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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25
DEATH OF LITTLE NELL

| (Chas. Dickens in Old Curiosity Shop.
HY little and little the old MAJ
| had drawn back towards thu
inner chamber while these
words were spoken. He point
ed there, as he replied, with tremb
ling lips:
"You plot among you to wean my
heart from her. You will never dc
that Never while | have life.
have no relative or friend but her
never had; | never will have. She
is all in all to me. 1t is too late to
part us now"
Waving them off with his hand and
calling softly to her as he went, he
stole into the room. They who were
left behind drew close together, and
after few whispered words, not un-
broken by emotion or easily uttered,
followed him. They moved so gently
that their footsteps made no noise,
but there were sobs from among the
group and sounds of grief and mourn
ing.
For she was dead. There upon her
little bed she lay at rest. The SOL
emn stiffness was no marvel now.
She was dead. No sleep so beau
tiful and calm, so free from trace of
pain, so fair to look upon. She
seemed a creature fresh from the
hand of God and waiting for the
breath of life; not one who had lived
and suffered death.
Her couch was dressed with here
and there some winter berries and
green leaves, gathered in a spot she
had been used to favor "When l die,
put near me something that has loved
the light and had the sky above It
always" Those were her words.
She was dead. Dear, gentle. pa
tient, noble Nell was dead. Her little
bird-a poor, slight thing the press
ure of a finger would have crushed
was stirring nimbly in it's cage; and
the strong heart of its child mistress
was mute and motionless forever.
Where were the traces of her early
cares, her sufferings and fatigues?
All gone. Sorrow was dead indeed
in her, but peace and perfect h.arpi-
ness were born, imaged in her tran
luil beauty and profound repose.
And still her former self lay there,
lnaltered in this change. Yes. The
Did fireside had smiled upon that
same sweet face; it had passed like
lream through haunts of misery and |
are; at the door of the poor school
Master on the summer evening, be- !
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

fore the furnace fire upon the cold
wet night, at the still bedside of the
dying boy, there had been, the same
mild, lovely look. So shall we know
the angels in their majesty, after
death.
The old man held one languid arm
in his and had the small hand tight
folded to his breast for warmth. 1t
was the hand she mad stretched out
to him with her last smile; the hand
that had led him on through all their
wanderings. Ever and anon he press
ed it to his lips, then Rugged it to his
breast again, murmuring that it was
warmer now; and as ne said it he
looked in agony to those who stood
around as if imploring them to help
her.
She was dead and past all help, or
need of it. The ancient rooms she
had seemed to fill with life, the gar
den she had tended, the eyes she had
gladdened, the noiseless haunts of
many thoughtless hour, the paths
she had trodden as it were but yes
terday, could know her no more
at is not" said the schoolmaster,
as he bent down to kiss her on the
cheek and give his tears free vent,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25
Now Lookout

When a cold hangs on as often hap
pens, or when you have hardly gotten
over one cold before you contract
another, lookout for you are liable to
contract some very serious disease.
This succession of colds weakens the
system and lowers the vitality so
that you are much more liable to
contract chronic catarrh, pneumonia
or consumption. Cure your cold while
you can. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has great reputation. 1t is relied
upon by thousands of people and never
disappoints them. Try it. 1t only
costs a quarter. Obtainable every
where.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

ut is not on earth that heavens JUS
tice ends. Think what it is compared
with the world to which her young
spirit has winged its early fight, and
say, if one deliberate wish expressed
in solemn terms above this bed could
call her back to life, which of US
would utter it,"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

came near the destination Of the pas
senger the negro turned an ashy hue.
His fear soon gave way to despera-
ton. In great distress he shouted to
his passenger: "Boss, All 'specks you
had better take it on de wing, 'kase
All done forgot de las ub dem three
wuds."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

cannot by bride corrupt, for the fine
courage which vice cannot intimldate.
Let us be thankful if by all the helps
afforded us we have wrought worth
ily, and if we cannot with glad hearts
look back upon our yesterdays, let US
be thankful that there may be bright
er tomorroWs.
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THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS.

Thanksgiving day is one of the
most gracious and heartening ami
yersaries in the American year. That
people should be called by their
president to reckon on the mercies and
privileges received at the hands of
God is a most hallowed and sanctify-
ing ministry and most assuredly en-
riches and invigorates the national
life. But Thanksgiving should not
be confined to material bounty. 1t
should extend it's range and include
the blessings found in the broadening
day OF knowledge and in the lifting
of all forms of oppression from those
who are bearing needless yoke. 1t
should even 90 beyond the range Of
patriotism and become cosmopolitan
as It contemplates the leaven Of free
dom and humanity which is working
in every part Of the world. Thanks
giving Of this wide and ennobling
kind would surely send thankful
people into ways Of unselfish and
chiyalrons service.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

Most disfguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood Bit
tiers as cleansing blood tonic, is well
recommended. S1.00 at all stores.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

If we cannot get turkey for the
Thanksgiving dinner, let us get a
chicken, and if we can't get a chicken,
get rabbit 1t does not matter
whether il is turkey or rabbit, just
so it is cooked well and seasoned with
plenty Of love, That's what makes it
good. Uncle Sam is sure cutting some
great big fat turkey this Thanksgiv-
ing day, compared TO the wartorn
and tempest tossed nations across the
seas, and everybody in this glorious
domain has cause to be thankful and
grateful for the particular slice of
the breast, or dark meat, or wing or
drum stick. The wife and mother
will season it with love, and baby's
chubby face will be smeared with
the gravy and dressing, jam and
pumpkin pie just as thick and shiny
whether the storm king busters
around out of doors on the bleak New
England coast or the farmer leaves
his pillow in the furrow and comes in
10 the Thanksgiving dinner in shirt
sleeves here in Idaho. Human ma
ture is human nature, wherever you
find it, and so is love and so is Thanks
giving.
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new blossom on an old branch!
|
Tales of the Town
Those short skirts make the women
look shorter but make the men look
longer.
How conclusively an absolutely ir-
responsible man offers to guarantee
thing.
Jaw, now, maw-uhw howled Little
Bill. whats the use in your washing
my ears for me again? can't see
EN- and nobody else cares"
Z q 4
Mamma" said little 4-year-old
Edith the other day, when her baby
brother had crying spell, why don't
you dive Eat kid some smoothin' sir
up?"
We are ready to endow a memorial
for the genius who will devise way
TO rid the house of junk not worth |
keeping and still too good to throw
away.
One doesn't have to pay taxes at
the North Pole, but who would want |
to live there? If you live in desir-
able place you must expect to pay
taxes.
An Emmett girl has found use for
old love letters. She stuffs sofa pill
lows with them, and'b by the result has
discovered the only known substance
softer than duck feathers.
A Californian 100 years old says
he never swore in his life. Wen bet
he never got up at night to give the
baby drink and run into the rock
ing chair, nor did he ever slip when
he was carrying out the stove pipe
to clean it.
"Hey, Billy a youngster who had
been left at home to take care of the
youngest child called out, "Come over.
We've fed the baby all the seidlitz
powders he would eat, and now we're
going to give him all the water he'll
drinkw
A Denver married woman rubbed [
her eye after lingering So bill, and {
now she may lose her sight from the {
ensuing infection. Husbands should {
exercise caution in the extent to [
which they allow their wives to handle {
paper money.
A little city miss, aged 5, was visit {
ing in the country for the first time Z
and one day she happened to notice
the cattle enjoying their cud. "Say, {
grandpa" she queried, edo you have |
to buy chewing gum for all them Q
,ows?" I
A hundred years from now the de- I
days of the present will be
he good old days of yore about which I
he people of that distant day will +
,urble maudlinly. Is it not possible e
'or us to enjoy them little while v
We have them? 8
"The slimmest show | ever had of h
getting fee," said a Boise lawyer h
% The Index man at the court house p
he other day, was when client b
,ame to me with no other asset than G
| watch without any works in it." 81 r
suppose you took the case" comment h
ID the newspaper man. e
4 4 z n
A young fellow asked motorist for i
he use of his machine to take his c
yirl for ride. Sorry, old man." re- u
,lied the owner of the car, "but l 7
couldn't trust anyone else to run that CO
Tell you what we'll do, t.
hough. You lend me the girl" :"
x Z = d
Various ways of dressing oysters &C
ire taught by the New York House II
wives League. We intend taking al
course of instruction by mail We n,
rave always found the oyster so slip W
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

Various ways of dressing oysters
are taught by the New York House
wives League. We intend taking a
course of instruction by mail We
have always found the oyster so slip
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

Let us be thankful for abundant
harvests, for the incentive to indus
try and its more adequate rewards.
Let US be thankful that educational
standards are lifted and educational
opportunity is broadened so that home
and state strive together as never
before for the making of an intelligent
citizenship. Let US be thankful that
old fashioned virtue is given highest
place in the peoples thought, higher
than pretentious wealth or social
prestige or any public Office if it be
unworthily gained or held. Let us be
thankful for the integrity which vice
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

If you owe somebody four dollars,
you can be thankful it is not four
thousand, and if your appetite is
good, you sleep well, stand straight
and are not twisted mentally, you
have lots to be thankful for.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

"Hey, Billy youngster who had
been left at home to take care of the
youngest child called out, "Come over.
We've fed the baby all the seidlitz
powders he would eat, and now we're
going to give him all the water he'll
drinkw
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

A Denver married woman rubbed
her eye after lingering So bill, and
now she may lose her sight from the
ensuing infection. Husbands should
exercise caution in the extent to
which they allow their wives to handle
paper money.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

We have before US picture of a
peasant family in Europe, just re-
turned to what was their home for
many generations. Now it is in ruins
and they have nothing in the world
but the clothes on their bodies, and
and they are in rags and tatters. War
has devastated the home, laid in the
grave the grown sons who titled the
little farm, and only the old father
and mother and the smaller children
are left to gather there in the ruins
and ashes of the old home place and
mingle their tears and pour out the
grief of bruised and bleeding hearts!
All, yes, we have much TO be thank
ful for
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

A young fellow asked a motorist for
the use of his machine to take his
girl for ride. "Sorry, old man." re-
piled the owner of the car, "but |
couldn't trust anyone else to run that
machine. Tell you what we'll do,
though. You lend me the girl"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

"The slimmest show l ever had of
getting fee," said Boise lawyer
to The Index man at the court house
the other day, 'was when a client
came to me with no other asset than
a watch without any works in it." 81
suppose you took the case" comment
ed the newspaper man.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

A little city miss, aged 5, was visit
ing in the country for the first time
and one day she happened to notice
the cattle enjoying their cud. "Say
grandpa" she queried, "do you have
to buy chewing gum for all them
cows?"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

A hundred years from now the de-
generate days of the present will be
the good old days of yore about which
the people of that distant day will
burble maudlinly. Is it not possible
for us to enjoy them little while
we have them?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

Nothing to be thankful for? What?
Back up, there, friend You have a
whole lot TO be thankful for, and so
have we ali. Thanksgiving Day has
been set apart since the time of the
Pilgrim Fathers as day upon which
To give thanks for manifold great
blessings. Have our loved ones
been spared to us? Have we been
blessed with good health and the
strength with which to work and win
our way? Have we the love of faith
err, husband, wife, child, friends?
Have we the respect of our fellow
men7 Then we have plenty to be
thankful for, and should be glad and
happy to express it and to feel it, and
TO try on this day, as well as others,
to make somebody else glad and hap
py and thankful, if only just little.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-11-25

A Californian 100 years old says
he never swore in his life. Wen bet
he never got up at night to give the
baby a drink and run into the rock
ing chair, nor did he ever slip when
he was carrying out the stove pipe
to clean it.
The Washington times., 1915-07-21
SUBMARINE CHIEF
REPORTS TO DANIELS
Captain Grant Outlines Cause
Of Weakness in Undersea
Branch Of Service.

Capt. A. w. Grant, In command Of the
submarine service, arrived today for
conference with Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels on the result Of the first month
Of his observations Of the submarines.
Captain Grant believes that much or
the weakness of the service is due to
the inexperiepce Of American naval OFF,
GERS In handling submarines.
Secretary Dahiels is expected later to
make an announcement concerning the
submarine situation as reported to him
by Captain Grant.
Four of the newest submarines In the
service will be sent under their own
power from San Francisco to Honolulu
In September. This will be the longest
endurance run tried by any vessel OF
this type in the navy. The submarines
k-3. K-4. XII and KS will attempt a
continuous run Of 1000 miles. accom-
panied by a convoy Of tenders. They
are to be stationed at Honolulu as a
new second division. ..
Naval experts have no doubt that the
craft can make the trip. for this class
is desiEned for a continuous run Of 3.5O(
miles on normal fuel supply. BY carry
ing extra fuel 1t Is expected the vessels
can make 1000 miles more.
Submarines of the X class represent
the latest and best submarines COM
missioned bv the navy. These four are
similar in design to the four submarines
Of the fourth division Of the Atlantic
run Of 1900 miles from Key West to
New York
The Washington times., 1915-07-21

ing" for its city. the association has
determined to organize a Washington
Boosters section. In order that all
merchants. those doing q small busi-
ness as well as those finding q broad
market. may take part in this trade
building campaign. the by.laws were
amended to create an individual MEM
bership, the fee for which will be 50.
The possessors of such q membership
will he directly Identified with the
Of the association having closest
bearing on their respective bu:i-
nesses., The firm membership entit.
linz to full service benefits, are still
obtainable at from $40 to 500. ac-
cording to the size Of the business.
Trade Bodies To Join.
September 10 and II were the dates de-
termined upon for the trade-boosting
trip through western Maryland and
Virginia. President Andrews announced
that positions in the automobile line ana
hotel accommodations would be assigned
in the order In which reservations are
filed. ...
A committee composed of M. A. 1cese,
Washington Topham. George w. spier.
appointed to attend the funeral of John
Hansen, member Of the aesociatlon'
which will be held this afternoon.
Announcement was made that FOUR
trade bodies are preparing to anna gamate
with the association. but the names OF
until the details are agreed upon.
The firm Of r. c. M. Burton q Son
was elected to membership. The meet
ing concluded with a buffet supper.
The Washington times., 1915-07-21

was fshed out and set at work again.
in fact. during its career that same
thing happened four times. and every
time there werc whole regiments 0i
1t seems curious to recall. In view Of
that demonstration of intrepidity, that
many years afterward Charles J. Rona,
parte. Secretary of the Navy. protested
that even II submarines could be meas
urably perfected. men would refuse 70
10 In them because Of the dangers! II
was the same when Gushing blew up
the Albemarle off Wilmington. Only a
rci IN cushinss RenHa party. ne Yet. I While i was
still supposed within the Federal lines
that the whole party had been kllled,
a call was made for volunteers to make
another like attempt. and men Voiun-
teered by hundreds.
First Banded Gun.
Big ordnance was also Of American
invention. John Ericsson. Of Monitor
fame, built the first banded gun: Par
rott and Norman Wizard, Americans.
developed It; Admiral Dahlgren per-
was built in 8, .. 10. and IL inch call
bers. In the naval conflicts Of the
civil war it was pitted constantly
against the Dlakely' gun. British
weapon; and the Fedora! superiority
was commonly won by the Dahlgren
gun. The Alabama carried more guns
than the Kearsarge. but they were
Blakelys. The Kearsarge had two II.
inch Dahlgrens, and they won the fight
OF Cherbourg that has become one OF
the most famous of naval duels.
More modern names require no In
PRODUCTION into the galaxy of naval In
ventors: Holland and Lake, who made
the modern submarine: Ericsson's tur-
reted Monitor has had more than Its
share Of the fame that ought to be
better distributed among his many In
ventions. Americans have not con-
tributed so much to development Of
explosives as Europeans; the Scandi-
navians and Russians have been at
the fore in that field. Whitehead. who
produced the automobile torpedo. was
an Austrian, though with British
name.
The Washington times., 1915-07-21
u. S. Minister to Sweden
COnfers With Lansing

Ira Nelson Morris, American minister
to Sweden. called at the State Depart
ment today to see Secretary Lansing.
He was accompanied by Senator Lewis
OF Chicago
Mr.. Morris Is here on leave and ex-
poets to return in a few weeks. He
would not discuss the purpose OF his
call on MIR. Lansing but 1t Is under
stood one purpose was to talk over the
question OF what measures shall be
taken to shelter and safeguard large
quantities OF cotton reaching Scandi-
navian ports and delayed there. Much
OF the cotton is unloaded from vessels
and left exposed to the weather. This
question and others relating to Ameri-
can trade with Sweden were taken up
The Washington times., 1915-07-21

ments, makes them plant, Induces
daily comfort, restful nights. calm
mind. and pleasant anticipation. You
use 1t with your own hand, apply IT
as needed. and at once feel sense OK
relief.
Mothers who have learned all this
from experience tell of the blessed re-
lief from morning sickness, the alb
sence Of strain and the undoubted
healthful influence impaired to the
coming baby.
Get a bottle Of this splendid help to-
day. Phone your nearest druggist or
send for 1t. Then write Bradfeld Reg
ulator Co.. 404 Lamar Bldg. Atlanta,
Ga. for valuable book Of instruction
for expectant mothers.
Mothers Friend" Is recommended
everywhere by women who have used
1t. And you can read some very in
teresting letters II you write for this
book.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-07-21
IDAHO RANCHER|S
HELD FOR RANSOM
Mans Son and Chum
Sent Back With Demand for
$4,000, With Death Threat.

IDAHO FALLS. idaho. July N.-Earn-
est Empey. thirty-five years old. .
wealthy rancher. Is being held by lone
bandit for 5000 ransom. according to
word received from Emprey's ranch.
forty miles east Of here.
Officials Of Bonneville county depart
ed for the unsettled mountain country
near the wyoming state line to search
for Empey, who was abducted at the
point of a rifle from his ranch last Sat-
urday.
Empey's eleven-year-old son brought Q
letter to relatives here in which the
abductor demanded that 5000 in gold
be conveyed to Long Valley, near the
Empey ranch. by Saturday night. Fail.
ure to deliver the ransom. the letter
stated. would result in Empey's death
The boy was accompanied by the son OF
a nei1hbor,
The Washington times., 1915-07-21
Queen or Dairy Maid
Ambition the Same

In the expectant mothers mind there
IL no limit to what the future has in
The Washington times., 1915-07-21

Ciseiy rs germany lS uOlnB now, rui-
ton offered him. in crude form. 1t is
true. the very implements the Kaiser
is today using!
Operated BY Crank.
Fulton's submarine he called the
Nautilus. thus depriving Jules Verne of
even the little credit Of inventing the
name of Captain Nemo's undersea won
der The Fulton boat was operated by
human power, its propeller being
worked with a crank from inside. The
Fulton mines were anchored to the
bottom. floating within a fixed distance
OF the surface just as now. and the 1910
book describes the experiment Of blow
ing strongly-built barque In two
amidships. precisely as has happened
several times in the present war. by
running her onto one Of these mines.
1t was an American, Francis Pickett,
VINO hrst put steam to the task Of pro-
pelling a vessel across the Atlantic
which was long step In the naval revo-
luton. Another American, James c.
| Dobbin. devised the tubular boiler, and
built steamship with boilers and en-
glnes below-the waterline. and thus
tent.
| Dobbin has not had his need Of dis
tinction for his naval contributions He
designed the worlds first group of
dreadnaughts-thc Minnesota, Wabash,
| Roanoke. Colorado and Merrimac which
| were built In the decade Just before the
civil war. They had machinery below
the water line. big guns. high speed. and
were withal easily the most powerful
and efficient naval vessels in the world
Of that day.
| Confederates Contribute.
Necessity. in It's justly famed capacity
as progenitor OF invention. made ths
Confederates contribute vastly to revo
lutionize naval war during the confiic
between the States William A. Alex
ander. for the Confederate government
made a submarine out Of forty-foo
wrought iron boiler. fitted 1t with wate
chambers. balancing planes. and prett,
nearly all the paraphernalia OF a mod
ern underwater boat. save only thu
submarine 1t was all very elemental
I of course: but the submarine Hunley
as 1t was named. was navigated to
distance of several miles of shore: /
used human power; dove well: II
Charleston harbor 1t blew up the Fed
eral ship Housatonic. and was itsel
carried to the bottom with the wrecl
of its victim. Everybody aboard III,
: submarine lost his life. But the wrecl