogation. No she replied, as
her eyes again sank to her napkins;
ARE. your
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little. On the other hand, 1t is encour-
aging to see what can be done with
rough, steep and poor lapd. The United
States has enough Of that kind, with
out touching the rich agricultural acres,
to grow billions Of feet Of lumber.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

The explosion Of an automobile tire
resulted in knocking the owner down.
1t is a treacherous machine that smites
the hand that feeds it gasoline.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

George W. Kidd, of Monroe City, Mo-,
ate thirty-slx bananas, sixty oranges
and a pound Of candy at one sitting.
Probably he blamed the pancakes his
wife made for breakfast next morning
or his attack of indigestion.
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They have a way OF looking on the
bright side of things in Oklahoma.
When a citizen in the arid district lost
a valuable colt by drowning a while
ago, the local newspaper commented
that it was "a fine thing to nave water
enough out on the Staked Plain to
drown a horse"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

Great Britain also has its railroad
problem. A London financial magazine
asserts that sit costs more to transport
a pound of butter to London from Ire
land than from Victoria, Australia, and
lower rate than from the Scottish
Highlands"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

An Ohio man claims to have Invented
an airship that will stay up for
months" 1t will doubtless make a hit
with men who occasionally find it neces-
sary to dodge their creditors.
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money.

To an audience of women Miss Ida
Tarbell spoke OF o u common enemy
man." Now, that is the sort Of reason
ableness that puts the matter on a high
plane and is sure to convert the com
'uon enemy"
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One Russian citizen accused Of being
a revolutionist was acquitted In st. Pet
ersburg yesterday. But we know pne
Judge who is going to lose his job when
the Gar hears of 1t.
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In order to simplify matters and save
time will those portions of the country
II which Mrs. Guinness has not been
seen please place themselves on rec
ord
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

A new play is called stubborn Gin
derella." Probably, like most women,
she declared she could wear the glass
slipper, although it was three sizes too
small.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

One hundred and sixty out Of 200
seniors at Princeton admit that they
have kissed girls. The other forty are
probably giving evasiye answers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-09-10

WI Ting-fang visited the Guinness
farm at Laporte. Probably some of the
mandarlns at home wished pointers ON.
uals who have been relieved of their
p,o,av
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1t must sometimes seem strange to
David Bennett Hill that absolutely no
body Is e~ndeavoring to drag him back
into the political arena.
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: Some of these secrets of long life
would be more popular II they didn't
begin with the advice to cut out nine
tenths Of the pleasures.
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What Man Wants.

Man wants but little here below"
So some old poet said.
Yet he don't close the openings
He wears each side his head.
Toledo Blade.
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I'd SKINNER. Publishes

German wants to borrow S2%5O,O0o,OOU,
out neglects to state whether it wants
It In bills or small change.
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The man who tells tiresome stories
usually has a big strong voice. lots
Of determination, ard sets TO the END
IL spite Of Interruptions
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Anthony Comstock has put his foot
down on the directoire gown. We may
>xpect to hear something rip presently.
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The life of a woman whose husband
has no bad habits must be rather mo.
notonous.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-27
FIRST BUDDHIST CHURCH IN
AMERICA TO BE ERECTED
Edifice to Be Put Up to Cost $12, 900 in
Seattle Within the Next Two
Weeks-lmage to Be
Installed
Rv Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SEATTLE, March 26.-Within the
next fortnight work will be begun on
what will be the only Buddhist church
in the United States, owned by a Bud
dhist organization, the building stand
ing on ground also owned by the So
ciety. The ground has been pur-
chased at a cost of $4,000 and the plans
have been drawn for a $4,000 edifice.
G. Nakai, pastor of the Seattle Jap
anese society, is now in Japan and
when he returns he will bring with
him an image of Buddha, for which a
place has been reserved in the chapel,
and which will be set up and used
in the services of the society.
The plans for the temple include a
gymnasium, shower baths and other
apparatus. a kitchen, dining room, Ii
brary and twenty-seven living rooms.
A school for young men will be con-
Quoted in the building, where the stu
dents will be given a general educa-
ton. Practically all of the adherents
of this Buddhist society are apanese,
but it also includes those of other ma
tionalities who are of Buddha. the
president of the society being a woman
of Scandinavian extraction, Selma An
derson.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-27
MEAT AGAIN GOES
UP IN THE EAST
PRICES ARE SUDDENLY RAISED
BY ALL BUTCHERS
AIIeqed Combination OF Circumstances
Blamed for Action-Retailers'
Proportion Greater Than
Wholesalers

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-Retail
prices of meats of all grades nave
increased 2 cents a pound within the
last week, and before another week
has gone by it is very likely that
prices will go from 8 to cents
pound higher, as a result of a strange
combination of circumstances wnlcn
has affected the cattle raising indus
try of this country. In fact local
hackers say if conditions become much
worse it will be necessary for the big
hackers of this country to import
sheen and cattle from the Argentine
Republic, England and Australia
Persons visiting the butcher SHOPS
in the last week for their customary
supply of meat, no matter What IT'S
quality, have found that from 3 TO
cents a pound has been added 10 the
price they paid for beef a week ago.
When they turned to lamb and NUT
ton as a substitute they found tnat
the price had increased cents a
mound and upon asking the price OF
nork found that the heavy demand
had increased that product from TO
q cents a pound, from sausage to loin
roast and chops.
When asked for an explanation the
only thing that could be said by the
retailer was that the wholesale price
had been increased from So to $3.50
hundred and that the loss to tne
dealers in bone and fat was so much
greater in proportion that they felt
compelled to make the increase larger
than that made by the wholesaler,
whose sales in bulk did not call for
such proportionate loss.