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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03

Il war OF the insect World)
life, as if new kind of attraction had
been invented which put all other
locks and cements to shame.
l should not have wondered by this
time to find that they had their re-
spective musical bands stationed on
some eminent chip and playing their
national airs the while, to excite the
slow and cheer the dying combatants.
| was myself excited somewhat, even
as if they had been men. The more
you think of it, the less the difference.
And certainly there is not the fight re-
corded in Concord history at least,
if in the history of America, that
will bear moments comparison with
this, whether for the numbers en-
gagged in it, or for the patriotism
and heriosm displayed.
For numbers and for carnage it
was an Austerlitz or Dresden.
have no doubt that it was principle
they fought for, as much as our an
cestors, and not to avoid 3-penny
tax on their tea: and the results of
this battle will be IS important and
memorable to those whom it concerns,
as those of the battle of Bunker Hill,
at least
l took up the chip on which the
three l have particularly described
were struggling, carried into my
house placed it under tumbler on my
window sill, in order to see the issue.
Holding the microscope to the first
mentioned red ant, l saw that, though
he was assiduouly gnawing at the
near foreleg of his enemy, having
severed his remaining feeler, his own
breast was all torn away, exposing
what vitals he had there to the jaws
of the black warrior, whose breast
plate was apparently too thick for
him to pierce, and the dark carbuncles /
Of the sufferers eyes shone with |
ferocity such as war only could excite.
They struggled half an hour longer
under the tumbler, and when l looked
again the black soldier had severed
the heads of his foes from their
bodies, and the still living heads were
hanging on either side of him like
chastity trophies at his saddle bow,
,till apparently as firmly fastened as
,ver, and he was endeavoring with
'eeble struggles, being without feelers
md with only the remnant of leg,
and l know not how many other
to divest himself of them,
which at length, after an hour more,
lie accomplished. l raised the glass
md he went off over the window
ill in that crippled state. Whether
e finally survived that combat and
pent the remainder of his days in
ONE Hotel des Invalidies, do not
now; but l thought that his industry
yould not be worth much thereafter.
never learned which party was vic
orious, nor the cause of the war; but
felt for the rest of that day as if
had had my feelings excited and
arrowed by witnessing the struggle,
ne ferocity and carnage of human
attic before my door.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03
The Best Buggy

You won't find a better buggy than
the Henney anywhere. In style, work
manship and material it has no equal.
1t is built for comfort as well as SER
vice. We carry nice line on the floor
in our warehouse and invite intending
purchasers to call and examine them.
Hawkins, Hardware.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03

the field so blamed full of shocks that
there want no room for the other
two crops, and Sile had to pack all
the sheaves of the last two crops out
of the field to shock them. 1t made
lot of work for Sile, but he went
right on as cheerful as could be"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03
CitrOlaN

Users say it is the ideal, perfect
laxative drink. H. j. Perkins, Green
Bay, Wis, says: 81 have used pills,
oils, salts, ETC., but were all disagree
able and unsatisfactory. In Citrolax
have found the ideal laxative drink. "
For sick headache, sour stomach, lazy
liver, congested bowels, Citrolax is
ideal. B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03
ales of the Town

"Pass the gold DUST" said an En-
NETT man at restaurant the other
day. He was referring to the sugar.
& & &
Isn't it strange that the price Of
sugar should be soaring sky high
with all Europe engaged in raising
cane.
Mrs. Bill Misgivens' wife says her
children have noticed that Old Bill
mobilizes more frequently than he
goes into action.
The car is said to have offered full
political rights to the Jews in his do
minions. The car is sick, the car
a monk would be.
Town chickens are just like those
on the farm. If you will allow them
to run around too much they prob
ably will get tough.
& & &
If you really know what the out
come of the war will be you are more
than a statesman. You are prophet
with power from on high.
"Saint Paul made one error" said
the Sunday school teacher impress
lively to her class. "Did it let in a
run?" piped up every boy in the class.
"There are moths in the suit |
bought here yesterday" said a man
to Hebrew dealer. "Vell," cried the
Hebrew, "vot did you expect, hum
ming birds"
An Emmett boy spent the greater
part of an afternoon finding a four
eaf clover. Later in the same day
ne had fallen out of barn loft, been
nit on the head with baseball and
stepped on a nail.
& & &
An important news item this week
S that a popular citizen of this city
,eat his wife up the other day. He
lot only beat her up, but he had the
.offee boiling by the time she came
lown stairs. But he was going duck
uniting.
Evidently many of the Index fam
Iy read Samuel Blythe's story, "The
Takers," in the Saturday Evening
'ost. Possibly many of them are
as The Index is, whether
Irs. T. Marmaduke Hicks succeeded |
n getting out of Paris before the
yar began.
"Fritz," said the judge severely,
here you are, charged with disturb
lg the peace. What have you to d
ay?" Judge" began the German,
| tell you. 1 vas working for a man
ut on Second street by a home we're
err vas a French poodle dog. Den
lady comes in and says to das poo =
lie, Come here, Bismarck Den II
" Discharged" roared the
ldge.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03
The CuftIn

There goes the village cutup."
us he joker or a surgeon T-Balti-
more American.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-09-03

|
bowlegged that he had to wear his
trousers to bed in the winter time
because if he didn't his knees stuck
out on each side of the covers and
got frostbitten. When he died they
couldn't find a coffin in the state that
was wide enough for him, so they
sawed off a section of circular water
tank and laid him away in that"
& & &
Extract from a wife's summer epis-
tie to her husband:
When I go way summers and breathe
the cooling air,
l love the pines,
And mountains climbs,
But oh, if you were therel
Vacation is not half so sweet,
While you are sizzling in the heat.
When 1 go to Heaven, where glory
e'er doth shine,
My thoughts will turn,
And angels spurn,
And still for you I'll pine!
Salvation will not seem so sweet,
While you are sizzling in the heat.
& & &
When the Farmers Alliance was
in its prime one of the slogans was
to "cut out the middlemen." 1t is re-
lated that one of their number was
hiking down the street at lively
gait, when he was accosted by a
neighbor who inquired where he was
going and why the rush. He said he
was going to the undertaken. whats
the matter?" said the neighbor. "My
wife's SICK" said the other fellow.
"Well," said the neighbor, "what you
want to do is to get doctor" mot
me-" said the man, "I'm cutting out
all the middlemen."
At the opening of negro Sunday
school the teacher called upon her
pupils for Bible verses, and each
child tried to acquit himself with
credit. "Well, Sammy, let US have
your verse;" said the teacher. Sam
my screwed up his face and repeated
that very brief verse of the Bible,
"Jesus wept." "Now Rastus," the
teacher went on turning to the next
"what verse of the Bible
can you give?" Rastus squirmed as
if he had been sitting on hot stove.
Evidently his predecessor had stolen
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
CHy He,,1s

Protect your health. Starve the fly. Eadvt.
 The Misses Edith Meyer and Alice Butler are spending a two weeks va- eation at Cosey Beach.
 A small party from they. M. c. A. bpent Sunday at the camp on Lake Congamond.
 Automobiles will be the chief topic for discussion at the meeting of the safety board this evening.
 Some time between and o'clock .yesterday morning some one broke into the restaurant owned by Alexan- der Hill and made away with $12.
 Ex-Representative and Mrs. Thomas FL Kehoe, the Misses Mary and Katherine, and Joseph Kehie are Occupying the Forget-me-not cottage at Indian Neck.
 Mrs. T. F. Higgins and son. of this city, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. NV. F. Mcintyre, also of New Britain, lat Cottage Alberta, Indian Neck.
 Mrs. Louis Benz has been entertain ling MT. and Mrs. C.. E. Edwards.sef | this city, at her shore cottage at Indian Neck. s Joseph Fleischman is having a new cottage erected at Indian Neck. It is located at Sound View Heights. H. C. Bowers, and family, are occupying their cottage at Chapman's Beach.
 Mrs. George M. Landers of this HEity, and Miss Frances Ogden Jones, of New York, gave charming dinner parties at their shore home in New London last week.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

PERMANENT TOMB
 FOR ~RED MARTYRS
Anarchists, Viewing Ashes of Bomb
 Victims, Favor New Project.

New York, July 13.-All day yes- terday, from 10 o'clock in the morn ing until late at night, anarchists men, women and children-nocked to the office of Mother Earth, the reds publication, to pay tribute to the ashes of Arthur Caron, Carl Hansen and Charles Berg, the bomb victims
 It was a sort of continuance of Saturdays demonstration, which was kept within bounds by the police, who excluded the urn containing the ashes from the ceremony. Yesterday the urn, pyramidal affair surmounted by a clenched fist, was placed on a red and black draped bier in Editor Alexander Berkman's back yard at "A West 18th street and nearly 2,000 persons went to view it.
 Berkman's House Decorated.
 On the front of the house was quantity of red and black bunting and on the doorpost was a wreath of dow- CTS with the inscription, You Have Not Died in Vain" In the back yard, which also was liberally decorated with the reds color, were other floral offerings, the principal one being from the Mother Earth office. This was in the form of 8 flaming torch and bore the names of the dead anar- chists.
 Directly back of the urn and over- hanging 1t as sort of canopy was a large red banner with the words in black. International Anarchist Com munist Federation of America It went sent by Chicago anarchists, and radical bodies in Boston, Providence, Baltimore and other cities also sent banners.
 Cards on Fence.
 On the fence walls,l surrounding the urn, were printed cards bearing such messages as these:
 "They Who Die for Cause Never Die. Their Spirit Walks Abroad and You Want to Do Away With Violence? Do Away With Capital and Government That Provoke and Breed Violence
 One of the principal exhibits was a telegram from California signed by Emma Goldman and Dr. Ben Reit- man. It said:
 Deepest sympathy with the op- pressed whose devoted and upright spokesmen were our dead comrades. We honor their memories as martyrs to the cause of humanity"
 Lenders Are Pleased. Berkman and the other anarchists professed great satisfaction with Sat- urday's demonstration and referred to 1t as most extra ordinary" and magnificent" There was still a spirit of rancor because the police re- fueed to allow a parade or an ex- hibition of the ashes, but. most of those present were too busy talking about a new plan that has been evolved to think of anything else. This plan is to build permanent mausoleum, designed by Adolph Wolf, sculptor of the urn, in which shall re- pose the bodies of all anarchists who meet death for ''the cause" The idea had just been suggested yesterday, but it met with great favor and in a day or so a committee will be ap- pointed to carry it through. A great
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
CRIMINALS BELOW
 MENTAL STANDARD
Prison Physician Claims Twenty five
 Per Cent. of Lawbreakers Are Feeble Minded.

Chicago, July 13.-"Prison popu- lations are composed of individuals who fall below the average physician and mental standards declared Dr. Paul F. Bowers, physician to the Indiana state prison today at the convention here of alienists and neu- rologists.
 Twenty-Five per cent. of habitual criminals are feeble minded" he said. The feeble minded, however, are not inherently criminal, except as they are easy victims of environment. The difficulty here is in the recogniz- ing and control of high grade feeble minded persons.
 "Alcoh olism most frequently plays the part of contributing factor and not the immediate cause of crime. It serves to intensity the defect al- ready existing"
 Dr. w. s. Lindsay of Topeka, Kan sas, declared that sterilization of male and female incurable detectives was the only logical step and that the medical profession had not given up hope that such a law might be so safeguarded as to become operative.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

Water Commissioner P. J. Egan spent the weekend at Indian Neck.
 Edward H. Prior spent the week end at the Sachem's Head Yacht club.
 The preacher at the South church yesterday morning was Rev. Dr. Asher Anderson. of Boston, Mass. Next Sunday Rev. Paul D. Moody, of St. Johnsbury. vt.. will preach.
 The next communion service at the Center Congregational church will be held on September 6. Through Judge B. F. Gaffney Miss Mary A. Gaffney has brought suit for $2,000 against the New Haven road for injuries received at the Clayton wreck on April II.
 Captain Charles HI. Beaton has been staying at the Montowese House at Indian Neck.
 A meeting of the committee in charge of revising the building or dinances will be held tomorrow even- ing.
 Miss Maloney of Waterbury is visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Lincoln street.
 1t is probable that a meeting of the <schQol board will be held on Friday ! afternoon t%e"A Mayor George A. Quigley has re- turned from Suffield where he sepnt the weekend with his family. F. V. McDonough, of No. Con- merton street, informed the police last night that he ran into a team owned by a man named Bailes of Oak street, near the Clayton crossing. The shafts of the wagon were broken and one wheel was demolished. Protect your health. Starve the fly -advt.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
MYSTIC LAY MONK
 STABBED BY WOMAN
Assailant Claims Victim Was False Prophet and Was Leading Every
 body in Russia Astray.

St. Petersburg, July 13.-Details reached here today in a despatch to the Courier of probably fatal at- tack on the mystic lay monk, Gre gory Raspulin, whose influence over the emperor is said to be very great.
 Raspulin, who has been one of the most prominent figures in Russia in recent years, was visiting his native village, Pokrowsky in the province of 1obolsk, Siberia, when a woman, a stranger to the locality, approached h1m pretending to be a beggar. After accosting him she stabbed him in the abdomen with a long military dirk.
 The assailant was arrested and con- fessed she had waited two weeks for the opportunity. She said she had decided to kill the monk because he was a false prophet and was leading everybody in Russia astray.
 Doctors who examined the monk s wound declared it was likely to prove fatal.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

Keeneys theater vaudeville and motion pictures.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
benfs Tonight

Keeney's theater vaudeville and motion pictures.
 Fox's theater, motion pictures.
 Special meeting of the board of public safety.
 Mattabessett Tribe, I. O. R. M, meets in Judd's hall.
 Installation of officers of Court Charter Oak, F. of A.
 Gerstaecker lodge, I. o. o. F. meets in Turner hall.
 Court Prosperity, F. of A. meets at PIT Main street Meeting of New Britain Circle, Companions of the Forest, at St. Jeans hall.
 A. w. Harvey lodge, Ancient order United Workmen, meets at 1s7 Arch street.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

deal of money will be needed, but Berkman said he was sure that could be raised.
 Simply of Clay.
 The urn on view yesterday was simply of clay. It will be there to- day also, but by next Sunday the bronze container will be ready and will be on exhibition in the back yard. .- .
 Among the visitors yesterday were Wild Joe O'Carron, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Carlo Tresca of the l. W. w. and many prominent anarchists, including Leonard D. Abbott, Ludo- vico Caminetta, Becky Edelsohn, Adolph Wolf and Charles Plunkett. Near the door was dish in which visitors were asked to put money to help pay the funeral expenses. The Mother Earth company also did quite a business disposing of boks by Berk- man, Emma Goldman and other reds
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
CELEBRATES FIRST MASS.
Local Boy, Ordained in Nebraska on
 July 3, at Sacred Heart Church.

Rev. Frank Nlynarski, former New Britain boy. who was ordained in the priesthood by the Right Rev. Bishop J. A. Duffy at Tierney, Nebras- Ea., on July 5, celebrated his first mass yesterday morning at 10:30 o clock at the Sacred Heart church. There was professional from the old to the new Polish church in which the altar boys and priests took con- sricuous part.
 Father Nlynarski at one time worked in the local factories and then, after saving up enough money, left and went to school to study for the clergy.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
FOX IS IMPROVING.

M I. Fox. of Hartford avenue, who fell from Q cherry tree in his yard last week and sustained a badly split lip and face as well as minor inter- nal injuries, is reported to be rapidly recovering at the hospital and will be able to leave the institution in few days. Dr. Waterman Lyon is attend ing him.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

This striking picture of General Villa, the victorious Mexican rebel leader, was taken after the battle of Zacatecas. It is now reported that Villa may not participate in the at tack on Queretaro, toward which Gen. eral Obregon is hastening. He has returned to Torreon with most of his
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13
SURPRISE PARTY.

A pleasant surprise was rendered MT. and Mrs. James Curtin at their home on Pennington avenue Satur- day evening, the event being in honor of their fifteenth wedding anniver- Sary. Guests were present from Bridgeport, Hartford, Bristol, Farm ington and New Britain. The hosts were the recipients of several choice pieces of cut glass.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

army. It is said in some dispatches that Villa has been the victim of clerevly played politics. He was kept from pushing on to San Luis Potosi by his row with Carranza. Other re- ports, however, indicate that he may yet leave Torreon and be in at the finish at Mexico City.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-13

Miss Barbara Moore will leave Wednesday for Chicago, where she will spend a few weeks.
The sun., 1914-08-16
Lieut. Maert of French firing aeroplane gun
height of 1900 feet.

drigibles had met one another on actual
duty The two dirIgibles ignored each
other, but the German Zeppelin re-
mained in the neiGhborhood until the
French had started back for Nancy.
While the nations have 5000 aero
planes and 1903 dirigibles, they are not
ready for aerial warfare and some are
not in position to do more than use
part of their aeroplanes for scouting
Most lack experience in handling the
new element some have the aeroplanes
and dirigibles, but not the rolling stock
and equipment necessary to make the
new arm efficient.
While seroplanes and dirlgibles have
participated I'm the military manmuvres
OF France, Germany, England and Rus
sia, as well as those in most other coun-
tries In the past two years. their par
ticipation was limited, In some cases by
l'the fact that the aeroplanes swift work
In scouting removed the element of
strategy. In few cases manpuvres
were brought to an abrupt end by the
unexpectedly effective use of aeroplanes
and dirigibles. These air craft were
so efficient In reporting quickly and ac-
curately the movements OF the oppos-
measures became impossible and the
manpuvres were stopped.
One thing which has not been learned
outside OF France is the necessity Of
having rolling stock, motor trucks TO
transport supplies and spare parts, mo-
tor repair shops. and autos to carry the
executive personnel such ar the chief
OF squadron and engineers. This equip
ment makes the aviation squadron self
sufficient and enables II to detach itself
from any place and make any place its
base.
A squadron can thus be sent 100 miles
In advance OF the army or stationed at
any point in a ra Illus Of 100 miles to es-
tablish wireless post, to maintain an
aerial r~trol and To intercept tine en-
emys scouts while the army carries on
Its operations II can be sent to defend
a bridge, tunnel or telegraph station
The sun., 1914-08-16

! there was provision OF only II .000,-
600 francs for aeronautics there was a
/ general murmur Of disapproval NJ.
Messlmy thought II was enough and
explained that II was so much more
/ than had been spent the year before.
The patriots we're not concerned
with what had been done the year be-
fore; they wanted aeroplanes now and
wrote long letters to the newspapers.
I These became interested and came out
strongly in support of the demand for
more aeroplanes. pointing TO the splen-
ala salon show as an example of what
/ French genius could do. People all
over the country became Interested and
| went To the Salon. and the sight OF the
fourscore aeroplanes exhibited there
ana the contact with the airmen who
nave given France new glory did the
rest Soon the provinces Joined in the
night and the Minister OF War was Just
getting ready to reply to scores Of
memorandums from representatives.
or dinerent departments when the Min
istry fell.
The advent OF the new Minister OF
War Alexandra Millerand at this crlti-
cal point was most propitious. NJ Mill
Grand believes in aviation and, though
Socialist, is intensely patriotic and
believes that the nation should be well
armed against all contingencies. His
first move was to announce his full
sympathy with the movement and TO
increase the appropriation for military
aviation to $4,000, 600 francs.
This settled matters and pleased all
concerned, Things were about to quiet
down Uhan 10 han L.
Henry OF Prussia had advocated an ex-
penditure OF $7,500,O0O for aviation. and
the Kaiser had given a prize of 80 900
marks to encourage the development of
German aero motors.
Then Ii was announced that the max
ers or the Deperdussin monoplane. the
military aeroplane with which Vedrines
and Provost had Just made two splendid
records and which Vedrines has used
to fly over the Chamber OF Deputies
when he dropped handbills reading
Give France more aeroplanes." had
received communication from a lead
ing German concern Offering to buy the
rights to construct that machine in Ger
many and declaring that In case the
oner was declined the German Arm
would go ahead and construct the ma
chine without permission.
These three events had a tremendous
erect, II was accepted as a challenge
from Germany, and the old scores were
brought ont; the old wounds Of 1870
were reopened.
But the result was not an outburst of
antagonism such az might have been
expected. Little time was spent in talk
ing about the challenge; the interest
turned at once To the matter OF getting
means 10 make France supreme In the
line In which she leads-aviation.
In every part of France men and
women, rich and poor. young and old,
and of all beliefs and factions. unitcs
their efforts with the press and nol.,ical,
social, professional and sporting oresr'
!zations 70 give France a large ss~.a,