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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
EDITOR MAKES A BAD GUESS
Ascribes Treatise on Cancerous
Growths With EuphonIous
Names to Poetry.

Although an editor is expected Il
know everything, and although hi
store Of miscellaneous information /!
usually large, yet there are some
things of which he-if he is an aver
age editorials never heard. Such
evidently, was the case with James
Payn, the well-known novelist, when
he was editor Of the Cornhill. Says
a writer in McClures:
One day an unannounced caller who
had managed to evade the porter
downstairs opened Payn's door. His
hair was long and his clothes were
shabby and untidy. He had a roll OF
papers in his hand. Payn, surmising
poet and an epic several thousand
lines long. looked up.
We'll, sir?"
I've brought you something about
sarcoma and carcinoma"
I'VE are overcrowded with poetry
couldn't accept another line, not If It
were by Milton"
Poetry" the caller flashed. DO
you know anything about sarcoma and
carcinoma?"
italian lovers. aren't tbey?" said
Payn, imperturbsbly.
The caller retreated, with a wither
Ing glance at the editor Under the
same roof as the Cornhill was the Of
fee Of a medical and surgical jour.
nal, and 1t was this that the caller
sought for the disposal OF treatise
On those cancerous growths with the
euphonious names. which with lay
mans ignorance Payn ascribed tc
poetry.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Manager Dunn Married.

The marriage of H. E. Dunn, SUI.
|perintendent and general manager
of the Payette Valley railroad, to
Miss Cecile Compton of Payette oc-
|curred at Boise Tuesday afternoon
lat the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joel
Priest. Mr.. Dunn is very popular
with Emmett people, both as a
man and as an official of the rail-
road, and a host of friends and ac-
here extend to him theil
very best wishes for a life of hap
piness and prosperity.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
HORSE IS al YEARS OLD
samuel J. Tilden Is Enjoying Comfort
In His Old Age at Chester
town, Md.

The Oldest horse In America is sale
to belong to Chestertown, Md II il
the property of Joseph Guest a re
tired merchant, was foaled May 6
1863. and was then owned by the
late Thomas Van Dyke of near Ken
nedyvtlle. Mr.. Van Dyke sold the
horse at public auction to Thomas
Booson. who subsequently sold 1t to
the present owner
On April 10 last Enoch King of Mil
lington called on Mr.. Guest to take a
look at the old horse, and said
i am forty-nine years old When
a small boy my fail er and | often
drove up the horses from the pasture
held. and Stonewall. as is his name.
was among them
"On the day of the nomination of
Samuel ]. Tilden for president of the
United States, Mr.. Van Dyke drove
the horse to Middletown, Del. a dis.
lance of some rs miles and, being a
great admirer of Mr.. Tilden, Mr.. Van
Dyke then and there changed the
name of the animal t. Samuel J. Til
den, by which he has since been
known"
Mr.. Guest has made numerous eff.
'orts to discover an older horse in the |
than Tilden He has written |
o the owners of all the horse reviews |
n the country. but up to the present
lie has been unable to find horse in
he country is as old.
The nearest approach to It was a
orse owned by gentleman in Penn
ylvania. who claimed the honor of
eniority. A comparison of ages. how.
yer, revealed the fact, that the Pent.
ylvania animal was several years
ounger than Samuel j. Tilden.
Mr.. Guest says he will let the horse
pend the remainder of his days In I
eace and quiet, enjoying his pasture (
It and the comfort OF good stable t
iarters.-New York World a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Taking Up Road Matter.

County Commissioner Platt was
here today to investigate the north
side road matter and to make ar
arrangements to put it in good con-
dition. Most of this road is in the
Good Roads District, and the road
overseers will meet with the Com
mercial Club Tuesday evening to
talk over plans for improving the
road. That part of the road in this
county but outside of the road
district will be taken care of by
the county, Mr.. Plat assured the
people, Mr.. Plat was driven over
the route this morning by Ed Stan
ley.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
ELECTRoCUTE THE WORM.

According to recent telegraph,
news item, electricity as an agency
to destroy the codling moth and 9th
er bug pests is the leading innova.
ton introduced in modern apple or
charding in the Spokane Valley,
where w. NJ. Frost of Opportunity
Wash, and J. G. Lawrence, a practi-
cal grower OF Spokane, recently made
what is declared to have been the
first demonstration of it's kind in
the world. The tesl was made in
a 6-year-old orchard and more than
a score OF second-broOd moths and
many green aphis were killed in a
few minutes.
The apparatus consists OF a stor-|
age battery to charge the incandes-
cent light globes, each OF 6-candle
power, which are netted with fine
steel wire, coated with copper and
tin, alternately. Attracted by the
bright lights in the trees, to which
the globes are carried at the ends OF
a covered wire, the moths fly
against the netting, complete the
electric circuit and are killed, the
bodies falling into a receptacle
placed beneath the globe. d
Frost estimates that one battery /
to an acre of trees will keep the /
moths under control, thus eliminat- q
ing the usual spraying and saving v
many dollars annually for help. equir /,
ment and fluid. He is now prepar- 4
Ing to wire his orchard of 10 acres, b
containing 700 trees, and several "
neighbors, who witnessed the initial b
test, are doing likewise. Several b.
thousand acres of bearing apple tree a.
VIII be equipped with exterminators in
by next spring. X
II commercial electric light wires
are extended to the orchard tracts
as they are in many of the valleys W
in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and 10.
Montana, the expense of batteries an
may be saved by making direct con- no
nections. The cost of covering the 70.
globes with wire nets is small n,
TEN and any electrician can do the ~
work
Here's hoping it viii be a success. va,
The Northwestern orchardists NAV is
'e expected soon TO be advertising mai
Electrically protected apples, guaran. nv,
eed TO be worthless. If the process w,
roVes TO be successful, large fruit II I
rowers everywhere will hasten 10
uopt ~ not so much for the sake
! the people who eat apples, as for hfs
ne larger yields and higher prices and
ne orchardists will be able to get sell
'r the worm in the apple not only er
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
MODERN CITIES RUIN WINES
ester Finds That Vibration From tho
Streets Dlsturbs Bottles In
tho AaeIng Process.

The best wine, old or young" said
= wine tester, rs that which is ken,
absolutely quiet
lmmobility permits whatever par.
tlcies there are in new wine to settle
10 the bottom Of the cask. The sedi-
ment thus formed being drawn of, the
wines bouquet is improved and 1t is
less likely to spoil.
Bottled, the wine continues to de-
posit sediment which. If the bottles
are Kept perfectly still, adheres In a
mick coating to the bottom of the bot
Ties. II the bottles are moved, or
there Is any vibration in the cellar
where they are kept, these Injurious
particles refuse to gather In one solid
mass. and, scattered through the wine.
spoil It's flavor.
1t Is impossible to age wine in
modern cities. Trolley cars. under.
ground railways. railroads, heavy auto
MOBILES In the streets, make vibrations
mat disturb and ruin it"
The wine tester smiled.
Don't be surprised" he said. IF
ne Pontet Canet or Chateau Youem
or which you pay an enormous price
urns out a failure. 1t may be as old
s Its thick covering of cobwebs and
Just proclaim 1t to be, it may even
e as old as the wine merchant claims.
Ut II 1t has been kept in a cellar
mere there Is the slightest Vibration
GU have wasted your money, and
light much better have bought a
Dung California wine"
Gnraan 1
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
WANTED
WANTED-Good Housekeeniro

WANTED-Good Housekeeping Mag
azlne requires the services of a
representative in Emmett to look af.
ter subscription renewals and to ex-
tend circulation by special meth
obs which have proved unusually
successful. Salary and commits
sion. Previous experience desirable
but not essential. Whole time or
spare time. Address, with reference
es' }. F. Fairbanks, Good House
keeping Magazine, SS1 Fourth Ave
-'o" ioIh OlIy' 47-2tI
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

the future citizen. Penny a box,
was the answer Gimme a box, ,
said the boy. He took one match
| lit the cigarette and handed the box
back over the counter, saying, Her,
take it and put it on de shelf, and
when anodder sport comes and
asks for a match, give him one
on me-"
1t looks as though Col. Theodore
Rooseyelt's little granddaughter who
was born in San Francisco the other
day were destined to rank among
those fortunate ones who have
greatness thrust upon them. Note
the following extract from a tele-
gram sent TO the infants mother
by the "Votes-for-Women Club" of
Los Angeles: 1--WE hope your daugh '
.er will live to emulate the ex-
lmple of her illustrous grandfather,
md some day become a candidate
or the presidency of the United
jtates."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Married.

Miss Josephine Carr and Jess,
Meyer, son of Mrs. Sarah Moyel
both of this city, were united in ma
riage at Caldwell on Monday by Rev
Mr.. Springer. The ceremony was wit
resed by the mothers of the bride
and groom. Upon their return home
that evening, a fine wedding din
Der was served by William Meyer,
the groom's uncle, which was en-
joyed by 20 relatives and friends
of the contracting parties.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Two More Houses for Slope.

Two more farm residences will be
built on the south slope by next
spring. Mr.. Tucker who recent
ly came here from Rocky Ford, Colo
WI build one on his 2O-acre tract
adjoining the Hartley young orchard
and Charlie Cook will build the
other one. Mr.. Tucker will clear
and prepare his land this fall for
tree planting next spring.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Tales of the Town
THE SEA AND THE CHILD.

n h't!e child looked wonderingIy
Within tho magic OF the sea
The sea looked back and softly
smiled.
Watching the wonder OF the child.
And what tho child saw. deep and
far.
Was oil tho mysteries that are.
All things that have been and will
be
He saw there lowering In the sea,
And what the ocean saw as well
was all the secrets he could tell
What had been and what will be
smiled
Within that little wondering child.
-Hervey White in "A Ship of
Souls"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Tho Disadvantage

Ben Nathan. the English humorist
recently returned from America, was
expatiating to a friend upon the glo-
ries OF California. After listening pa.
uently, the friend said: But there
must be some disadvantages in living
there| No" said Mr. Nathan, ut is
perfectly ideal place. For any man
who VIII work" "Ah," broke in the
friend, Il knew there were some dis.
advantages!"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

young married woman who
was away from home for few days
lost her watch and thought she had
dropped it on the dining room
floor, so she wrote to the hired
girl as follows: Lease let me know
il you find anything on the dining
room floor" A few days later she
received a letter from the girl say
ing: Dear Madam: was to let
you know if l found anything on
the dining room floor. This is
what | found this morning: Thir-
cigar butts, five cigarette ends, four.
teen blue and thirty-one red poker |
chips, a rat and one pink satin Slip
per and a merry widow hat under
he apple tree by the hammock"
who was the guilty man. Don't all
speak at once.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

With the postofifce order re-
curing magazines to be shipped by
freight the July magazines will have
TO be printed in January.
According to the National Grange.
the farmer receives about thirty
five cents of each dollar that his
produce earns, while the sixty-five
cents are absorbed by the numer-
Gus handlers of his product.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Wall Paper and Germs.

At Bayonne, ~ J., they find that
wall paper holds and harbors disease
germs, and hereafter new wall paper
VIII not be pasted over the old, II
the board of health has a say In 1t.
IL is not exactly new that wall paper
is good breeding place for germs,
but Bayonne seems to be the first
town to try to fight wall paper as un.
sanitary.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

makes mature fruit less desirable
but 1t causes much fruit to fall be-
fore 1t rfpens.
But what If moths should stub
bornly decline to fly to the light
and be electrocuted
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

It's hard time we men folks
VIII have now" remarked Old
Bill Misgivens, as he sank YEARLY
IN our upholstered chair and wiped
his brow with his red bandana.
The old woman" he continued. E"
was reading to me out of her fash
ion paper last night that the new
fall shoes for women will have 20
buttons each. Now we poor, over
worked men will have to not only
button our women's dresses up the
back, but button 40 shoe buttons
as well if they happen to be wear
Ing their extra long straight front
x Y a."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
ISorIl,

On Saturday, TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Martin son, Mrs. Martin
was formerly Miss Maggie Parrish.
On Sunday, to Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Schife, a daughter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07
Leg Broken.

John F. Cole, an employee Of
Brown and Puckett's railroad camp
above Horseshoe Bend was brought
to town last night suffering with a
broken leg and an injured knee
cap He was taken to the hospital
az Nampa.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

Beauty hints for men: In case
you interfere when you walk, a
leather pad, to be attached TO your
ankle, may be obtained at any har-
ness store. To keep moths and cock
reaches out of your whiskers spra
them with a weak solution of alum.
If you can't eat corn off the cob go
to a veterinary surgeon and have
your seeth filed If your nose
is red, don't try to bleach IL or
paint it. Try drinking from a
by drant for a while. Don't carry
your pipe in your pocket. Suspend
1t from your neck by pink ribbon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07


Here's consolation for the Vets:
A compressed beer" is being sold
In Oklahoma. A half-pound package
makes twelve gallons. The only
disadvantage is that it requires
forty days for the beer to mature.
and that's long time for a thirsty
man to wait.
What was the best Job you ever
had?" inquired the first barber. al
once shaved a man." replied the
second barber. go on" Then |
persuaded him to have a hair cut,
shampoo, facial massage, SINCE, sea-
foam. electric buzz, tar-spray and
tonic rub" What them" "By |
that time he needed another shave"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-07

A boy with with cigarette in
his mouth entered notion store
and asked for match. 1--WE only
sell matches" said the storekeep-
er. How much are they?" asked
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-02
S-S-H-H! LATEST NEWS
OF WAR TOLD BY ITALIAN
TO AMERICAN, GIANTS WIN
Thought Man in Subway Was
Reading of Turkish De-
feat, but

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-His eyebrows
stood out black and bristling like wads
of maddciIed hair seeking escape
through Sits in a mattress, and his
long, fierce mustachios bristled as II
he were enjoying the ecstasy of scut-
Ting a Turkish ship. He might have
beer a pirate, but his dinner pail be-
trayed. him, He was a laborer return
Ing last night from his work on the
aqueduct to his home in the Italian
quarter.
He was in the subway, and he was
reading an Italian newspaper. the front
page of which was covered with
screaming black type. Beside him sat
an American citizen who had learned
some Italian by reading tho menu in
table d'hote restaurants. and who was
anxious to parade his little knowledge.
He wanted to let the son of toll know
what he knew about the newest thing
in vars.
What's the latest?" he asked in
Italian.
The laborer wiggled his whiskery
brows, tore at his mustachios like a
maniac, made his beady eyes shoot fire
and exclaimed in a voice that seemed
TO pierce the vaulted heavens:
The Giants win!"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-02
MARKET RISING;
FEW Of FEATURES
SHOW HEAVNEsS
Announcement of S2,OOO,OOO
Gold for Export-U. S. RUB
Der. Continues Rise.

NEW YORK, Oct. Small gains
were made by most of the
stocks at the opening of the market
today. Lchigh Valley, Union Pacific.
American Smelling and American To-
bacco preferred advanced a point,
United States Steel u and Chesapeake
and Ohio rs. Atchison, Baltimore n
Ohio and st. Paul showed some heav-
mess.
II a. Mon a further rise IN prices,
running to ia in Reading, free offer
ings were encountered, coincident with
the of 50, 100000 gold for
EXPORT. The list reacted to about Sat
urday's closing, with st. Paul, Atchi-
son and Amalgamated Copper showing
some heavir ess. u. S. Rubber con-
.inued p. recent abrupt rise, touching
AN, d gain of 2%. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Chemical also improved t 20 points and
several other specialties half as much.
Noon-Unexpectedly large offerings OF
stocks checked a rise which made con-
siderable progress early today. The
short interest treasured by the trend
OF the market was less eager to cover.
Continue ton of the gold export move
ment which began last week was of
unfayorable sentimental effect. Wal
news from abroad was unheeded in
Wall Street, and the Hartman stocks
we're not affected by the strike on those
roads. The pressure against the mar
ket was not relieved in the second hour
and prices sagged steadily. u. S. Steel,
St. Paul. Reading, Southern Pacific,
Amalgamated Copper n Atchison
sold Y to q below last weeks close.
y. m.-The list moved within the
narrowest limits during the noon hour.
with prices at about the low Level.
Trading was duller than for some days,
and almost wholly professional. The
dropping tendency was ascribed to the
gold exports, but further selling for
profits was probably a more potent
factor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-02
DEATH CROSSINGS ARE
ELIZABETH'S TARGETS.
City Council May Act Upon Mat
ter Tonight.

ELIZABETH, Oct. Pat it's meeting
tonight the Council will be asked
by city Attorney James c. Con-
molly to take some action at once in
the matter of eliminating the grade
crossing at Elizabeth avenue. This
matter was taken up by the city attor-
ney at the last meeting of the council
and he requested that it be referred to
committee at once, but as no action
was taken he will again urge that
something be done Immediately toward
doing away with this danger spot. 4.
1t is said that Frank Sommer. the
counsel of the Public Utilities Commits
sion is with the city attorney in his
movement to have the railroad do away
with this grade crossing and that he
will urge the commissioners to place
his case on their calender before the
many others now awaiting their deci-
sion. One of the points on which the
city will insist is that the railroad bear
all the cost of the change.
1t is expected that the matter of the
proposed Short Line" franchise will be
repored out from committee and a
large attendance is expected at the
meeting. Opposition to the grant will
be made if the council does not insist
that a spur be put down Bayway to
First street. though this move will be
opposed b.. the Public Service Railway
Company, which claims that the ex-
pense of this spur would be so great as
to make it prohibitive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-02
SNAKES SEE THINGS
THAT ARE NOT REAL;
PAIR OF THEM DIE.
Tragedy in Zoo as Reptiles
Storm Canvas Bar to
Painted Cave.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2..-Seeing things
which were not real but which they
believed to be real caused the death
of two timber rattlesnakes in the
Geological Gardens, Bronx Park, yes
terday. DR.. w. T. Hornady, curator,
takes great pride in his collection of
reptiles and for many months has in
tended to reward them with a new
home. According to The story told
yesterday. DR.. Hornady several months
ago, while in Sullivan county, saw a
bit of scenery consisting of a rocky
ledge which he thought would make ar
ideal home for the snakes in the gar
dens. Upon his return he directed that
the rocky ledge be reproduced and the
new snake den was built Of great
blocks of rough granite, on which the
reptiles could TAXI their daily sun bath.
1t was thought that more realism
would be added If a background of hills
We're put in. A scenic artist was or
dered to make a painting of a rocky
background upon canvas.
He succeeded beyond DR.. Hornady's
fondest hopes, and when the canvas
vas - ~ noo nav "
beings to tell where the real rocks
ended and the painted ones began.
There were ~crevices and caverns that
opened invitingly for the snakes. When
the reptiles were placed in their new
home yesterday they Immediately
crawled to the rocky edge. Two of
them saw the crevices upon the painted
background and tried to crawl in. Upon
failure they became so initiated that
they struck at the canvas with their
heads. breaking their necks,
Keepers rushed into the den and
drove back other snakes, fearing they
might meet the same fate.
We'll. 1t serves them right" said one
of the keepers as they came out. Many
q man has seen snakes when there
weren't and it Is only Just for a snake
to see something when it isn't