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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
BRIGHTEN YOUR CORNER.

The great song of the Billy Sunday
revival in Philadelphia was Brighten
the Corner Where You Are" For
months the whole city sang it, in
church and out:
Though into one heart alone may fall
your song of cheer,
Brighten the corner where you are.
A great city caught the meaning of
that simple song and was frightened
and made the better for it.
The Chicago Tribune had story
street car conductor for 3S years and
the men and women who had ridden on
his car, some of them since they were
children, years ago, called him
Cheerful Henry" A reporter went
TO interview him, TO learn why he,
working so hard for so many years,
at such small wages, could be always
so cheerful and Henry said to the
solemn loking newspaper man:
Smile, man, smile, and make it
broad one; that's as good as a trans
fer to the road TO success
He felt that he had been successful
in life because he had been able to
keep smiling and happy like himself,
and thus had made all around him
smile For 30 years he had frightened
the little corner in which he moved;
and who shall say, when his time is
up, that his life has not been a sue
cess?
There is man in town-there may
be many Of them, but this one we
know-who hates to see the hands of
the clock at o'clock. 1t means that
he must go home to a scolding, nag
ging wife, and he is cheerful, hap
Ply man in the office, and tries to be
the same at home.
In the same building is man who
hates the routine of his work even to
loathing. He is prisoner chained to
his desk, always growing at his lot
in life. His corner is not bright and
the other men keep away from it. He
married bright, CHEEKY girl. She
tried her best 20 be happy and TO
make him happy, but it was no use,
and gradually she has become as
gloomy as he.
50 many lives are ruined by a
gloomy, seowling, sour, disgruntled,
grouchy attitude toward life. And
every one Of them could be changed
and Uplifted and gIorihed with a
smile. Happiness is state Of mind.
Probably the majority Of conversions
from state Of sin and unhappiness
20 one Of right living and good cheer
is simply . shifting Of the mental
viewpoint u things. Billy Sunday
knew what be vas AZ when he set .
city 20 singing Brighten the Corner
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

be hanged If l ever thought he wuz
goin' ter make breakfast food outn
themW
A man, who has home in Scotland
to which he returns in the winter,
bought an expensive fur cap in this
country to give to his gamekeeper.
Two years ago last winter he took
it over and presented it to the old
man, who was delighted with it. The
cap was very serviceable, having ear
flaps, and would wear almost life
time. The next winter the American
again returned to Scotland, and no
ticed that the old man did not wear
the fur cap. what is the matter with
the cap l gave you last winter" he
asked. 81 haven't worn it since the
accident" replied the old gamekeeper.
The man from this country pondered.
"You didn't write me concerning any
accident" he said. "No?" unused the
gamekeeper. "a mon offered me
glass of whisky and l didn't hear
him."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
SHOULD KEEP STILL.

Sensible patriotism in the United
States consists of knowing that this
country has wonderful resources, but
is mighty poorly organized and just
now couldn't whip nation that is
deaf and dumb and one-legged. At
the same time Roosevelt should keep
his mouth shut, and let some level
headed man like President Wilson or
William Howard Taft do the talking,
if any mouth work is necessary at
all, at all
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
Greyfriars Bobby. From the
Lord Provost. 1867. Licensed.

Greyfriars Bobby. From the /:
Lord Provost. 1867. Licensed. {:
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The children eyed this in wonder
and tears of joy came to their eyes as
the great lord fastened it around wee
Bobby's neck. The little terrier would
never again be molested.
The fame of Bobby had now spread
wide, and the Baroness Burdett- Coutts
came all the way from London to see
him. She saw the children light their
candles at night and call softly from
the windows across to the grave of
Aud Jock:
"A guide NIGHT to we, Bobby"
She had widely known artist draw
a sketch of the little terrier, and from
this bronze statue was made. And
she had fountain erected, with a de-
preston at the bottom that all dogs
might come there for a drink, and
higher up were cups where man might
Stake his thirst. And when, only a
few weeks after she had gone, Bobby
was found dead on his masters grave,
grand funeral was given for him,
and through a special order the grave
OF Aud Jock was opened and the lit
tie terrier was laid beside his master.
Today it is not the graves of the great
men of art and literature and those of
the nobility in the little kirkyard that
the tourist go to see, but it is the
grave of a poor old farm hand whose
kindness instilled such undying love in
the heart of little skye terrier. And
the bronze statue of the shaggy Bob
by gazes sorrowfully across the street
into the kirkyard of Greyfriars.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
BAD BUSINESS.

The pass system, with its debauch.
ing political Influences, has returned
TO Idaho. News dispatches last week
stated that the Short Line had acced-
ed to the demands of the state admin
istration to grant free transportation
TO state officials and their deputies.
The pass system is an evil. It's de-
bauching influences in politics were so
apparent that it has been abolished in
practically all the states of the union
Idaho has been free for several years
for good it was hoped-but to the
shame and disgrace of the state,
backward step has been taken and the
pass is here again as big and as ugly
as ever. The result will be that the
officials who carry passes will take
junketing trips and feel under deep
obligations TO the railroad company;
the railroad company will suffer the
loss of thousands of dollars in reve-
nues; the taxpayers will in the end
pay the bill in one form or another.
To our notion, the worst feature of
the whole bad business is that the
railroad companies will again be
placed under suspicion, and the good
work of the last few years in bring
ing the big corporations and the peo-
pie into closer union and better un-
derstanding will be undone. AS we
said in the beginning, it is shame
and disgrace, whichever way one
looks at it.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

feet are too big to get into theil
| trousers"
A traveller on a Pullman returning
from San Francisco overheard two of
the porters discussing the war. One
of them was concerned about possible
trouble between Germany and the
United States. 81 tell YOU" he said,
"dem Germans is suah 'nough fight
ers. If dey comes ovah heah Use
neutral" The other porter pondered
minute and rejoined, mo neuter for
this darkey. Use gwine to be Ger
man."
Gust listen, Bill, to this here piece
in the paper, will ye?" excitedly ex-
claimed Ma Old Bill Misgivens. at
says as how old Deacon Medder's boy
Jim, what went ter the city tew years
ago, has jist got tew thousand dollars
fer new serial" "By heckw an
swered Old Bill. 81 knowed Jim was
buying up second hand mattresses
when he fust went to the city, but III
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
Worms Cause Many Children's Ills

Worms, by thousands, rob the
child OF nourishment, stunt its
growth, cause constipation, indices-
tlon, nervousness, IRREGULAR appetite
fever and sometimes spasms. Kicka-
BOO Worm Killer gives relief from all
these. One-fourth to one of these
pleasant candy lozenges, taken as d.
rected, kill and remove the worms.
regulate your child's bowels and re-
store ITS health and vitality. Get an
original 25c box from your druggist.
DON'T endanger your child's health
ana future when so sure and simple
a remedy can be had.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

An scare it some.
| wish I would come;
Seems if | couldn't wait.
A married man sure hates to pay
admission to a lecture.
4 4 4
The best town, like the best fishing
is always somewhere else.
Being a good loser isn't much of a
help toward supporting the family.
q q
A boys idea of mollycoddle is a
boy who will take bar of soap to the
old swimming hole.
A number who are old enough to
know better are trying to get into
heaven on half fare.
Some men wake up to find them
selves famous; others stay up all
night and become notorious.
When Henry Ford runs for presi-
dent he probably will give each voter
car instead of disreputable cigar.
A fishing poles funny thing
It's made of just stick and string,
A boy at one end and a wish,
And on the other end a fish!
A farmer was in town Saturday
and said he wanted to whip certain
dentist who formerly lived here, "He
made me set of false teeth" said he,
"and very time l start to talk with
them | whistle"
No, Marguerite, the hell box is not
where we keep the printers devil. 1t
is cunningly contrived little recep-
tacle wherein we keep our back sub
accounts and the mortgage
on the Office.
A somewhat inebriated man walked
into main line ticket office recently
and, smugly smiling, showed 81 bill
20 the agent. where do you want
% go?" inquired the latter. Reflect
ng for a moment, the inebriated one
suddenly had an inspiration. Broadly
yrinning now, he asked: "What trains
rave your"
If there is anything wrong with
his story, don't blame us. We ran
Icross it in Church and Home, re-
igious journal published at Omaha:
Oh, parson," exclaimed lady, you !,
must come to our party tomorrow.
III my friends are coming though
hey haven't rag to wear" "fou
nay count on my presence without
ALL" replied the preacher.
James started his third helping of !,
udding with delight. "Once upon !.
ime, James," admonished his mother, =
there was little boy who ate too
,uch pudding and he burst!" James
onsidered: "There amt such a thing a
$ too much pudding" he decided. u
There must be-" continued his moth
r, "else why did the little boy burst?" $
ames passed his plate for the fourth r
Ime, saying, mot enough boy" $
During marriage ceremony in &
cotland recently, the bridegroom h
,oked extremely wretched, and he got {
o fidgety, standing first on one foot Il
nd then on the other, that the "best f
nan" decided he would find out what v
he trouble was. Whats up, Jack?" p
e whispered. "Have ye lost the
ing?" NO." answered the unhappy |,
ne, with woeful look. "The rings '
afe enough; but, mon, I've lost ma =
=
One day Scottish boy and an Eng S
sh boy, who were fighting, were v
by their respective mothers e
nth difficulty, the Scottish boy, al h
hoUgh the smaller, being far the d
lore pugnacious. What CARED we II
eeht big laddie like that for?" said b
be mother, as she wiped the blood c
rom his nose. "And m fight him a
GAIN said the boy, III he says b
lo,$...a, .t,a., LIZ Lanaaa. Ill.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

Where You Are" 1t started them
by tens of thousands down the saw
dust trail that led to better things
X. c.. Star.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

One day Scottish boy and an Eng
lish boy, who were fighting, were
separated by their respective mothers
with difficulty, the Scottish boy, al
though the smaller, being far the
more pugnacious. what CARED we
feeht a big laddie like that for?" said
the mother, as she wiped the blood
from mis- nose. "And IN fight him
again." said the BOY, III he says
Scotsmen wear kits because their
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05
Tales of the Town
EXPECTED.

1t may be a girl that's comm,
1t may be boy like me;
They oughter know,
But I seems as though
They can't tell which I will be.
There's lot o. nightgowns ready
That wouldn't fit the cat;
Such teeny clothes
I wouldn't s'pose
IT would be as wee as that
They say Z will be a young one,
But | guess II wait an see;
If they dunno yet
What kind they'll get,
They dunno how old twill be.
Our Farver in heavim'll send it
1t seems TO be kinder late;
Wouldn't | laugh
If twas six an a half,
Or maybe goin' on eight!
Wouldn't / teach it hooky
An mumbly-peg an craps!
They seem TO think
Twill do nothin' but drink
An sit around in their laps.
If it really is a small one,
I'll show it around first rate,
An scare it some.
| wish 7 would come;
Seems if | couldn't wait.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

A somewhat inebriated man walked
into main line ticket Office recently
and, smugly smiling, showed 81 bill
to the agent. where do you want
to go?" inquired the latter. Reflect
ing for moment, the inebriated one
suddenly had an inspiration. Broadly
grinning now, he asked: "What trains
have your"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

If there is anything wrong with
this story, don't blame us. We ran
across it in Church and Home, re-
ligious journal published at Omaha:
ooh, parson," exclaimed lady, "you
must come to our party tomorrow.
All my friends are coming though
they haven't rag to wear" "fou
may count on my presence without
fail" replied the preacher.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-05

feet big thought
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-14
such .delieacles as .cockroaches and

such delicacies as .cockroaches and
the like.
The. centipede is. slender. of gray
ish yellow color. It has worm!
like body about an inch. long. 1t.
moves its legs with such speed the
ordinary observer cannot count
them until the creature disappears
ia its hole or crack.
MASY-LEGGED CREATURE
CANE FROM SOUTH. 5
The native home of the .centipedes
is Texas, but 1t has spread. all over
the eastern part Of the United.
;Stntes. as far North as New York
4 and Arassa chusetts and we'll beyond
the Mississippi River to the West.
It is questionable whether the;
centipede would ever. unpro9oked.
attack any human being or other
large animal. still -if- it's pressed
with the bare hand or foot or is
caught between sheets In beds it
Will pro badly bite, and a few cases,
on record show that severe swelling
and pain may result. for the insect
belongs to a poisonous group OF
centipedes. The wound can hardly
be called dangerous, however. and
prompt dressing with ammonia us
I
agreeable symptoms.
The classification or the centipede
as a friend OF man. or, at least a
near friend. calls t6 mind the. recent
Introduction into the United States
OF the demon ny killer by DR.. Sling
erland OF Cornell. The demon ny
killer is native OF Europe and
Asia. 1t IS against the laws OF the
afohamrncd dams to kill demon ny.
killer. Tho regard OF the Koham-
mcdans for the demon is not be-;
cause OF its destructiveness as a Ky
eskiller. but because it looks as
: though It is praying and the Mo-
have been greatly in-s
pressed with that look.
The demon dy killer has spiny.
legs which 1t uses to hold struggling
flies While It tears them to shreds
with Its beak. It consumes Great
numbers Of nies in 9. ~ because It,
is 5wastefnl. II only. likes the tsnder;
parts OF the NY. and viii nip one TO
pieces and throw away the parts.
It will then chase another victim
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-14

It has way OF SPREADING It's wings
and humping Its back winch strikes.
terror to IT'S Victims. and they stand
lnotionless while tflessde mons looks
them over CAREFUL tIf the demon
concludes they are good ting 1t
ltl1rusts one Of Its talons into the
bodies and begins entlng. Other i1l;-:
sects cannot see moi ton less objects:
Their eyes are sensible to motion
only. In fact the fiS Is only partial
ls sensible TO mott on. a. fly can
hardly be caught by the hand be-
cause the hand Is Opaque and cuts
Off the light. The ny can see it
a coming. The fiy. however. cannot
see the fiy, swatter Quickly. because
the swatter is made of mesh and de-
sends without cutting pr light:
The demon is different IT can
make out the outlines of semotionless
objects and will dart upon them
With as much vigor as though they
were in motion. " ,Sii .
The spider OF Miss AIufIet fame is
hideous in Appearances but he does.
victims. The spider traps his VIC
Tins through his speed and .throustr
his skill in setting SHARES. He has
plenty OF eyes and isaequlpped with
poison far1Es. The poison Of most
spiders is as deadly as that or the
rattlesnake. but it is in such small
quantities it does nothing more than
make temporary discomfort for
mankind.
Poison OF the spiders Is quick to
kill flies and other insects. however
The spider works with the skill o.
q fisherman or hunter in fact.
with more skill. II his victims +
breaks the net he tires him out By.
manipulation OF the structure.
Going to the records It can read
800 ~ nm, me t,,e sls
spider or the demon hy Killer. let
him. take q high rank with the.
other hideous trends ~of man.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-14

is that he Is an undo strahle Gifts.
ZEN" He is not merely useless and
! neutral. but he is an active wrong
doer The chief Indictment against:
the cat is its appetite for native
Wild birds. These bird have an:
actual value to the conmunity, and
their destruction by the cat is an
actual loss, which can be estimated
4 IN dollars and cents:
Now, what can be said for the
house cat? Only two things: Many
people like cat as a pet. andscatss
i are supposed to catch rats and
mica III .sJ5
But the average cat IS! .al.:.l,fj and
dirty and often carries the germs of
disease. Children should not be,
allowed TO play with. or: handle a
car unless 1T can be Kept under.
surveillance spracticallS all OF the
time ~
.s: As TO its. being a mouser. It Is.
Z doubtful if one cat out of a. hun
house cats are usually too wellsfed
to go after mice. and in the. coun-
try other small animals are more
easily caught DR.. Fisher saysfthat,
in a, ranch house in the. West he
= trapped In his bedroom twelve
mice in a week, although eight cats
had access to the place.
In by far the majority OF cases
rats and mice can be eradicated
more quickly and surely by. the use
OF traps than by cats. In the
country the hawks and owls catch
more field. mice and gopilers in
month Certain as many than the
farm cats do in a year.
First, let US ssa tisfy ourselves tina:
the birds have a value. According
to estimate there are In Wood bury5
County, To-, no less than 1,66s,211
insect eating birds These Birds or
WOODBURY. County must consume
for their ntaintenance. about 81
1920 bugs and insects every day
in the week. While they are with
us. This M anR the destructi Hon OF
26D bushels OF I bugs ia insects =
day In one county tgis Estimated
that these buEFs and Insects would
do damage TO he4rrops. aude stofea
products To- the amount of sa1S.e4
asday. iftAiat stroyed.
rhcre ::t.es y: ctivoronss
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-14
..-,<- .-.s. Z! 49, !,
ny BLISS 1sEL1.

< = 800
Several centuries ago; when Miss
Muffet was little, she sat on tmf-
fct. After a lapse of time, accord
ing to the faithful record OF Mother
Goose, a. spider came by where Miss
Muffet was eating curds and whey
and sat down beside the young lady,
That SO filed Miss Muffet with ter
ror she ran away
Since that day students OF biology
have investigated the mental state
of tho spider and have found that
his intentions we're wnolly friendly
and he came to Miss Mucfet's side.
to kill the typhoid fly and other
5 dangerous insects. Although the
spider looks more. dangerous and.
hideous than the fly or cockroach.i
he is aaf1iend OF man and litt1c-girls+
and wanted to show his friendship.
by sitting beside Miss NIuffet. 81
The spider is rather an ostenta-S
tfous creature. ue builds his webs
around where people can see his
good works and praise him. Even
children know tho spider Kills flies
and when children are taught the
fly is q danger to mankind they nat
urally learn to respect the spider
more than ever.
= But conditions are entirely difrer-
ent with the centipedc. He never
gets in front Of the spotlight to do
his good works. lie spreads no web.
before the window where children.
can sec he is n friend OF man, and.
SO not only Miss AIufret, but all her:
y aunts and unclcs and sisters and
brothers and father and mother and
cousins have grown up in fear Of
the certipede.
The United States entomologists.
working in the Department Of As-
riculturc. are wiser than the Ntuftets
and have, found many interesting
4 things n bout this many legged crca-t
ture. and their report tends to make.
us class the centipede with our
friends.
Listen TO the virtues OF the house
5centipede as recounted by cnto-
nnolosists. He enters the. house
without making any noise. and a y
though lie has in the vicinity of
thirty feet he never comes into the
house with. any OF them dirty He
loves to eatthe internal mechanism
OF the house fly and render that
corpse. The centipede eats cock
roaclies IN place of beeltstcak; and.
Oh. how he loves toasted bed bugs.
1T has been charged the centipedc
carries n sack OF poison around with
him all the time and that he uses
the, poison TO inflict in the wounds
OF babies who cntch him. The jury.
Of entomolosists has found the
charge trne. but at the same time
the centipede has so many legs he
gets out or the way Of babies and
II Is seldom caught even by grown:
people. lis bite is poisonous and.
viii make a bad swelling. but the
centipede is so small he could not
tnflict enough poison into child's
hand 10 prove fatal or even dam
serously Ill.
Charge No. 2 is3tIiat the cenupede
n eats woolens and other household
goods. The centipede does not care
forssuch tame things as woolens. He.
despises cotton goods and tho ac.
cusation is rnfounded. Entomolo-
sists have found instead that the.
centipede Is, q carnivorous creature
ana eats only animal food It loves,
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birds OF this county save to the
farmer and Agriculture approd-
mately $4,000 during everysseason.
The same would be proportinnate1v
true OF any other county, no doubt.
Besides this some or tie birds stay
all winter and Clean the insect 9EEs
and larvae off the fruit and shade
trees. thus working. all the time IN
favor OF the farmer.
In Iowa there are e2o. 900 farms.
and no doubt there will be. one cat
on each farm on the average. 1t
has been ascertained by very. good
authority (F'orbusf1's Useful
Birds. and Their Protection'D THAT q
cat will Kill on the average of fifty
birds a year. They will then, col
lective1y, kill more than 1000, 900
OF our native Wild birds anhua1ly.
Then, by q simple calculations, based
upon the preceding figures. we as
certain that eats destroy native
birds In Iowa TO the value Of $66,-
600. at the minimum estimate The
question Is, are the cats worth this
amount? If 3d. ought they not to
contribute something to the State
to compensateefor the loss. of, valua :
BILE insect eating birds It IS pro-
posed that this be done through a.
tax or license.
In Central Park. New York, a
man is employed to guard the park
from destructive creatures and
from January~1 to june 4, s1e. he.
killed 1S1 cats. The Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to AMI
mails, killed during the same siS
months period. 100, 800 cats IN New