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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

desire on earth to move three whole feet.
Don't believe I'll do it, either. Blame the
mail! There'1l be mails and mails and
mails without end after I'm under the
pansies; so what's the use? We just think
we're here to work; but there's nothing in
that theory. We're here to loaf. That's my
opinion. Just to loaf. I'm dog tired Of
work. anyhow! Been working all my life,
it seems to me. And what's the use? No
use First thing we know, we drop out,
and some other fellow pops in and takes
up the old grind just where we left it off;
yes, and does it heap better than we've
been doing it, probably there you
are! So what's the use? No use! I've
good notion to quit work forever right now
and go out in the woods and live with
the
Low laughing water and murmuring
tree" Now. that's queer. l wonder how
came to think of that line, Low laughing
water and murmuring tree? l wonder
what it's from, if it s from anything? But
of course it must be from something or
other. / hope l am not SO conceited as to
suppose that / could make up fine line
like that all by myself! Hee. no. hum! Low
laughing water" The little streamlets and
cricks and things ought to be mighty laughy
and chattery and crystal clear day like
this. ! suppose low laughing" means that
they laugh. sort O. when they rush over the
little boulders and jutting rocks in their
beds; laugh and gable and gossip about
what they've seen on their way. and the
fine countries they're going to visit when
they reach the sea-and when they do reach
the sea, the poor little chaps, why, they're
swallowed, gulped whole, and become moth
ing at all that can be identified Just as all
the rest of us are swallowed! Humph yaw!
! wonder what the deuce I'm maundering
on this way for, any how? I'm old enough
to know better than to sit here like whit
tied down imitation of giant sloth, incoming
about streams and such like, with that
horrible stack of work just yelling at
me to come and tackle it! Let it veil!
don't believe I'd tackle a woodch1ck
in single handed combat to-day.
XIOODCHUCK, woodchuck! Well,
well! it certainly has been long
time since l thought about wood
chucks! Wonder how came to think
of woodchucks, anyhow? Guess it's
on account of it's being this kind of
day. Woodchucks! Guess the clever
little chaps are hustling out of the
ground right about now My. my how
many years it has been since I've seen
one of those ridges made on the surface
of field by woodchuck!
Remember we used to catch em
when we were youngsters. Mean sort
of trick at that. One of us'd stay
at one end with the dog, and another'd
pour water in at the other end and
drown the poor little beggar out. Then.
when he bobbed out, the dog'd grab
him, and we'd have to fight the dog to
get him away from the mutt. Some
times we'd lose the fight with the dog
and that'd settle the woodch,tcl Mean
work. that! Sorry. Wish I'd given
woodchucks a chance when l was a
Confin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

SCENE An office in any American city. Mellow warmsh
sunlight of early spring streaming through open windows
Occasional bamy vagrant zephyrs stir papers work
Uttered desk The man. leaning far back in the swivel
desk chair his hands locked back of his head, yawn
ing generously at frequent intervals solus:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

DSHAW! this isn't working. certainly am laying
down on the job to-day: Don't feel exactly
tired, either. Just loafy and Jolly, sort of. No
ergy. Don't feel like thinking. Just want to look
out of the windows and think about nothing at ALL
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Faithful 10 His Trust.

] was waiting near the elevator in
the factory building for my friend to
come down when noticed small boy
sitting in one corner of the hall hold
ing a large thick sandwich. He eyed
the sandwich lovingly for long time,
then he carefully lifted of the top
slice of bread. took out piece of dill
pickle, ate it and replaced all as be-
fore. In few seconds he again re-
moved the top piece. extracted piece
or pickle and piece OF meat and re-
placed the top. Again and again the
performance was repeated until all the
pickle and almost all the meat were
gone. the sandwich. however, appear
ing intact as in the beginning.
VIII. don't you eat up your sand
wich and not pick at it In that way?"
| asked the boy with some curiosity.
why" be answered. looking up
with great innocence. "it amt my
sandwich" Woman's Home Compan-
ion
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Knew IL Was a Canal.

Some of these youngsters who are
studying physiology have as hard
time as their parents figuring out the
terms used in that profoundly interest
ing subject One little girl, according
to her mentor. was asked the other
day to ma the three openings into
the throat. For the benefit of the gen.
tie reader who may not have studied
his physiology recently it may be stat
ed that the openings are the epiglottis,
the esophagus and the alimentary ca
nal.
The little girl had tried awfully hard
to remember those names because she
had a bunch that the teacher would
ask her to give them. She started
brayely.
THE epiglottis." she began and hesi-
tated.
Fright you are" encouraged the
teacher. What then?''
"The- um-ah -sarcophagus?' she in
quired little obviously.
you mean esophagus, my dear"
suggested the teacher. land the
third?"
The Erie canal!" announced the lit
tie girl confidently and triumphantly.-
Louisville Courier-J Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17

FIG xx.-GOOD TYPE OF DRAFT MARE.
neck should be full as we'll as long.
The neck of a mare should not show
any tendency to the crest that marks
the stallion. Masculine characters in
a mare or feminine characters in a
stallion Indicate that they will not
make reliable or prepotent breeding
animals.
The shoulder should be neither too
straight nor too sloping. A straight
shoulder interferes with action and is
usually associated with a stubby pas
tern and generally with a long back
as WE'LL In light horses the more slop-
ing the shoulder the better, since this
conformation is favorable to long or
high action In draft horses too slop-
ing shoulder brings the point OF draft
too high and may even cause the collar
to slip up and choke the animal. The
face of the shoulder should be broad
to give a good bearing surface for the
collar The top of the shoulder should
not be open or coarse and should blend
we'll into the back.
The back of the draft horse should
be as short as possible from the top OF
the shoulders to the hips. A short
coupled, compact horse can handle
himself better than one with long.
loose coupled and often swayed back
The ribs should be well sprung, long
and close together The space between
the last rib and the pelvic bone should
not be over three or four inches. The
loin should be wide and heavily mus
cled. The region from the hips back,
called the Group. should be broad, long
and not too slipping. 1t is the hind
quarters that furnish the propelling
power and size and massiveness here
are all important points. The thighs
should be heavily muscled both inside
and out and should be broad when
viewed from the side. The muscllng
on the inside OF the thighs should ex
tend we'll down.
Next in Importance is constitution
This is indicated by deep. wide chest,
a full fore flank. large nostrils and a
deep barrel A horse that is tucked up
in the hind flank tires easily and can
not be kept up in flesh when at work.
This is an especially bad fault in
brood mares.
Quality is very important. as 1t lndl-
Gates endurance or staying power. A
small horse of good quality will do
more work than coarse, loosely put
together animal 500 pounds heavier.
Quality is indicated by a fairly thin.
pliable sin; fine, glossy hair; clean
ness of head and clean legs. The ten
dons at the back of the legs should
stand out clearly, giving the canon
fat appearance. There should be as
little meatiness as possible at the hook
and between the tendons and the
canon bone The hoof should be of
dense, hard horn, and in hairy legged
breeds the feather should be fine and
silky
There IS an old saying, mo foot. no
horse" The feet and legs are very
important, since they must do the pro-
pelling and receive all the hard knocks
of heavy service. The forearm and
gaskin should be heavily muscled. The
muscles in these regions cannot be
easily covered with fat, so their size is
an indication Of the animals muscling
throughout. The forearm and gaskin
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Stappenbeck's
Pharmacy.
Birds on the Wina.

Twice every year wave of living
birds, almost inconceivably grand in
the number of birds involved, surges
over North America. The autumn
wave rolls from the arctic tundras
of Canada and Alaska to the torrid
valley of the Amazon and the great
pampas of the La Plata. only TO roll
back again to the icebound northern
ocean with the northward progression
of the sun. And almost as ceaSelesS
as the ever rising, ever falling swell
of the ocean tides is this miraculous
tide of beating wings and pulsating
little hearts. The last stragglers of
the nOrthward migration do not reach
their northern home before the early
part of June, but in July the south
ward setting tide has begun again.
The number of birds that make up
this mighty wave almost passes COM
prehenSion. Probably more than 90
per cent of all birds making their
summer home between the northern
boundary of Mexico and the Arctic
ocean-that is, in the United States
and Canada-help TO swell the great
bird tide that moves southwark in
autumn and northward in the spring
with the regularity of a pendulum.
Allowing little less than one migra-
tory bird to an acre, we get the enor-
NOUS number of 4,320.000,000 birds
whose wing beats follow with rhyth-
mic precision the southwark and north
ward movement of the sun. This
number is too vast to be easily COM
prehended.-D. LANCE in ATLANTIC.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Copyright. 1909. by American Pres.
Association

'AISING draft horses is one of
the most profitable branches
IN of live stock farming. 1t can
be carried on to good advan-
tage in connection with general farm
ing, since the brood mares can be
used for field work. Five or six brood
mares will easily do all the work on
quarter section. In this way they
will pay for their feed and care, leav-
ing the colts for profit.
In selecting mares from which to
raise draft colts size is an important
consideration. A horse has to weigh
at least 1000 pounds to come in the
draft class. Every pound that be
weighs over that will add at least %
cents to his value.
Judging Draft Horses.
After size the next point to consid-
er is appearance. A draft mare should
be wide, deep and massive. She
should be fairly low set, but not so
short legged that she cannot move
well one SHOuiu Ue Sy iumelTlcdl-
that is, all parts in proper relation to
each other.
Together with these other points
should come draft conformation. The
head should be of fair size, clean cut,
with the face slightly dished and the
eyes large, bright and expressive A
small pony head is very undesir-
able A draft horse with too much
neck is seldom found, though over
short necks are rather common. The
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Where Women Swim Best.

THE Korean women are the best
swimmers in the world said life
guard. THE Korean pearl diving is in
their hands. They swim-they don't
boat-they swim out to the pearl fish
cries of Quelpart. Juggling baskets with
them. After this swim of half an hour
they dive down fifty feet and fetch up
queer one shelled pearl oysters as big
as babies. They dive till their baskets
are full-the baskets are corked to
keep them afoat-and after three or
four hours work they swim back
home with their catch. The big one
shelled oysters are valuable as pearl
mines and us food too A half dozen
Koreans will sit down to an oyster as
gayly as you or sit down to broiled
lobster. Sometimes when the great
shellish is eaten raw it quivers and
means slightly as the knife is plunged
into Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
The Conservation of Natures Resources

Applies as we'll to our physical state
as to material things. C. J. Budlong,
Washington, R. l., realized his condi-
ton, and took warning before it was
too late. He says: II suffered severe
ly from kidney trouble, the disease be-
ing hereditary in our family. | have
taken four bottles of Foley's Kidney
Remedy, and now consider myself thor
oughly cured. This should be a warn
ing to all not to neglect taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy until it is too late. -
w. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Marvellous Discoveries

mark the wonderful progress of the
age. Air flights on heavy machines,
kilograms without wires, terrible war
inventions to kill men, and that wonder
of wonders DIR. Kings New Discovery
to save life when threatened by
coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, hemorrhages, hay fever and
whooping cough or lung trouble. For
all bronchial affections it has no equal
1t relieves instantly. It's the surest
cure. James M. Black of Asheville, N
c., r. r. No. 4, writes it cured him Of
anobstinate cough after all other rem
edies failed. SOC and S1.00. A trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by w. G. At
well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17

Foley's Kidney Remedy may be CIV
en- to children with admirable results.
1t does away with bed wetting, and is
also recommended for use after measles
and scarlet fever. W. G. Atwell.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
W.-Raising Draft Horses.
By C. v. GREGORY,

Author OF Home Course In Modern
Agriculture" Making Money on
the Farm" Etc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
Trouble.

When A nan marries his grocery
iil's begin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17

FIG. xxI.-GooD PERCHERoN STALLION.
in day, and this but seldom hun
dred mares during the season is all
that mature horse should be allowed
If artificial impregnation is used, either
by capsule method or the impregnatori
the number of mares may be nearly
doubled. Artificial impregnation is GER
tain and great saving on the horse.
1t is coming more into use every year.
Where this method is used a mare sell
dom has to be returned for second
service.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17

Wanted inspiration.
People who have inherited money
are often inspired without paying the
least attention to the inspiration.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-06-17
We Will Roundup all Odd Lots and Bargains
From All Over the Store and Arrange
Them For Quick Selling.

cold
Buying 1t takes but Of
to meeting will
the
conditions which control we will make
that cold weather
of For weeks will make
business hum ability well
When The Big Store
busyon aseIe fooled
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06
A MINERS LUCK

The stories Of mines and mining
include many romances besides
those fairy tales which appear in the
glowing prospectus of the one which
doesn't pan out. II is an industry.
or a game, where men have been
made millionaires in day. and have
gone down. one way and another.
almost as rapidly AS they arose to
wealth. Hampton's Magazine tells
an interesting one of these stories,
which deals with the rise and fall of
Silver Reef City. Utah. In the early
days an old Mormon farmed in that
vicinity Near his farm was sand
stone cliff, and he used parts Of the
stone to sharpen his implements.
Then il occurred TO him that he
might market crop of grindstones,
along with his potatoes. He fash
toned several. and took them with
him on his next trip to the distant
town Of Phoebe. which was mining
camp. One was purchased by a
saloon keeper, and set outside his
door for the convenience of patrons.
A Fight occurred in the saloon, and
one man was thrown through the
door. upsetting and breaking the
grindstone Among the crowd
which gathered was a prospector
named Barbee. whose interest was
in the broken stones, rather than in
the bruised fighter. He saw traces
Of silver in the stone. Others said
he was crazy; that it was contrary
to nature and geology for silver to
be found in such formation. But
the prospector knew silver, if he
didn't know geology He learned
where the giindstone came from and
set out across the desert. When he
came to the Mormon farmers range,
he found traces of silver He saw a
bush which was blackened, and he
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06

Into vest pocket compactness Cal
vim Moon of South Bend, Ind, has
gathered over twelve hundred gems
of wisdom and humor and turned
them loose on a complaisant public.
The larger part of the little volume
is devoted to definitions. For ex-
ample, here are a few haphazard
cuttings: ALCOHOL liquid for pre-
serving almost everything except
secrets. Athlete-A dignified bunch
of muscles, unable to split wood or
sift the ashes. Biliousness- A liver
complaint often mistaken for piety.
Bystander- One who is injured in a
street fight. Cinder-O One of the
first things to catch your eye when
travelling. Golf An excuse for
carrying unconcesled weapons and a
Scotch breath. Collector A man
whom few care to see. but may ask
to call again. Lie "A very poor sub
stitute for the truth, but the only
one discovered up to date. Lobster
Newburg "A dish ordered at hotels
by those who usually get beans at
home.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06
UNUSED BRAIN POWER

What would happen If, starting
tomorrow morning, every man and
woman, every boy and girl in En-
nett old enough to think. would
double their brain concentration
upon the accomplishment of double
the amount OF desirable achieve
ments for just one year,
The things good things that
would happen here would be UNI
paralleled in Emmett's history. The
overwhelming majority of brains in
every community are lazy and Indo-
lent. A vast army Of thinkless,I
thoughtIess people drift along on
the surface going through this
world, forced along by the flood OF
events. few in each community.
in each little neighborhood. use thaq
engine OF tremendous power giyenI
them by their Creator the BRAIN
and with this engine force their It'll
tie world along lines that TO them
seem correct or at least desirable.
"As a man thinketh in his heart
so is he" is a lesson the wisest OF US
may learn over and again TO most
advantage. Mental
the mower of mind over
is being evidenced in all the
fields of the worlds activities.
There can be no finer object lesson
to men than to look upon what men
have done and there can be no finer
resolve made by mankind than this:
What men have done. men can do,
yea. can excel.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06

prospected the bush, which was even
more in violation to geology and ma
ture than silver in a grindstone. The
bush was petrified, and ran silver at
the rate of l 900 ounces to the ton; a
ton Of those bushes would have been
worth about 81 300 at that time. He
staked his claim, went back to Pho
che, and convinced the doubters
with his samples. Phoebe spread
over the sandstone cliff in night
and Silver Reef City sprang into be-
ing. Barbee's mills extracted $l2.-
0OO, 900 worth of silver from the ore
from Barbee's mines before the
wonderful find began to peter out.
Cinnamon are now making modest
wages digging silver from this for
mer bonanza. And Bsrbee. the
man OF the lucky grindstone and
millions, died poor, Is did the man
who found the gold at Cripple Creek
and the man who first found
diamonds in South Africa.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06

A Swede witness in railroad case
asked to tell in his own way how the
accident happened, said: well, Ole
and was walking down the track
and | heard whistle. and | got off
the track, and the train went by,
and got back on the track, and |
didn't see Ole; but walked along
and pretty soon l seen Ole's hat, and
| walked on, and seen one Of 0le's
legs. and then | seen one of Ole's
arms, and then another leg, and
then over on one side Ole's head.
and says. my God! Something
muster happen to Ole!"
Bill Smith, coughing and SILVER
ing, stood before . drug store win
dow as the snow fell thick about
him. In this window Bills eyes
rested on sign that read: No More
Coughs, No More Colds. 25c . bot
tie" Bill bought q bottle, which
the druggist said he would guarantee
Us ansanti-cold remedy. Two days
later he returned. Eve drunk that
he gasped, "and it seems
to have plugged up my throat. ]
can. hardly breath" The druggist
started. you drank it?" he cried.
Why. man, it's an India rubber So
luton to put on the soles Of your
shoes!"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06
THE END IN SIGHT.

The action of the state land board
in authorizing the Trowbridge 4
Niver company. SUCCESSORS to tht
Canyon Canal company. TO turn
over the project when it is com
pleted according to contract. mean,
that the troubles and disappoint
ments and losses Of the settlers on
account Of the slipshod construction
Of the canal. Is in sight. This An
nouncement will be hailed with JOY
by the land owners under that irri.
CATION system. will restore conf
dence and encourage the develop
ment Of the maryelously fertile
lands that receive water from its
canals.
A locality more highly favored by
nature cannot be found in the entire
West. than the Emmett country. Its
perfect soil and climatic conditions,
combined with never failing sup
ply OF water, makes it an ideal fruit
and agricultural section. These
conditions have attracted high
class Of settlers the kind who rec
ognize a good thing and are willing
TO pay the price for it. Such people
are not looking for land the chief
merit Of which is that it is cheap,
but for land which is capable Of be
ing made very valuable.
All doubt now being removed of
the early completion Of the Canyon
canal. the development Of the EN-
nett country will be rapid and sub
stantial. With the canal in the
hands of the settlers. it will receive
a personal supervision and care that
was impossible under the previous
management. Already steps are
being taken to create an irrigation
district embracing the entire bench |
and slope lands. with the object in
view Of issuing bonds to retire the
present bonds and providing funds
TO place the system in the highest
state Of stability. Very few sec
tons of Idaho have such an abund-
ance Of water as is guaranteed by
the irrigation systems OF the En-
nett country. and none have cheap
or water rights. While most of the
water rights Of other systems cost
from $50 TO $50 per acre. the cost to
the settlers under the Canyon canal
ia from s25 10 $50 per acre. So
things are looking mighty bright.
and the year 1910 will mark an
epoch in the development of this
favored section. Land
values are still reasonable. but they
win increase many fold within the
next three years. and the farmer or
fruit grower who improves his land
viii reap the greatest benefit.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-06
Better Than Flower. on Grave.

DO not keep the alabaster box II
your love and tenderness sealed I'D
until your friends are dead. Fill their
ives with sweetness Speak approx
ng. cheering words while their ears
an hear them. and while their hearts
an be thrilled and made happier. The
ind things you mean to say when
icy are gone, say before they co.
Gorge w. Childs.