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The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
"FAKE'' AZTEC RELICS GENUINE.
Indians of Mexico City Have Been Selling Real Antiques to Tourists.

Indians of Mexico City Have Been
 Selling Real Antiques to Tourists.
 Tourists and curio buyers in Mexico City have for years been made to be- lieve they were experiencing the ex- quisite sensation of being humbugged by fake Aztec idol collectors, when in reality they have been fooled all along with the genuine article.
 This discovery has been made by Prof William Niven of Cuernavaca and Mexico City, who has given years to the study of the fossiliZed remains of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico, says an exchange MT. Niven has recently discovered the Indians at work in a treasure house of buried Mexican pot terry, idols and similar remains some miles west of Mexico City, which they have been marketing on the streets of Mexico City for years.
 As it has been taken for granted that these objects were modern imita- tions and prices were cut down in ac- cordance, the Indians have fallen in with the humor and found it more profitable and quicker to let the buyer do his own sizing up of the antique value of the curio.
 However, MT. Niven was surprised to find among the number of such objects purchased by himself several that bore
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
MEN "EAsYY FOR SHOE CLERK

No Trouble to Fool" Them by Changing Size Marks on Shoes. A Broadway shoe dealer, expounding pet theory, offers the following proof that mans conception of happi- ness and contentment depends largely on the state of his imagination.
 "A short time ago." he explained, according to the New York Morning Telegraph, 'one of my best customers came in and asked for a pair of shoes It happened that I had in stock at the time the exact thing the customer called for, and, everything considered, it looked as if I would make a quick sale. However, despite the fact that to me the style and fit of the shoes were perfect, the customer, upon standing up, declared that they were too tight and that he wanted the same thing half size larger
 NOW I was absolutely convinced that the shoes, which were size s, were large enough, and not having ou hand pair of S15, I decided to test a theory of mine regarding the rela- tion of the imagination to content luc SuOcS lO lu6 TGdI Ol the store, l picked up a stamp and next to the figure affixed the frac- tion one-half Returning to the pros pective purchaser with the identical pair of shoes that he had had on, quickly laced them up for the second time and asked him how that pair felt. After a few steps up and down the room he exclaimed, immensely pleased:
 "'Now, these feel something like it i; they're just the thing
 And" supplemented the shoe man, can you imagine selling a woman a pair of shoes by convincing her that they were a size larger than they real ly were?"
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

urmistakable signs of great age. Curi- ous pieces of pottery purchased by him on the streets had become of great hardness, and to show high degree Of petrification that must have re- qu1red, not centuries, but thousands of years.
 Questioning the vendors he has been shown where they were dug. The place Is some miles west of Tacuba. The diggings show that the Indians have been exploiting the mounds for many years.
 Skulls have been found that possess peculiar anthropological value. show ing type of people entirely different in the structure and shape of their skulls from any other before found.
 MT. Niven believes that the numer- ous heads and faces of burned clay represent family portraits and were employed for similar purposes for which photographs are now used.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
A Calamity.

A noted judge was examining a candidate for admission to the bar. All the questions had been satisfactor- fly answered and the lawyer-to-be had passed so brilliantly that the judge decided to put simple question to terminate the ordeal. Gazing benign ly at the young man, he asked:
 "'What is the liability of a com mon carrier?
 Although lawyers the world over and from time immemorial have wrestled with this problem, though millions of words have been taken into the record of various cases. in which this unanswerable question was in- volved. the Hedging calmly eyed the judge and at last solemnly replied:
 Your honor, I must beg you to withdraw that question. I did know the answer, but unfortunately I have forgotten
 For q minute the judge eyed the young man, then turning to the law yers who were grouped around him, remarked:
 Gentlemen, this is a sad case, in fact, a calamity. The only living man who ever knew the liability of a common carrier has forgotten
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

marck The present German emperor is noted for hab its of early rising. Humboldt, Goethe, Schiller and Heine have witness the inspiration they got the early morning air.
 Heinrich Shliemann. ta IT, selling sauerkraut and herring in little German town; at fl he retired from business with big fortune during his spare time, mostly in the morning hours, before he menced business, had mastered the Hebrew Arabic Latin Creek Russian, Swedish English, French Dutch Spanish, Italian Portuguese Polish and modern Greek languages and result of this accomplishment he became the foremost archaeologist of his day. What it would have been he had spent his in the night such fashion that couldn't gotten up early the next morning
 The invincble Napoleon used put his reports un- der his pillow that he might study them in his wakefu moments and the early morning hours
 Abraham Lincoln made the most of the early morning by lying fiat the floor with fire the torch light while he devoured the contents of books he had walked miles to borrow-books which he forgot tc return.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

What does it matter how old a man is or what the age of a woman is if they wish to marry2 What have years to do with love and that felicity that comes from the tying of the nup- tial knot? Dr. Johnson's wife was more than twenty years his senior, and Shakespeare's spouse was old enough to be his mother They were happy, and why should not those who follow their example in these days also find connubial joys? It is getting to be the fashion nowadays, this mating of December and May. Recently wealthy woman of Hartford made plans for marrying a schoolboy at New Haven. She was about 70 and he. about 20, and her children and grand children, when they heard about it, went to the courts and said she was crazy. But the judges knew otherwise. and set her free and let her continue mistress of her own fortune. Then
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

One of the greatest triumphs in the history of engineering is the comp!e- tion of the tunnel, or series of tunnels, through the Andes, which allows direct travel across South America from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso. Hitherto, winter travellers went by way of .he Strait of Magellan, rough sea voy- age. The tunnel has been in process of construction for many years, and twice the work haz been abandoned in despair. A New York syndicate solved the problem at last, and it $ announced that trains will be running early in the coming summer. There are three tunnels, with an aggregate length of eleven miles. The highest station on the line is about 1O,5OO feet above sea level. The third of the tun- nels is described as screw-shaped, and drops 2,700 feet in a distance of 27,000 feet. The total cost of the work is about twelve million dollars.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
An Insfnuntfng Affssfvo.

He was a German student, and thi. was the letter he addressed to his uncle:
 "Dear Uncle-A very strange thing happened yesterday. I went to see a friend of mine at the bank who knows your handwriting very well, and he thought you were ill, as had not late ly presented any checks signed by you. He begs to be remembered to you, as also do I, and you might let my friend see your signature again. If you are very busy, you might send blank check, and I will fill it in. Yours af- fectionately, KARL
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
Driven by Hunger to Desperation

Mrs. Mode had just returned home from the country, to discover her pre- viously well-stocked wardrobe empty. Good gracious, Herbert" she cried to her husband, where are all my clothes? And what in the world is that big black patch out on the lawn?' Nelly" he replied mournfully, after I had starved for two whole days, you wrote me that the key. of the pantry was in the pocket of your bolero. Well, I don't know a bolero from q box plaited ruffie, and I was desperate. so I took all the things out on the lawn and burned them. Then I found the key among the ashes.''-Success Maga zine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

is He wins. But to quit when you nave won anu give your opponents chance to win their back is less of disgrace. He plays again-and loses. Then he wants chance to get his money back He first plays only the evening-an hour after Then if he can get away from work at o'clock and play until supper time, he will do just scores of government clerks do, where the hours Saur day night the game goes on until daylight.
 If in to play poker with $10 each or a 1000 each, it is just matter of mathematical cal cuaton before all of them will have nothing All they have will go for cigars and drink and the midnight lunch which they would need if they went to bed at a reasonable hour. Do not imagine that all the gam bling is done the cities. Hardly village in America is free the scourge.
 Gambling means blurred vision, weak muscles, shaky nerves sleep lack of physical exercise irregu lar meals bad air. excitement, form devils monopoly of bad things the end is disgrace madness death and the grave. Boys need all the brains have in our by concentration and cutting out folly we succeed in a degree, do well. But do not be
 eve reasonably hope for success unless elim mate the pasteboard procvities. This is a cold busi ness proposition.-Chicago Examiner.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

In these days of educational fads and reforms the teaching of spelling has a less prominent place in the schools than it deserves to occupy. Now the State of North Dakota, through its department of education, Is arranging for a series of spelling matches in the district schools all over the state. Prizes are offered, and there are to be matches between diff ferent schools to stimulate the inter est. The series will close with a final state championship contest
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
Explained.

Dentist-Why, I just put that bridge work in last week. What happened to it?
 Woman-I quarreled with my hns- band and while indulging in a torrent of invective the flood of words car. ried out all the bridges.-Kansas City Times
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
Her InspiratiOn.

The COW had just jumped over the moon.
 Why not, with beef and milk up in price?" she demanded.
 Herewith she continued going high er-Harper's Bazar.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

during rebel against the memorable law.
 Many are the men, and women too, who go to bed at 2 or o'clock in the morning and then wonder why they can accomplish little All great men, every line of activity early realize the value of time by ing the of the morning hours. Among the cients they lay abed in the morning branded with the stigma of shame.
 Gladstone was up with the lark. Leo, the great est of all the popes early riser. So Bis
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

An acrobat at Kansas City a few evenings ago succeeded in turning a double back somersault from the ground, a feat that had never before been accomplished. We hope he has his documents ready and in a prop erly framed condition for the Univer- gity of Copenhagen if it shall decide to call for them.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Activity in the suffrage movement would be a good thing for many a wife. It would take her mind of her husband and other worries.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

there was the lady or noIeu -7nerr- can family who lived in her mansion on the Hudson. For sixty-eight years she Had lived alone, and then she ma ried her hostler, aged "A. What of that? Shall woman who has --'sd nearly threescore years and ten and still is an old maid continue so until her death?
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Much has been said about the Mas sachusetts woman who can talk fifty four languages, but if she isn't mar ried what good does her knowledge do her?
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
The Real RuIer.

Mrs Knicker-The kaiser will be godfather to the eighth child of any German parents.
 Mrs. Bocker-What's the use, if the cook will only stay with two ir the family?-Harper's Bazar.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Economy is a great thing. By say ing it's money the sugar trust had $6O0,0O0 ready to pay back to the gov ernment.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Two thousand five hundred sailors in the American navy cannot swim. We suppose it isn't necessary to advise them not to rock the boat.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
EARLY RISING SUCCESS.
By Dr. Madison C. Peter

Benjamin Franklin said: Six hours sleep for man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.'
 I advise you to take eight and get at least one to two hours of the eight before mid night Night is the God-appointed time for rest The birds of the air, the animals of the forest, the fish of the sea, even the trees shrubs and flowers obey natures behest and
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Women are generally supposed ( do a lot of talking. but the wives C college professors never get half ; chance.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Dr. Jean M. Charcot, French ex- plorer, reports that he has discovered new land in the antarctic region. Co., penhagen will want to see a sample of it before hanging a rose wreath upon Charcot.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
Rather ParadoxicnI.

"One thing always puzzled me about a parliamentary proceeding"
 What is that?"
 How a man can be so acrobatic aL to be the chairman of standing com. mittee. e."-Baltimore American.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

'T couldn't help it." explained the New York boy who married three wom- en. And thus lovely woman receives another compliment
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
PLAYING CARDS FOR MONEY.
By Ebert Hubbard.

As a cold business proposition, let me give you this: l would not trust an amateur gam
 bier as far as you could fling Taurus by the tail. The amateur gambler is not necessarily a bad man-primarily his intents are honest
 He plays first simply for recreation; then, to add interest, the game transforms itself into penny-ante. From this to betting all the money he has is very easy evolution when the fever
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
Its Nafure.

"The ease of this time I am having is like taking candy from a baby"
 Then you are having a bowling tirue."-Baltimore American
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

If there are no canals on Mars there ought to be, if for no other reason than to vindicate Prof. Lowell, who has labored hard to establish them there.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Few husbands would care to hav' their wives talk more than three O. tour languages.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

The general belief is that the mid dleman and the cold storage king are most to blame.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Peary has just received another medal. It will be necessary pretty soon for him to employ a dummy to help him wear his medals when ne wishes to exhibit them all at one time.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

It is said that most suicides regret 1t after swallowing the fatal dose just as some men do after getting married
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Still, a man never seems anxious to marry a woman who isn't afraid of a mouse.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Professor Percival Lowell says he has positive proof that there is life on Mars. It is much easier to accert his word than to prove that he Is Wrong
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

It is as important to learn that you can't always have your way as 1t is to learn arithmetic.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

It is a rare thing to find a man complaining about the price of to- Sacco.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

The comets tail may look like the end of the world to some nervous peo- Dle.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

The compliments you receive b! fishing for them don't count
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

There are failures in every busi- ness. Even burglars make mistakes.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

A man should not always be judged Ay the enemies he makes.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03
IS FLESH FOOD ESSENTIAL TO MANa
By Dr. David PauIson

The fact that thousands of working men are temporarily adopting a. nonf1esh dietary naturally raises the practical question as to what extent flesh food is really essential for health, strength and endurance. The result of this experiment, carried out on such large scale, may yet prove to be greater contribu- tion of popular dietetics than even its influ- ence on the market prices
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

nead of the laboratory at the University of Brus sels similar investigation flesh eating and nonesh eating students, and he reports that the nonesh surpassed eaters from 50 200 per cent They also found that the vegear ans recuperated from fatigue far quickly than eaters hence this authority recognized the nonfesh plan the best system for workingmen
 How often we hera the expression that certain man strong Turk!" And those who seen a Turkish porter fling heavy trunk unaided upon his shoulders will do we'll to remember that these rare flesh food in form whatever. George Allen who walked a thousand miles England and Scotland in days few hours outdis tancing his flesh eating rival by nearly days a strict vegetarian.
 The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills says: "A little fruit little cereal wheaton bread a glass of milk within the reach of a the poorest la borer anything more is at the peril of the
 is than likely that if several hundred thou workingmen shall carry their present resou- tion to live without for couple of months half them will experience much benefit that they will continue the experiment indefinitely.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

A man can have most of his vices overlooked by inheriting fortune.
The Holbrook news., 1910-06-03

Filtration is attention without in tentio'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01

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things o
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to and
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There peddlr
pudding 10
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his mouth to
pNldlr badly only
coming his Il
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Tom used ~ mail
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01
Announcement.

Winfield $. Hawkes. announce
himself AS candidate for Director
from district number ] OF the Black
Canyon Irrigation District Tor IN,
election 20 be held December rs
1910, Mr. Hawkes. was one
the first TO secure the favorable con
siderauon OF our project ty secretar.
Of the Interior Ballingcr has been
one OF It's constant promoters was
on all the committees of organizal
ton from the beginning, has been a
water user under the Roswell irriga.
ton canal since 1925. therefore an.
derstands the needs OF his fellow
settlers and what is desirable In
methods OF construction. and can be
trusted to serve all Interests faith
fully. He solicits the votes of his
fellow homesteaders est
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01

a-Aaonologist of the kerosene cir
tells how he expects to get into
wen. He says: I'm 60 up to
do pr, and wont even knock.
open it, and then shut it, and
n it and shut it, open it and shut
and then st. Peter will say:
fll. eitl err come in or stay out
I'll go in.
- - y
he day the doctor called to treat
e Kittie for a slight ailment, it
only by the most pers stent per-
|sion that he succeeded in getting
child to show him her tongue
'ew days subsequent to this the
ID said to her mother: Ma, the
tor don't have to tease me o
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01

name is pronounced the way i
ght to be spelled but isn't.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01
Daddy sBedtirne
Now Two Adventures
oIO1 y OF Tom Thumb

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- bigger than thumb o Of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01

obey him any more! 70 Why not?'
Cause every time see him going
BY the house now | stick out my
tongue at himl
DO not sneer at the juvenile in
tellect, said John j Chickering,
district superintendent of schools of
Cincinnati, Sometimes boy can
ask questions that man can't an
swer. And he went on to tell of
an experience he had when he was
principal Of one of the New York
schools. He was called on by a
teacher te come to her aid. It's
all right, said she, until natural
history hour comes, Sammy Jones
lives on farm. and he thinks that
he knows more about natural histo-
ry than the man that invented it.
He keeps asking me questions and
If | answer them Sammy laughs,
and if don't the children do. Dis
ipline has simply gone to pot. The
children would give up their recess
If | would lengthen the natural his
tory hour five minutes " so. said
Mr. Chickering, IN the pride of
my manhood | told her would
come TO her rescue. Zone short.
sharp answer will denote to Sammy
that the matinee is over. The
teacher welcomed my and. That af-
ternoon dropped in and took charge
of the exercises. | told the children
| would allow just one question each.
And Sammy stumped me. | had
hardly made the announcement be-
fore his hand was up. What is it,
| asked. HAS duck
eyebrows?" asked Sammy
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01

Worse than an alarm of fire at
night is the metallic cough of Group,
bringing dread to the household.
Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey
and Tar in the house and give it at
the first sign of danger. 1t contains
no opiates B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-01


This bleak world alone?
Thomas Moore
Adversely does more for man in
SIX months than ten years of pros
perity.
1t isn't necessary to call a man a
liar. If he is, he knows it, and if !. e
ism he isn't man.
An exchange describes suffra-
gette as being who has ceased to
be lady and is no gentleman.
y =
A schoolboy described hash as be-
ing the connecting link between the
animal kingdom and the vegetable
kingdom.