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of being the most intelligent of animals.
No doubt the elephant has his quota of animal
intelligence according to his place in the scale Of
nature which at best is comparatively low, and the
evidence adduced in support of his claim is by no
means convincing To hold that the elephant is
the most intelligent, among the most
intelligent of animals, would be to ignore abundant
evidence to the contrary and place this beast in a
false position.
1t will doubtless be conceded that the farest
means of Judging the comparative intelligence of
any two species of animals is to compare their
modes of life in state of nature their incidental
actions in emergency in their natural surroundings
when dependent upon their resources and act
ing by their voltion. Judged by such standard
the elephant is far below the limit of animal in
telligence.
In the popular of the term savage men, per-
haps may not be called scientific men; but science
is only the knowing of things, and apprehend that
the native hunters of tropical Africa know much
about the habits and intelligence of elephants and
other animals that live in these parts any school
of scientists knows, and those hunters prac-
of the most stupid beasts in the forest and assign
him to the lowest ranks of mammalian intelligence.
His sensibilties are obtuse his perception dull and
even his instincts of self preservation are feeble.
All his mental faculties slow and irresolute in
action If it was not for the endless leagues of dis
NAL jungle in which he finds refuge from the hunter,
the elephant would very be extermnated;
while many other species of animals, with more
natural enemies to contend with and fewer physical
means of self defense, survive, and have survived
for ages in the most open and populous sections of
country, chiefly by reason OF their keen perception
of danger and their tact in evading it.
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in that direction the whole band disap-
pears in spur of adjacent forest, and
no one can get near them with gun.
Many stealthy efforts have been made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Raid the Village Garden


THE little village of Ogula stands in
an open plain within half a mile Of
the Government post and at least four
hundred yards from the nearest skirt
of forest, with nothing between in the
way of cover but a few small date
palms, tufts of tall grass, and little
strip of marsh about half the distance.
Between the village and the forest are
two native roads and the telegraph line
A dozen times year the gorillas raid
the garden of that village, and have
done so for years; but up to this time
they have not once been discovered in
approaching it. and rarely until they
have completed their depredations In
retreating they seem quite Indifferent
about being seen, and are sometimes
rather defiant. As many as seven at
one time have been seen retiring acrnss
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-28
EMMETT MARKETS
EMMETT NEWS.
lInnt 2ays 9O cents for EGGS.

Hunt PAYS 80 cents LOT eggs
The ladies Of the Baptist church
will have a cooked TODD sale at
McNish's store Saturday after
noon at 2 O'Clock.
The Thunder Mountain mail out
OF Thupder City is tied up. The
roads are impossible and the men
are unable TO make the trips on ac.
count of the snow being soft.
Mrs. o. N. Calender had a
real old fashioned quilting bee al
her home east OF town on Friday.
She was assisted By Mrs. Alvin
Myers, Mrs. Ed Vahlberg and Mrs.
Sol Calender.
". +. Ringer OF New Plymouth.
who has been dulling well for
Steward x Burkhard OF their
slaughter house, completed the Job
last week. A strong flow of wat
er was found at $50 feet.
Miss Reua Gathesd, who has
been teaching term of school II
Goodrich. returned home yester,
day, having completed her work.
She was DELAYED week on her
homeward journey by foods in the
Weiser valley.
Sunday afternoon, Mr. aud AIS.
John Lingren entertained at dinner
the family Of Petei Kessler. Cor
net duets by Prof. Turner. leader
Of the Emmett band, and Harry
I.ingren aud other amusements
made the occasion an ENJOYABLE
one.
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Timothy, alfalfa and clover seet
at Hunts.
r. l.. holland and family of
near Marsh, spent several DAYS
this week in town visiting his
brother Frank.
James Vanderdasson, chairman
Of the board of county commission
egs, spent Sunday at home.
WANTED To buy a good milk
COW and a reliable work horse.
State price. Address Rolla Myer,
Emmett, Idaho. 1tp
Mrs w. II. Twillegar went to
Memphis, Mo-, last week to visit
her parents. She will be gone a
month or two.
Miss Pearl c Wilton left yester-
day for her former home in Ne
braska, where she will spend
several months.
FOR SALE About $50 bushels
of Club seed wheat and 500
bushels Hybrid seed wheat. Clean
and good. No smut or weed seed.
W. Il. Bartch, Bissell creek. 6tp
The w. c. T. U. will meet at
the home of Mrs. ]. l.. Reed Fri
day afternoon at B. All members
aud friends OF temperance are re-
quested to be present. Business of
to lie transacted.
Two $40 bills. between
the Bank of Emmett aud Sixth |
street. Reward to finder at this
office. Chris. Hanson.
Thursday evening the neighbors
Of Mrs. i. c. Vahlberg gave her
A surprise party. it being the
of her birthday. The
evening was spent in very enjoy
able manner playing Finch, after
which an appetizing lunch was
served. Those present were;
Mrs. o. N. Calender, Mrs. John
I.ingysp, Mr.. and Mrs. David
rappan, John Week and Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Kesseler
John Burger sent copy of The
[ndex's illustrated edition 10 his
back in Germany, just to
1--WE them an idea Of the Garden
II Eden. When John left home
/ number Of years ago. his father
predicted he was making o serious
nj steke, but when the old gentle
nan sees the pictures and reads Of
he wonderful fertility OF Payette
ralley soil. he will undoubtedly be
Of his son $ sound judg
nent in locating in the garden spot
II all creation.
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Fine mince meat and sauer kraut
at Loree & Reilly's.
Walter Foley is i'll charge of J.
R. Fields slope ranch.
Hawkins, Hardware, has a com
plete stock of disk plows and grain
drills.
Fascinating Typography. $50 page
illustrated catlog No. 2 free. Wood
ard, Clarke & Co. Portland Oregon.
Use Worcester salt for your meat.
Worcester salt goes as far again
as any other salt. Crosson keeps
it.
Pat Edvalson and children re-
turned Tuesday from Utah. where
they had been visiting the old
home for several weeks.
The Woodmen of the World SER
we'd banquet in their hall Mon
day night, and entertained with
music and games.
Have you bought your disk
plows aud grain drills for fall
work. If not, see Hawkins about
them. He has large stock of the
best and his prices are always the
lowest.
Steward & Burkhard last week
sold carload Of beef steers to G. !
F. Weichter. who shipped them to
Portland. When dressed the meat |
will be shipped to Alaska.
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New rugs and lace curtains al
Kar & Co.
John c. Dewey was on Monday
elected a member of the board of
directors of,the county fair asso-
citation.
Regular communication of Butte
lodge of Masons will be held
Thursday, February 4 Work in
first and third degrees. All So
JOINING Masons are invited to at
terd S. P. Bane, Master.
The Modern Woodmen at their
meeting last week presented w. c.
Langroise with a beautiful solid
gold Woodman pin, in token of
their appreciation of his services
as consul during the past year.
The Clark Family Evangelists
will give concert IN the hall Mon
day night. They are talented mu
scians and give a splendid pro-
gram, and everyone should hear
them.
Margaret E., the week old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Mains. died at a Boise hospit-
al Sunday morning. The funeral
was conducted by Bishop Funston
and the remains buried
in the Masonic cemetery at Boise.
Emmett people sincerely sympa-
thize with the grief stricken par
ants,
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Store Room for Rent.
Dissolution Notice.

dyof Lnuy1@
and nf requested
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Furniture and Fixtures for Sale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-24
CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

'Well.' he said That's something OF
mess. isn't it? II you can only prove
your mild and childlike disposition. they
couldn't hold you for the murder-which
Is regular ten-twent-thfrt crime, any
how. But the notes-that's different.
They are not burned. anyhow. Your
man wasn't on the train-therefore. he
wasn't in the wreck. If he didn't know
what he was taking. as you seem to
think. he probably reads the papers. and
unless he is a fathead. he's awake by
this time to what he's got. He'll try to
sell them to Bronson. probably"
''Or to u.s. put in.
We said nothing for a few minutes.
Mcknight smoked a cigarette and stared
at a photograph of Candida over the
mantel. Candida is the best pony for a
heavy mount In seven states.
4 didn't go to Richmond" he observed.
finally. The remark followed my own
thoughts SO closely that l started. Miss
West Is not home yet from Seal Harbor.
into thoughtful silence. Mrs. Klopton
came In just as the clock struck one. and
made preparation for the night by put
ting q large gaudy comfortable into an
armchair in the dressing room, with a
smaller, stiff-backed chair for her feet.
She was wonderfully attired in dressing
gown that was reminiscent. In parts. of
all the ones she had given me for half
dozen Christmases, and she had a purple
veil wrapped around her head. to hide
heaven knows what deficiency. She ex-
amined the empty eggnog glass, inquired
what the evening paper had said about
the weather, and then stalked into the
dressing room, and prepared. with much
DESTINATIONS creaking. to sit up all night.
We fell silent again, while Mcknight
traced q rough outline Of the berths on
the white table cover and puzzled it out
slowly. 1t was something like this:
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Tests Of q Gentleman.
From the Philadelphia Record.


Don't judge Of man by the fact that
he regularly gives up his seat in street
car to a smiling young woman who
beams upon him her gratitude and good
WILL" philosophical a young professional
man the other day THAT Is no test OF
hts gallantry and self-control. That's the
easiest thing he does. Just watch the
same man on Market street at the rush
hour on a rainy, slippery day. Watch
him try to make his way up the street
against the crowd of shoppers and shop
girls on their mad rush to lunch. Watch
him ward of the point OF an umbrella
carried like a bayonet in the hands OF
some absent minded. giggling shop girl
and then get jabbed in the ear with the
tip Of a steel umbrella rib on the other
side. Watch him chase through the mud
for his hat, which some careless pedes-
trian knocked of as he came pell-mell
around a windy corner. See him dodge
into q doorway to avoid a line Of shop
pers walking five abreast across the side
walk. II he still manages to smile. mani
tests no Ill win against the fair sex and
does not swear loud enough to be heard
you may mark him down as perfect
gentleman"
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LONDON'S NEW STREET.
The Professional Way to Be One Of
Worlds Great Boulevards.
From the London News.

from the lon00n news.
Berlin has It's Inter den Linden, Vienna
its .Prater, New York its 5th avenue,
Paris its Champs Eysees. and soon Lon
don will have its Professional Way that
may vie In time with any competitor at
home or abroad as q handsome and fash
ionable thoroughfare.
Stretching from Buckingham palace to
Trafalgar Square. the new road already
gives promise of the splendor that Is to
be. At Its western end rise the gates
and marble fountains that form part of the
great Queen Victoria memorial. Straight
as an arrow. the road. with its rows Of
sentinel trees, leads to ChariEg Cross
On one side stretches what is left of the
Park of st. James; on the other rise the
buildings of st. James Palace, Marlbor-
ough House and .o the Georgian homes
House Terrace, terminating in the some
what dingy home Of the London county
council, where once stood Berkeley House
In the Spring Garden.
The road 10, Of course, not entirely new
The stretch between st. James Palace
and Buckingham Palace has witnessed
more than one triumphal procession in
the reigns Of the late and the present
sovereigns. The new arched gateway,
however. not only made possible "a short
III
opened up to London and its visitors q
little known corner of the park, which
few have visited.
With its Offices overhead. connecting
with the new Admiralty buildings. the fine
arched gateway forms a not uniting
entrance to the road from Charing Cross,
and when the buildings which at present
hide the view of its front are removed
it will be found to harmonic with the
many new buildings which almost unno-
ticed have grown up round Trafalgar
Square. Transforming its former ugliness.
Through Its central gateway the statue
Of Charles l, no longer engrossed with
the contemplation Of the scene Of his ex-
ecution. will peer over the trees.
1t will not be without a pang of regret
that the lover of old London will con-
template this newest Improvement. Even
the most imaginative will find 1t hard to
remember where Milk Fair. which sur
vived till a few years since. once stood:
harder still to locate the Spring Garden
where James l housed his menagerie.
Gone, too. are New street. where Lord
Campbell and Sir Ashley Cooper lived;
Millions dwelling place after the restora-
ton, and the homes Of Matthew Prior and
Thomson, the poet OF 1.-THE Seasons"
who lived In houses on the site Of the new
arch and where the open space is In
front.
On the other hand, 1t will not be diffi-
cult, as the busy life OF fashionable Lon
don streams down the new Professional
Way, to repeople 1t with the famous dead,
the Eallants Of Tudor and Stuart days, or
to recall the insult offered on the site
of this very road by Sir John Fenwick
to the Princess Mary. slight that in
later years cost him his life
And II the dreamer Ia inclined to sigh.
''Sic transit gloria mundi. he may we'll
remember that The old order changeth,
yielding place to new"
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CHAPTER XII.
The Gold Bag.

1 have always smiled at those cases Of
spontaneous combustion which, like fus
ing the component parts of q seidlitz
powder. unite two people in bubbline
and ephemeral ecstasy. But surely there
is possible, with but q single meeting, an
attraction so great. a community of mind
and interest SO strong, that between that
first meeting and the next the bond may
grow into something stronger. This Is
especially true, I fancy. Of people with
temperament, the modern substitute fol
Imagination. 1t Is q nice question whether
lovers begin to love when they are to-
gether, or when they are apart.
Not that I followed any such line OF
reasoning at the time. ! would not even
admit my folly to myself. But during
the restless hours OF that first night after
the accident. when my back ached with
torture. found my thoughts constantly
going back to Alison West. 1 dropped
into a doze, to dream OF touching hel
fingers again to comfort hel, and awokt
to find l had patted a teaspoonful OF
medicine out Of Mrs. Klopton's indignant
hand. What was it Mcknight had SAID
about making an egregious ass of my
self?
And that brought me back to Richey
and I fancy 1 groaned. There Is no ust
expatiating on the friendship between
two men who have gone together through
college, have Quarreled and made 1t up
fused together over politics and debated
creeds for years; men don't need to bt
told, and women cannot understand
Nevertheless. groaned. II 1t had beer
any one but Rich!
Some things were mine. however. and
I would hold them-the halcyon break.
fast, the queer hat. the pebble in hel
small shoe. the gold bag with the broken
chaih-the bag! Why, 1t was In my
pocket at that moment.
got up painfully and found my coat
Yes, there was the purse. bullying with
an opulent suggestion of wealth inside
went back to bed again, somewhat
dizzy, between effort and the touch OF
the trinket, SO lately hers. / held II uI
by its broken chain and gloated over It.
BY careful attention to orders. I ought
to be out In a day or SO. Then-I could
return it to her. 1 really ought to dc
that; 1t was valuable. and wouldn't care
to trust Il to the mail. / could run down
to Richmond and see her once-there was
no disloyalty to Rich in that.
had no intention of opening the little
bag. I put IL under my pillow-which
was my reason for refusing to have the
linen slips changed. to Mrs. Kloptons
dismay. And sometimes during the
morning. while 1 lay under a virgin field
of white, Ornamented with strange flow
ers, my cigarettes hidden beyond dis
covery, and Science and Health on a
table by my elbow, as IL by the merest
accident. slid my hand under my pill
low and touched it reverently.
Mcknight came in about II. I heard
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"You think he changed the tags on
seven and nine, so that when you went
back to bed you thought you were crawl
ing into nine. when it was really seven
chr
"Probably-yes."
Then toward morning, when everybody
was asleep, your theory is that ne
changed the numbers again and left the
train"
Il can't think Of anything else" l re-
piled, YEARLY.
"Jove, what game of bridge that fell
low would play! 1t was like finessine
an eight-spot and winning out. They
would scarcely have doubted your story
had the tags been reversed in the morn
ing. He certainly left you In a bad way.
Not a Jury in the country would stand
out against the stains, the stilettO and
the murdered mans pocketbook In your
possession"
'.Then you think Sullivan did it?'
asked.
"Of course" said Mcknight. confident
ly. "Unless you did IL In your sleep.
Look at the stains on his pillow and the
dirk stuck into it. And didn't he have
the man Harrington's pocketbook?"
But why did he go Off without the
money!? 1 persisted. "And where does
the bronze-haired girl come in?''
Search me-" Mcknight retorted. Alp
ton on your part"
Then there is the piece OF telegram.
It said lower ten. car seven. It's ex-
tremely likely that she had it. That
telegram was about me, Ricney.'
I'm getting a headache" he said. put
ting out his cigarette against the sole OF
his shoe. "Au- I'm certain of just now is
that IL there hadn't been a wreck. by
this time you'd be sitting in an eight by
ten cell. and feeling like the rhyme for
it."
but listen to this contended. as he
picked up his hat, this fellow Sullivan is
a fugitive, and he's lot more likely to
make advances to Bronson than to US.
We could have the case continued. re-
lease Bronson on bail and set watch
on him.
mot my watch" Mcknight protested.
Its family heirloom"
You'd better go home" / said. firmly.
go home and go to bed. You're sleepy.
You can have Sullivan's red necktie to
dream over IL you think 1t will help
any"
Mrs. Klopton's voice came drowsily
from the next room. punctuated by a
yawn. ''Oh. I forgot to tell you." she
called, with the suspicious lisp which
characterizes her at night. somebody
called up about noon, Mr.. Lawrence. 1t
was long distance. and he said he would
call again. The name was"-she yawned
-"Sullivan."
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LEGEND OF THE MISTLETOE.
It's Use at Christmas Comes Dow,
From Old Aryan Festivities.

From the New York Post.
The use Of mistletoe at Christmas time
is ono Of the links connecting the Chris
tan festival to one that was celebrated
by our pagan ancestors. The earliest re-
ligion that can be attributed to the Ary-
ans was simple nature worship. with the
sun as chief deity. Among the Greeks
and Romans this nature worship had In
historic times evolved into the pantheon
Of Jupiter and his fellow-divinities. but
traces Of the original system can be dis
tinguished.
In Gaul and adjacent lands inhabited
by the Celts the old religion retained ats
pristine characteristics. and under the
name of Druidism received the study OF
Tacitus. Pliny and other classical writers.
Enough has been recorded by them to
enable us. with the aid OF the customs
Of the modern European peasantry. to
reconstruct the ancient system.
The two principal festivals Of the
Druids were in June and December. The
first occurred some days after the longest
day Of the year. when II could be noticed
that the sun had ceased its upward climb
in the heavens: the second followed the
shortest day, when the people saw that
the divine luminary had once more start
ed his march to the zenith to bring back
the spring. The first festival was a perl
cd OF fear. the second OF rejoicing. And
they have both survived-one in St.
Johns day (midsummer). the other IN
Christmas.
In both these festivals a principal rite
was the cutting OF the mistletoe. Among
the Aryans the oak was always an OBJ
ject OF worship, either because they came
originally from a locality where the oak
was the principal tree. or because, as
records prove. the oak was at one time
far more plentiful in Europe than 1t is
today.
Now, among these primitive Aryans tho
only way to obtain fire was by rubbing
was started where only oak trees grew. Il
came to be thought that only such wood
was suitable for the act. Even to this
day in the various hooks and corners OF
Europe where annual fires are lighted,
such as on Halloween, the fire is usually
brought out by rubbing oak wood. Our
primitive ancestors. therefore. conceived
the fire as being inherent I'm the oak.
like q miraculous kind OF sap, ana con-
sequently they found a mystical connec-
ton between oak and sun-the divine
Ere.
Therefore when they noted this strange
plant growing out Of the oak. belonging
neither to earth nor sky and deriving It's
substance from no visible source, they
concluded that hero was the essence or
the oak Hence 1t was regarded as sa-
cred and gifted with strange powers.
When cut 1t was not allowed to touch the
desecrating earth, but white cloths were
spread beneath 1t.
Cutting of the mistletoe was also prob
ably the signal for festivities that Gull
IL suggested by a custom that formerly
prevailed In York on Christmas eve.
when the high altar was laden with mis-
tletoe.
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Old-Time Remedies.
From the London Chronicle

Our old-time physicians prescribed even
more unsavory remedies than rancid
butter which, we learn from an Abys-
sinian reader OF the once Window, IL a
cure for malarial fever. In 'Culpeper's
Herbal" published originally In 1885, and
reprinted as recently as 1870. We find
such prescriptions as ''oil wherein Frogs
have been sodden till all the flesh Is oil
from their bones.'' "horse leeches burned
into powder and black soap and beaten
ginger" Some Of Culpeper's remedies
are Of a more practical nature. IF red
hot gold be quenched I'm wine," he tells
us, land the wine drunk 1t cheers the
vitals and cures the plague. Outwardly
used 1t takes away spots and leprosis."
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Two Pat Illustrations.

Once upon time presiding elder
opened a Methodist conference with a
practical prayer. in which he besought
the Lord in fervent language to protect
the ministers under his jurisdiction from
the temptations of reporting more con-
verts than the actual facts would jus lily.
AS a coincidence. rather than q conse-
quence of this petition. several enthu-
siastic parsons withdrew for correction
the reports they had already filed
Once upon a time, also, the faculty OF
certain institution not far from the
City Hall OF Philadelphia was expecting
q generous endowment from q merchant