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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Very Unusual.

You newspaper fellows are ordina-
rily hard pressed for funds, are you
not?" asked the genial stranger.
Our natural pride forbade us to agree
with this outsiders conclusion. So we
said:
''Why-er-not necessarily. What
makes you think so2'
I'm tell you. | am acquainted with a
member of your profession. and fine
chap he is too The other day | want
ed to talk TO him, so called him up
on the phone and asked him II he
would lunch with me. He accepted.
and at the appointed hour we sat at
the table. | opened the conversation
thus:
well. what's the news? Anything
unusual in your lineY
Yes answered the reporter
'thisr "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
ABOUT A DOLLAR A BITE.
Prices Used to Soar Sky High In the
Cafe Anglais In Paris.

l
Cafe AngIais In Paris.
In the palmy days OF its existence
the Cafe Anglais In Paris was greatly
affected by wealthy Americans. In
this resort the charges scared sky high
and It was considered bad form to ask
the price of anything on the menu
You simply ordered what struck your
fancy and were expected to pay smil.
Ingly when the bill was presented.
Julius Chambers was invited by a
friend to dine there once. and In the
Brooklyn Eagle he tells OF his expert
ence:
Being asked to order the dinner for
my friend. made 1t as simple as pos
sible A bisque soup. salmon with
young potatoes one small capon with
| fine herbs. asparagus. tarts. Camem-
bert cheese and coffee. My friend did
not drink wine. and ordered for my
self bottle OF the red wine OF the
house
Everything was excellent, and
fully expected the bill to be so to 100
francs (S20i Imagine my horror. there
fore. when the bill was 300 francs.
Sixty dollars! 1 was indignant. al
though my host merely laughed. / sent
for the maitre d'hotel and demanded
an itemized bill. He was very iadig-
nant; said such a request was unheard
of. After much delay the addition APP
peared. only remember that it added
up all right and that the charge for the
chicken was $40 and 81 for the wine
worth about 60 centsD My host only
smiled and gave the waiter a napoleon
tip
"A Chicago acquaintance came to me
one afternoon not long after the above
experience. his eyes bullying and his
temper high. He said he had gone TO
the Cafe Anglais, ordered luncheon, be-
ginning with cold salmon A whole
fish was brought. and after a small
first helping he liked it so well that he
took second spoonful. He noticed
that the fish was not taken from the
table when the rest of his meal was
brought When he got his bill he was
charged for the whole salmon-60
francs (Sl2l. He was assured it was a
rule of the house that a second helping |
indicated he wanted the entire fish. and
a charge of that kind was made.
81 laughed at him. and the more |
laughed the angrier he got. His lunch |
con cost him $23. and he could have
had the same at the best restaurant In
New York for about 81"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
The Lost Leader Writer.

The story is told that when the new
proprietor of the London Times first
went over the building In Printing
House square he saw a door covered
with cobwebs which wouldn't open.
After they had waited long time an
aged caretaker was found burdened
with enormous keys. one Of which
fitted the rusty lock. and after great
straining turned 1t. Inside were dust
and ashes and cobwebs and-a skele-
ton! 1t was leaning over table with
a pen in Its bone fingers. What on
earth Is this?' they asked. "Oh. | re-
member hearing that in my great
great-grandfather' days they lost one
OF their leader writer's" said the old
key bearer. He must have got locked
inP'-London Sketch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
NEWS OF TWO COUNTIES
The Weeks Contribution from
Index Reporters and Other
Sources.
CENTRAL MESA.

Jim McCrosky and party leaves
this week for the upper country tC
hunt big game,
Carol Lewis has gone to his home
at Moscow, Idaho.
Hadley Limburg went to the Pen
dleton Roundup ard must have
rounded up something or somebody
from which he can't say goodbye, as
he hasn't returned yet.
Last Sunday Henry sehoening lost
one of his fine horses, which was sick
only few hours; in fact, veterinary
was phoned for and before he arrived
the horse was dead.
Mrs. Frank Turner from Boise is
paying visit to her daughter Mrs.
o. C. McPround.
Whitsell Brothers are improving
their place by building fine cellar.
Mrs. Patton and little son Lloyd
spent the day Sunday with Mrs. W.
Il. Payne.
School will begin in district So Mon
day, September %.
u. A. Club will meet at Mrs. Walter
Larkin's September rs.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Chris
tan Endeavor 1880; Mrs. Whiteside,
leader All invited.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
BRAMWELL.

Hayng oonce more the main fea-
ture of this vicinity.
Mrs. Social Rolph is back on their
home place and Social will be here
next week.
Dave Tappan, after carrying cows
liver around all summer to rub his
trees with, has now taken the more
logical course and is fencing his en-
tire place with rabbit tight fence.
f. F. Wells this week sent his sister
at McMinnville, Ore, crate of peach
es. Forty-eight of them Grated
weighed SO pounds. They are the
class that will make any Of the coast
peaches sit up and take notice.
Brigham Knight has come back
and taken possession of his home
stead again. Brigham says he wants
another 5000 payment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
FALK.

j, p. Clifford made a trip to the
hills this week.
Nearly everyone is through thresh-
ing.
Ed T. Hoagland made a business
trip to Caldwell this week.
The l.. d. S. church has purchased
the Letha hall and will hold church
services there now The first meet
ing will be held next Sunday,
Charles Clifford is back on the mail
route again.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
SOUTH SLOPE.

S. ]. Majors of Nampa spent few
days with his daughter, Mrs Ray
Hartley. Mr.. Majors is a great slope
booster,
The Index folks and Mr. and Mrs.
c. V. Wolfe were driving around the
slope circuit Su1Csy.
Charles P. Hartley is in Boise this
week.
Ray Hartley is attending to the
picking of the pears on the Rocky
Point fruit ranch this week
The merry hum of the threshing
machine has the rustic Of the peach
paper skinned mile anyway, it is a
mile down the Gat. where the hus-
tie is now in full swing.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

Probably the most remarkable Jour-
ney ever made from Cattaro to Ce-
TIME. in Montenegro, was that OF an
English billiard table. Fifty sturdy
porters were required to carry the ia
BILE over the mountain. and pilot
stood astride 1t to shout directions as
to how best TO get round awkward cor
ners The building In which 1t was
housed retained the name of big
liardo" when converted ino govern
ment offices and parliament house
many years later.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

get married. and the preacher asked,
"How old are you, John?" He re-
piled, 81 am half as old as my father.
He is two years older than my mother.
My eldest sister is two years older
than my Youngest sister. My young
est sister is four years older than my
youngest brother" "How old are
they altogether" asked the preacher.
The young man rerlied that the five
children are seventeen years older
than his father and mother. How old
is John and each of the children, and
his father and his mother.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

An old darby woman who was ia
ken. seriously i'll, first called colored
doctor, then becoming somewhat
alarmed at her condition she sent for
white physician. The latter asked
her if the first doctor had taken her
temperature. She replied "No,
sab; | hain't missed nothin' but my
watch"
A certain man in a certain township
was elected constable. The members
of the family were much elated and
could scarcely contain themselves in
their newly acquired civic honors.
At last one of the smaller children
said to the good wife, "Ma, are we all
constables ?" The mother replied,
"Gwan, child; nobody's constable but
me and your pa!'
A very economical doctor was in
the habit of writing his prescriptions
on the blank sides of cid letters and
circulars. etc. Ore day parient who
was suffering from an extreme ner-
vous disorder turned over the pre-
scription and read, "The funeral will
place at half past four on Wednes-
day." The doctor had absentmind-
eddy used the back of a death announ-
cement.
A correspondent complains because
a newly married young lady of her
acquaintance kneads bread with her
gloves on. That's nothing. The ed
itor of this paper needs bread with
his shoes on, he needs it with his
trousers on, and Unless the delinquent
readers of this great moral guide pay
pu soon we will need bread without a
darned thing on.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Maddsnsd the cabbis..

There lived one time in England a
woman who was known as the cab
mems terror" She was a Mrs. Guy
Ter. who knew the distance between
any two given points in London and
always rendered the exact fare with
out farthing over Irate cabbies
sometimes disputed the distance or
even carried the affair into court. but
the "cabmen's terror" always won
London Taller
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Emmett to Have Presbytery.

Rev. S. A. Parker and II. I. Davis
returned today from attendance upon
the meetings of the Boise District
Presbytery at Payette. Emmett was
selected for the spring melting. The
district includes all the churches in
the Boise and Payette valleys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Mors seisr,i6e

Il can't get that woman TO take any
fresh air" complained the young ply
stefan
'You don't word your advice prop
erly." said the old doctor. Tell her to
perambulate daily in the park. taking
copious inhalations of ozone."-Wash-
ington Herald
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Emmett Hogs Get the Bacon.

II. L. TESTS exhibit of thoroughbred
Duroc Jersey hogs made killing at
the Ontario fair this week. They cap
tured the following prizes: Five frsts,
6 seconds and sweepstakes. The
exhibit will be taken to Boise next
week looking for more worlds to con-
uuer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Notice of Assessment.

Notice is hereby given that at a
melting of the directors of the Last
Chance Ditch company, held in En-
NETT, Idaho, Monday, September 10,
1918, an assessment of 20 cents cash
per share, or fractional part thereof,
was levied against the capital stock
of said company, payable between
September 10, 1913, and October 10,
1913, inclusive, for the purpose of
building waste and stop gate.
HERMAN WERLE,
Secretary.
A young man went TO a preacher to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Installing Pumping Plant.

Ira Flagler is installing a pumping
plant on his farm east of town with
which to raise water from the Canyon
canal to irrigate tract of land above
the ditch He will set the tract to
fruit in the spring.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

Foley Kidney Pills cure obstinate
cases of kidney and bladder trouble,
rheumatism and lumbago, because
they remove the cause. You c:in not
take this honest curative medicine in
to yonr system without getting the
right results. Try them. B. B. Da-
Wis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
Card of Thanks.

The children of the late Mrs. Chris
tina Yergenson desire to express their
sincere appreciation of the kind assis-
lance rendered by friends during their
recent bereavement.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18
In the Near Eutura.

You take great care not to be run
over"
Got to. I'm afraid I'll forfeit my
PEDESTRIANS Hcense"-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

q . (. . > . 9 (. . . = = {. Q . 9 I.
. Ladies' Calling Cards. 9
. We make a speciality of calling 9
o cards at The Index Office. Call 9
. and inspect samples. 9
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-18

A young man went to a preacher to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
Dynamite in Farming.

From Rochester Demo and Chronicle)
The inventive genius of man has
brought to pass many changes in our
methods of doing things. What would
the stage coacher of 10 years ago think
of the trolley car and the express train
of today? What would the farmer who
followed his oxen with the crudest kind
OF pillow think of the sulky piow turn
ing several burrows at one time? And
leaving the pillow behind, it startleS
most of us to be told that dynamite
has come into use for deep blowing
and other agricultural purposes, be-
cause it has been found that trees
and crops planted in ground which
has been broken up with dynamite
and thus absorb subsoil moisture from
a greater area and become generally
more sturdy.
In the great Northwest the AK and
the plow have been found too slow
and dynamite has been used for a num-
Der of years in clearing large timber
tracts and the explosive is now being
used as we'll in the East and South. it
is contended that some of the enormous
swamp lands of the South can be re-
claimed entirely by this method Of
breaking up the underlying hardpan
and forcing drainage bitches with dy-
Mantle In New England it is SAID
abandoned farms have been reclaimed
and made productive by tumbling
the earth to pieces by this violent pro-
cess, thereby literally exploding a
theory-that the soil has been exhaust
ed--by means OF real dynamite eX-
plosion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
.FIFTFLN CENT COTTON
KEAD THIS Mr.. FARNER

And then have a heart to
heart talk with yourself and
see if you are thoroughly
familiar With the plans by
which Southern States Cot
ton Corporation proposes to
glve-Or get you 15C for
your cotton. This is worth
your time, your thought;
not only you, Mr.. Farmer,
but every business man and
Others who's living is made
in the South. If you are
n OF thoroughly familiar
with this plan, find out
don't deIay-it means more
money for you; which spells
prosperity to every one.
You who have not---find
out. List today; don't put
it off until tomorrow. Your
neighborS and others have
and are listing each day.
MIR. G. w. Walters and ].
K. Patterson have contract
books. See them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
The South and Foreign Ports.
(From Harper's Weekly

In view of some current criticism OF
certain appointments to our foreign
service the president has either made
or is supposed to be about TO make
there are some facts which the public
in common fairness, ought to keep ii
mind. They were brought out and
discussed the other day in the senate
but they are not new The journal
referred to them a year or more
ago.
They show that under the recent Re
publican administrations the diplomat
ic and consular appointments hayf
been so unequally distributed among
the sections that the result is gro
tesque. Here, in brief, is what the new
administration found:
Of the 80 Ambassadors and Minister.
not one came from the regularly De
mocratic States Of the South-about
d llllu VI Nuc NOuuLl
OF the 81 Consuls General only five
came from the South and these were
OF the lower classifcations with low
salaries.
OF Consuls with salaries over $4,000
only 90 were from the South, as a
gainst 13 from the District of Column
bia alone. The aggregate of salaries
paid to Southerners in the Consuar
Service was $4,000, as against $1O3,-
500 paid to those from Ohio alone
The showing would not be even sc
good as this but for the recent i'm
perfect extension Of the Civil Servic,
rules to Consular appointments.
In both services the total of South
erners was so out of SIC, and their
salaries amounted to $167, 300 out Of
$2,l45,92S.
1t is worth noting that in the Sen
ate the discussion OF this state of af-
fairs no Republican defended it as
just or reasonable. 1t can hardly be
unjust or unreasonable. II the new ad.
ministration shall in some measure
correct il. In the Consular Service
particularly t is eminenly desirable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
Swedish Farmers to Develop Main"

1t is good news to Maine that ar
rangements are making for the e5-
adjustment of a large colony Of
Swedish farmers in Washington
county in the southwestern part OF the
State The few score of Swedish fam
lilies whom the influence of the Hon.
w. w. Thomas. late Minister to Swell
en-, brought to Northern Maine "A
generation ago have grown through
natural increase and the coming o.
recruits from the home land into a
leading factor in the development of
Swedes are thrifty. industrious and
temperate people, and it would be a
splendid thing for rural New England
if half a million of them came there,
as they have gone into Minnesota,
Wisconsin and the Dakotas. They
would prosper on the farms that are
abandoned or running out, and would
add to the greatly needed agricultural
output of the section.
The Washington county colony Will
be the result of the efforts of the in
dustrial bureau of the new railroad
systems. which recently bought tract
of $4,000 acres, 81 square miles. in that
part of the State, and has been deyel-
oping it in a scientific way to show
the agricultural possibilities of a part
of Maine that has thus far been little
developed. Last year a tract of %
acres there produced 5000 bushels Of
potatoes. $50 bushels to the acre, the
kind OF a yield that has made Aroo-
stock the most prosperous farming re-
gion in this part of the union. Such
a region will be paradise for the
400 Swedish farmers who are expect
ed TO come with their families Thus
far this part of Washington county
far-stretching plains with little timber
has been considered good for little ex-
cept the raising OF blueberries for the
canning factories.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
BLIND STUDENT WINS HONORS,
Louisville Boy Elected to Phi Beta
Kappa at Columbia University
(From New York Herald J

" iOIH -NtN IOIh Herald.
Among the names of those to be
elected to the high honors of Phi Beta
Kappa at Columbia this week appears
that of Calvin S. Glover a blind STU
dent. The students are elected to this
honorary fraternity only for the high
est attinment in studies, and it is only
20 men out of a class of more than 151
who can achieve to this pinnacle. 1t is
therefore remarkable feat then a stlr-
dent who has had to fight his wav
against the handicap of total blind
ness is elected to the ranks of honor
students.
Mr.. Glover, who is "a years old, is
the second blind man to receive this
honor at Columbia University. The
first man to be elected was Abraham
BERNSTEIN, who had a remarkable ca
reer at he Morningside Heights insti-
tuition. But his distinct success has
been well seconded by Mr.. Glover. Not
only did NJ Glover make his mark in
his studies, and especially in courses
in music under Frank E. Ward. asso,
ciate director of music at Columbia.
but he soon became one of the most
popular men in his class.
The honor that is to be conferred on
Glover on Wednesday, however has
not come without a long, hard struggle
on his part. Glover was born blind
! in Louisville, Ky. He showed great
talent for music and every opportunity
was offered to him to assist him in
grasping the technique of the organ
and piano Before his majority was
reached he had attracted attention for
his finished execution.
Glover's one ambition seems to be-
come proficient to high degree in
music, and it was with this object in
view that he selected Columbia Uni
Versity In spite of his blindness he
was not discouraged by the authorities
from entering the University, for Glov-
err is the fifth blind man to receive a
degree from there.
Upon entering the University Glover
specialized in music, although he also
took full course of studies. He wae
assisted in his studies by having some
one read to him, but he also did great
deal OF reading from raised type. H
makes up in his hearing for his lack
of sight One of his specialties is tun-
ing pianos. He has earned many 4
penny tuning pianos on Morningsidt
Heights, and is always selected to tune
the pianos in Hartly and Livingston
halls, the University dormitories.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CORN CLUB

With the publication this week of the
list of prizes that will be offered to
the boy corn growers of Sumter coun-
ty for the best corn crops grown in
the county this year, will come a re
awakening in interest and enthusiasm
The manner in which the twenty
five members of the Sumter Coun y
Toys Corn Growers club have gone in.
10 the work Of competing for the pril,
es is most encouraging No announce
ment has been made previously of tn
exact list of prizes that viii be offered,
but now the boy corn growers may
know exactly what prizes they are
contesting for.
One fine feature of the members OF
the club in this county is that the
boys have already gone after the
prizes. They did not wait for them TO
he announced In fact, so greatly
stimulated and interested in the worK
have these young corn growers be-
come that they would doubtless enter
the contests even if no prizes were
awarded But this is not to be the
case, as the prizes have been secured
and complete list of them is made
known this week.
Another wholesome and most help.
full feature of the competition for the
prizes in Sumter county is the fac
that so many boys enter the contests
These young farmers have already
gained valuable information and eX
perience in the growing of corn, an
each year makes them more proficien
in the work 1t matters not wheth 81
they gain the first prize or not They
gain what is most useful. that is, az
gressiveness. scientific training. sci
Ireliance and all the many good traits
that may be acquired by those wh'
till the soil
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-18
The Call of the Harvest.
(From The New York Mail

CFrom The New York Mail
Nineteen thousand men from outside
the state are needed in Kansas to ha"-
vest the wheat crop.
1t looks as if it might be an easy
contract for the overcroWded East to
supply the demand for these men, es-
pecially as the workers could be re-
turned to their usual vocations, or
ayOcations, within a couple of months
More than 10000 New York men, it
would seem, would be better off, fl
nancially as we'll as physically. if thev
could put in six weeks in the hapHy
Kansas harvest fields.
Vain idea. A tender palmed New
Yorker would not, in a Kansas har-
vest field, be worth the soft soap that
would be needed to take the sand Off
his hands at night-fall. 1t requires
a strong man to follow a Kansas
reaper in a hot field all day and
keep up his station A full -siI,d
man. with hardened muscles and
weathered skin.
So we would not advise any metro
politan chair-warmer or coffee-cooler
grown restless with summer airs, to
start for Kansas with the idea OF
meeting this urgent demand. We want
all the Kansas grain haryested-but
it would be better economy for all
concerned if cur semi-employed
classes were to usage the unrest N
their bodies by buckling down C
some good hard task nearer home
Working on the subway would bt
mere play compared with a Western
harvest field and a laborious rount
trip to Liverpool in I've hold OF cat.
tie steamer to an agreeable excursion