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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
USEFUL TOOL FOR PLANTING
Utah Man invents inexpensive Impie-
ment Which Can Be Easily and
Quickly Manipulated.

The Scientific American In descrfb-
Ing a planting implement, invented by
N. P. Jensen Of Ephraim, Utah. says:
The invention has reference more
particularly to implements which com
prise mean for receiving the plant
and then setting 1t into the desired
place In the ground. The object Is tot
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11

get out of the way, somebody down
below gets a bath and some expen-
lsiye decorations r spoiled. 1t is not
every house plan that will permit pla-
cling the chimney in the peak of the
roof. but that style Of plan is to be
preferred when all other things are
right for 1t.
This is not a large house; 1t Is rs
feet wide and 3s feet long. exclusive
of porches; and 1t is supposed 7
stand out alone where 1t gets light
and air on every side 30 the sun
NAV peuetrate into every corner.
There is an opportunity to Mt up
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
Seats Collapse: Several Hurt.

Yankton.-Mrs. II. d. Nehr of Yank.
ton suffered a crushed ankle and a
number or other persons received
minor injuries here when a section OF
seats collapsed at the water carnival.
one of the shows operated by the
Street Carnival company. About %
persons were thrown into a heap by
the collapse.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
Cream Shipments at Faith Heavy.

Pierre.-The cream shipments out OF
Faith are placed at $4,000 for each
month. Several of the stations on
the Northwestern road between here
and Rapid City do practically as much
business, and the expressmen on their
run have their hands full handling the
cream shipments.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
Cattle Scarcity.

A worldwide cattle scarcity exfA
and II American consumers r to en-
Joy anything like an adequate supply
Of the qualified article the domestic
market has afforded for rs years past.
II must b produced within the United
Stataa,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11

1T does at the caves; at least a great
many men feel that way at times.
theoretically 1t is easy to steer the
water around the chimney; but theory
don't always cover the whole ques-
ton. Sometimes snow banks up
against the chimney, which melts a
little bit every day, and at night
freezes into an ice bank, and this
changes the situation around the
chimney considerably. After a while
the rains come, sometimes In a hurry;
and before the ice bank has time to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
Feed for crowdno Plo>-

Growing pigs may be fed a mixture
Of corr or cornmeal v or eight
parts, and tankage two or three parts.
As the pigs mature the tankage may
be diminished until 1t occupies about
one-tenth of the ration.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11

A day Of classic entertainment was
afforded the visitors who attended the
fifth annual commencement exercises
Of Columbus college, Chamberlain.
q n
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
ATTENTION TO CHICKS
WARM BRooDER AND PROPER RA.
TON ARE ESSENTIAL
Eqgs Should Be From Carefully Sc
Iected Stock, Well Fed and
Housed to Produce Sturdy
Stock-What to Feed.

By DR. sANBoRN. Holden. Mass. Copy
right. 19lA)
There is less fuss in roaring Of
chicks than a few years ago. A warm
brooder, some fine litter. cracked grain
and grit, with perhaps a mash o
tanning ground grain and animal food,
and you should raise 80 per cent OF
the chicks.
Every chick deserves to be well
Matched, of sturdy ancestry and prop
erly reared. The eggs should be from
carefully selected stock, well housed
and fed. to produce chicks that stand
adverse conditions. The hen or incu-
bator should do its part well, as many
a slip is made between the laying OF
the egg and the Matching Of the chick
l prefer the lamp heated brooder to
either the hen or the heatless brooder,
for while some hens do good brooding
and in some seasons you can raise
good chicks with the fireless brooder,
yet for easy, successful brooding Of
so chicks my preference Is for the
heated brooder.
The chicks, when dry, are taken
from the hen or machine and trans
ferred to the well warmed brooder. /
prefer 1t should be fully as warm I'M
der the hover as was the incubator.
then, If too hot, the chicks can be
spread Out into the less warm part of
the brooder floor, or IL at any hour
the temperature drops the chicks can
retire to a warmer place under the
hover.
. What to Feed --hem.
At the start the chicks get cool wa
ter to drink and only the food that is
in the barn waste is used to cover the
brooder floor. Really they need no
food, and what they find in the waste
is plenty. When a few days old they
need light feeding OF cracked wheat,
good fish or beef scrap personally ]
have found nothing better than a good
grade of fish scrap added at eight
days Of age and finely cracked, dry
corn at ten to twelve days. 1t is i'm
portant that all chick feed be sound,
o"SSI III NlSdh. hNolu hAuSNy SOi
scrap that is fit only for fertilizer
and stale drinking water. Unless
there is some grit In the barn waste
that is used for brooder floor 1t should
be supplied. Chicks need a warn
place to retire to when cold, IN open
room to get out into and exercise, az
well as a grass u to range owe
when two weeks old. Close confine
ment to hot brooders tends to give
leg weakness. AS the chicks grow
In age the heat Of the brooder can be
reduced to about so degrees. Toe
many chicks are Matched that are
doomed to die because from weak
stock or incubated wrongly, but the
blame is usually laid on the brooder
Yearling hens make the best of breed
ers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-06-11
kohl.RabI pIant1

Sow seed Of kohlrabi az soon a.
possible In nne. wellprepared son
Sow In rows and thin the plants -
stand eight inches apayt
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29

A man who recently returned from
a trip 10 the East, says he was i'm
pressed more strongly than ever with
the fact that going home is an IN
comparable JOY. "At station along
the Short Line" he said, "a shabby
dressed woman climbed on the train,
carrying a young baby and dragging
along two other children not yet Of
school age The woman evidently
had on her best clothes-an old light
wool dress with faded blue ribbons.
which probably had served as a we'd
ding gown six years before. Her hat
was OF the same antique variety. The
baby's dress was yards long and made
OF the cheapest kind OF embroidery
fiouncing. The two little boys had on
dreadful little Columbian caps and
little half-wool suits pitifully showing
their homemadeness. A shiny little
grip and an old-fashioned bullying tel
Escape completed the travelling outfit.
But no homemade clothes or other
evidence of lack of money could dim
the shire in that woman's eyes, as
she leaned out of the window and ex-
planned to a friend on the station plat
form that she was going home TO
spend a week ard that Nav and Paw
mad never saw the baby yet She
didn't use good English, she was poor
ly dressed, and she probably will do
her hair in a little wad at the back
of her head till she dies, but TO me she
looked almost beautiful with her face
illunlined with that 1ove-hght of GO
ing home to visit Nav and Paw"
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A One Legged Route.

Strickland Gillian. the poet and lee
turer, was on his way from Gaines
vile. Tex. to Oklahoma City one night
last summer The porter on the sleep
ing car. Gillian says, had an over
dose of both gin and hookworms.
When Gillian awoke in the morn
ing one. OF his large and ornate shoes
was by his berth nicely shined. The
other shoe was missing.
He called the picked porter and
asked. why did you shine one Of my
shoes and not the other?"
Boss. didn't see but jes' one shoe"
We'll. you must have known there
were two"
mo. boss; didn't know you all had
two shoes
Come of: yon did know it. You
must have known it
Homes. boss; didn't know it.
They's right smaht ob one legged
gemmen travels on dis hyah lire, -
Saturday Evening Post
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
Teaching the Letters.

The child is encouraged to look well
at the letters. Then the lesson pur-
sues its usual course. Give me an
T." says the teacher; then give me
o." Then she asks the name first
of one of them. then the other. They
are not taught the capital letters until
they have finished the small ones Nor
do they learn letters according TO
their regular succession in the alpha
bet The child will peer into the va
rious compartments Of the letter box.
and its lips can be seen TO move as
it tries TO hear with its inward ear the
name of the letter desired
Although the ten fingers are trained
by filing in the geometric outlines and
their eyes have become accustomed to
some. the children do not know what
they can write. They have. in fact
learned TO write without writing.
The usual interval between the first
and the accomplishment OF
writing is in children of four years a
month and half; in children Of FIVE
years only month. After three
months most of them write well. and
those who have been writing six
months are equal in their calligraphy
TO children Of the third elementary
class in the public schools.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
THIS new MEDICINE
SAVES YOU M0HE)

We are druggists right here IN your tovr
and make a living out OF the drug business,
but il is because people have 70 have drugs
and not because we Ike 70 see people suffei
we don't Our duty is 70 render the best
service we can, and when someone IS ailng,
We are interested IN seeing them take the
best medicine there is for their particular
trouble. We don Z recommend 'cure-allS,
as we don't believe there are such things
We don't want you TO spend more than you
have 20. Some Of you get small wages, and
when YOU re sick, none at all, and you
should get the most YOU can for your money.
We recently came across new remedy
tor increasing strength and building Up
people who are rundown and enaclated.
We know that slight trouble sometimes
grows into 3 serious one, ana TO stop Il II
the beginning, VIII save YOU money n the
end. This new compound IS called RexGIl
Olive OIL Emulsion. 1t is the best remedy,
when You are rundown. tired out, nervous
no matter what the cause. IL GosSn
merely stimulate you and make you tea
good for a few hours, but takes hold OF the
weakness and builds YOU up 70 healthy,
no-r1al condition L IS 4 real nerpe-tood
tonic and builder Of good blood, strong
muscle, good digestion. Ii contains Hypo-
phosphites, which tone the nerves, and
pure Olive Oh. which nonr~hes the nerves,
the blood and the entire system. Pleasant
to take. Contains no alcohol or habit-form-
ing drugs We promise that II YOU are not
perfectly satisfied with it, we'll give back
Your money as soon as YOU tell US. Sold
only at the 1000 Rexal Stores, and IN this
town only by US. $l.0o.
B. B. DAVIS, Emmett, Idaho.
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IN AMERICA
EDUCATIONAL IDEA
Comes From Rome to Note
Progress In Houses of
Childhood" Here.

child in an environment OF which II is
the master. The furniture OF the room
is small The child Is NOT confined to
d desk and follows its own inclination
as to position. To insure its physical
well being and for plenty Of fresh air
there are gardens connected with the
school
Even babies are perfectly good II
they are treated properly. says Nine.
Montessori. in a hospital in Rome
there are in one ward sixty babies.
and there is not a sound. If they de-
sire anything they ask for IT, They
are separated from their mothers. who
are poor and ignorant women and
would not understand that they must
be left tranquil. They are fed every
two hours. and when that time comes
they make slight noise with their
lips. but they do not cry
A child. she says. viii recognize
ray of light when it is seven days
old. and then its psychological life be
gins
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PuzzIinQ.

A society woman. who was spending
the summer in the country. motoreo
over to a neighboring farm one morn
ing to call on the farmer and his wife.
with whom she had become acquainted
the summer previous
Il hear that your daughter Emily
has gone to Europe" said the caller.
"Ya-as" drawled the old farmer
shes been crazy to go ever sence
she left school. and more so than ever
sence you wuz here last year and talk
ed so much bout it These here female
colleges dew put ideas intew girls
heads Her NAV an me can't calc'late
why she should be so set TO go to
Yurrup She don't know a soul thar"
Every bodys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
Mnmentous Question.

1t was in the cyclone season. and. q
bad storm having come up in the night.
Mrs. Hall reused her family. and they
hurried into their clothes preparatory
to retiring to the cellar The thirteen
year-old daughter who was just begin
ming to he particular as TO what she
wore. FASTENED before dressing into
her youngest aunt's room and. although
half crying. inquired anxiously, Aunt
Nellie. would you wear your hobble
skirt if you We're me?'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29

In Washington. Miss George was DR..
Montessori's first American pupil.
This Montessor school is still in opera
ton and is in charge of former as
sistant of Miss George.
Superintendent of Schools Maxwell
and the New York board of education
have also caught the Montessori fever.
and house of childhood was re-
Gently established in Brooklyn for the
purpose of trying out the system.
American educators first had their
attention focused on DR.. Montessori's
method OF teaching young children by
the leading article In McClure's Maya
zine for May. 1911. 1t was named IAN
Educational Wonder Worker" with
1.-THE Methods of Maria Montessori'
as a subhead. and was written by Miss
Josephine Tozier.
Thanks to the publicity given to her
educational message Nine. Monies
SORTS name Is better known in Ameri-
ca today than that of Froebel and
Pestalozzi Her most enthusiastic sup
porters contend that she is even great,
er than these two kindergartners, as
they had a metaphysical and philo-
sophical standpoint. while she is pri-
marily scientist and a psychologist
Dr. Montessori says that she was the
first woman in Rome to take up the
study of medicine and that it attract
ed a great deal of attention and criti-
cism. Finally it was carried to the
ears of Pope Leo NH. He. however,
gave his approval, saying he could see
no harm in it She was graduated in
1896 from the College of Medicine in
Rome.
Nine. Montessori has brought to the
United States motion picture films
which will show exactly how the work
is carried on in the Houses of Child
hood in Rome After her series of lee
lures she will return to Rome early in
January.
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READY AND WITTY.
The Emperor Told the Truth and Pre-
served His Incosnito.


by the grace OF God was born a
gentleman. but ! act the prince as lit
tie az possible" was favorite saying
Of Emperor Joseph II. Whether his
humility was sincere or not. be GER
tailly laid aside his dignity of station
whenever ne couId also lay asi lie his
duties as ruler.
In "Au Couchant de la Nonarchie"
the Marquis de Seglir tells Of one occa-
sion when the emperor went to France
to visit his sister. Queen Marie An
toinette The Parisians. accustomed to
the luxury and magniirence Of the
court at Versailles. We're asfonished at
the extreme simplicity that Joseph ii.
affected.
He preferred not to be recognized as
emperor at all and Travelled. with one
or two gentlemen or alone. under an
assumed name. Once his quick wit
alone preserved his incognito.
He had stopped for the night at an
inn and in the morning was shaving
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Guiding Young Mentality.

passive. not an active guidance
of the eagerness of young mentality
is DR. Montessori's principle. as has
been indicated From three years old
up the child Is irrepressibly anxious
TO learn 1t need never be driven. the
streams of It's ever active intelligence
require only channels TO lead il from
the things il already touches. sees and
hears. to an association with things.
names and ideas that make up the
stock OF knowledge of mankind Rough
and smooth detected in the different
surfaces of cards played with: bot and
cold in the child's ablutiOns. high and
low. thick and thin. round. oval-all
abstract ideas gained directly from
concrete experiences in games with
blocks. cylinders. disks. stones. colors
and the familiar furniture of the home
lead the expanding mind to the knowl-
edge that may be gained from books.
Games of identifying words with their
objects lead 20 reading: counting
games to arithmetic.
1t was during the vacation of July.
1907. that MontessOri considered the
instruction of children in reading and
writing. She had an inspiration one
day when handing out the cards used
by the children in Distinguishing
rough and smooth. That night, with
the help of the teachers. she cut out
letters in clear. round script. The
vowels were of pink and the co1lso-
nants all of blue A little strip of
white cardboard pasted at the back
of each of the letters precisely at the
point where guiding line would be
drawn on writing paper enabled the
little ones to correct themselves II
they were tempted TO put the bottom
of G on a level with the base OF
an o.
All children love to scribble. and
she placed this passion TO good ac-
count She placed paper under one OF
the tablets with the removable insets
of geometric figures. and having first
removed the figure from its frame she
showed the children how to till in the
figure with a crayon. The children
dattered themselves that they had
made wonderful circles, oyals and tri-
angles.
The children choose the letters they
wish to learn. II" and 20" are the
most popular When child brings
to the teacher the letter which he
takes out of box. he receives its du-
plicate in black sandboard on a white
card The little ones finger is then
drawn over the letter from the start
ing point TO the finish. while the teach
er says touch it" The name of the
letter is then repeated distinctly and
slowly.
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Would Trade Greenland to Us.

The London Daily Nails Berlin cor
respondent says the suggestion has
been made that the United States eS-
change the island of Mindanao. in the
Philippines. for Greenland. now belong
ing TO Denmark. and that the latter
power then transfer Mindanao TO Ger
many In exchange for Schleswig. which
belonged to Denmark up to fifty years
ago.
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WHY, CERTAINLY, MY DEAR GIRL
before a small glass while the land
lords daughter held basin of water
for him. Something about the man or
his belongings had reused the girls
curiosity and suspicion. for she pres
emily asked. in respectful voice:
Are you not connected with the
court or in the service Of the EMPEROR
Joseph who saw what her questions
might lead M re. replied quickly:
why. certainly. my dear girl; how
did you guess it? | shave him"
His ready answer. which did not pass
the bounds of truth-lul!ed the girl 5
suspicions-lrlled the girls suspicious
completely.
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Acrobatic.

Patsy and Tom were woreing near
where there was a beehive and a bed
of onions when the following incident
occurred: A bee stung Tom on the
wrist when Patsy exclaimed. Il al
ways told you when yen'd get sting
of bee to suck il and then rub in
onion Juice
After Il very short time bee lodged
on PatSv'S neck. when he shouted
"Oh. Tom. there's one on my neck.
oh. tits yote down between my shout
,lerS. Oh. I'm Stunsr'
suck Il. Patsy ordered Tom.
suck IT aud III rub in the onion
,uice"
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The Montessori Method.

DR. Montessori hopes TO start in
Rome q school in which she may take
young children and carry them through
a term of ten years or more. Ii viii
be laboratory school where the chill
dren may be studied carefully and
where they will live constantly under
the supervision OF the instructor. In
this school Nine. Montessori hopes TO
have children OF different natiouali-
ties. Her method of instruction is so
fundamental. she says. that ii applies
to the children of any nationality.
The children under her supervision
now are from two and half to five
years old. to-education" is the
basis of her system. She places a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
HI. Later peeislon.

'Huggins. didn't you tell me you
were going to resign your Job as. tray
cling man for spotcash & Co. after
next month";"
y think | did. Snoodle. but I've just
had a confidential talk with the boss
himself. and | hnd-er-I am going to
resign next Saturday. "-Chicago Trib-
nne.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
The mischief Quartet and Its Work.

Each year the month Of January
numbers its list of victims from infiu-
enza, la grippe, bronchitis and pneu-
monia. The prompt use of Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound viii check
the onset of cold and stop cough,
preventing the development to more
serious conditions. Keep it on hand.
B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29

Do you begin to cough at night, Just
when you hope TO sleep? Do you have
a tickling throat that keeps YOU
awake2 just take Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound 1t will check the cough
and stop the tickling sensation at once.
Does not upset the stomach, is best
for children and grown persons. B.
B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
EVERYDAY Life

1t is well to have visions OF better
life than that of every day. but il Is
the life of every day from which ele-
ments of better life must come.
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Worthy of Your Patronage

If need lawyer, going to build want buy sell
real need insurance other needs those who
advertise below Publicity inspires confidence and deserves it.
The advertisers who appear below well known Emmetts
trade territory They reliable and will give YOU the Of
service. They invite your patronage
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-29
NINE, MONTESSOR|
HER UNIQUE
Method That Makes a Child
Direct It's Own Education.
Claims Big Results.
ar NE. MARIA MoNTEssoRl of

Ar Me. MARIA MoNTESSoRl of
|" Rome. founder of the Mon
~ tessori system Of education.
has arrived In this country
to study our systems OF education. 10
see the work done by her own students
In different parts of the country and
especially to give the people Of Amer
lea who have expressed an Interest in
her system broader view OF the work.
1t Is said that there are between six
ty-five aud seventy teachers in the
United States who have studied under
her and have received certificates au-
thorizing them to teach her method
Rhode Island is the only state in this
country which has taken up officially
the Montessori. system of education.
and there it is TO be introduced into
the State Normal school. Miss Clara
Craig. supervisor of observation and
training schools in Rhode Island. was
sent by her state to take four
months course at the MOntessori
school. and upon her return the state
officially accepted her report advising
the adoption of the method of instruc-
ton. The only other countries repre-
scented at the school with her. she said.
were India and England.
First Experiment Here.
The first "house of childhood" as the
Montessori schools are called. in the
United States was started in 1911 at
Tarrytown. N. T.. by Miss Anne E.
George, who now has a similar school
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B. B. DAVIS, Emmett. Idaho.