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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29

The word "cranks" is not innppropri-
ate. because the folks themselves call
themselves such and their present
stunt Is the second ANIMAL campfire
OF California cranks." Moreover. the
colony had its rendezvous at Camp
"Don't-Give-a-Durn," located on "Free-
dom HILL" Evidently the conventions
are not observed to the letter and
have a good time" seems to be the
handspring OF the outing.
The cranks have been enjoying the
simple life for more than two weeks.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29

the Bronx, who're this critical situation
developed. wss Hoch, Sr. He was fifty
four years old and a baseball fan Of
the real, 24-karat kind. He was fond
Of the sport. proud Of his boy and al
ways ready with whoop or cheer
for a play that made his team feel as
though 1t had friends behind 1t.
William, the junior, belonged to
club Of local youngsters that played
under no particular name any aggre-
CATION which came along and thought
that II could take the laurels from
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29
California "Fresh-Air' Cranks Attend Campfire

northwest of this Roscoe
DE- LEROY lIenry chief cnnk of the bunch
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29

yet woman, but no longer chIId-wlth
puzzled round blue eyes. A big kindly
patrolman not In uniform. A thin,
nervous woman-the defendant.
TELL us about It," said Judge Jo-
seph II. Herman, not at all In his
court manner.
The fringe on the red hat brim
trembled very little. The lips that
were not too red quivered-stlll less.
That was all.
"You tell us, then" Judge Kerr
nan said to the patrolman.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29
Pitiful Story Touched Kindly Heart Of Judge

a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-29
The Leakv Roof.

Pat-Sure, I'm thinkin' we should
be dryer outside in the wet.-From
Today.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
WHO AM l?

I am more powerful than the COM
bined armies of the world.
have destroyed more men than all
the wars of the nation.
I am more deadly than bullets, and
have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest of siege guns.
steal in the United States alone
over $300,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, and find my
victims among the rich and poor alike,
the young and old, the strong and
weak. Widows and orphans know me.
| loom up to such proportions that
cast my shadow over every field of
labor from the turning of the grind
stone to the moving of every railroad
train
l massacre thousands upon thou
sands of wage earners each year.
| Turk in unseen places, and do
most of my work silently. You are
warned against me, but you heed not.
am everywhere-in the house, on
the streets, in the factory, at railroad
crossings, and on the sea-
/ bring sickness, degradation and
death, and yet few seek to avoid me.
destroy, crush or MAIN; I give
nothing, but take ALL
! am your worst enemy.
am carelessness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
A PROHIBITION PETITION THAT
SAW THE LIGHT HERE
IN 1851.

The water wagon started on it's jour-
ney through this country longer ago
than most persons realize. offer you
as proof of this assertion copy of
a quaint document that had it's birth
in the month of April in the year 1881,
says Girard in the Philadelphia
Ledger.
This old document is in the form of
a petition to royal governor signed
by twelve men who were determined
that the brewers big horses shouldn't
run over them, and reads as follows:
Whereas, wee, We inhabitants of we
neu Seated Towne near We falls of Del
aware (called Crewcorne1, finding our
selves aggrieved by We Indians when
drunk, informeth that wee be and have
been in great danger of our lives, of
our houses burning, of our goods steal
ing and of our Wives and Children
affrighting insomuch that wee are
afeared to go about our Lawful affairs
least when wee come home wee finde
you and our concerns damnified.
b "These things considered, wee doe
humbly e jointly reside that the
selling of brandy and strong liquors
to We Indians may be wholly sup
pressed, when if done, wee hope wee
shall live peaceably."
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THE END.
RLUNDERs OF A SCULPTOR.

Stroll back of the treasury depart
ment building in Washington into
Potomac park and look upon the
statue of General William T. Sherman.
At each corner of the base stands a
soldier figure in full uniform and
equipment. Since the day of the I'M
yelling military men have smiled at
the lack of knowledge of military cos
tunes displayed by the sculptor.
Each figure wears blanket roll over
the right instead of over the left
shoulder, making impossible the use
of his rife. The canteen rests on the
left hip under the blanket roll, where
as custom places it on the right, and
the cartridge pouch is placed on the
right hip, while the military manner
of dress prescribes that it be worn in
front or on the sides
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
USES OF PAPER.

During the War of the Revolution
persons engaged in the manufacture
of paper were exempted from con-
scription. As the war advanced the
supply of paper for cartridges and
wadding ran so low that the Gov
eminent advertised for it, and finally
ordered the public to produce all they
had, even sending files of soldiers to
search for the Indispensable article
where there was any likelihood of
finding it. In the garnet of house
where BENJAMIN Franklin once had
his printing Office were found two
thousand five hundred copies of a
sermon on Defensive War; These
were seized and used to make cart
ridges for the battle of Monmouth.
The results of the battle showed con-
clusively that it was "a most strik-
ing discourse During the Civil War
common newspaper sold for Is cents
per pound, and ten years later it sold
for 10 cents per pound.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
CURIOUS LAND, CURIOUS PEOPLE.

Near Cape Horn, in the islands of
Terra del Fuego, live the most curious
people in all South America. 1t rains
or SHOWS or sleets nearly every day,
and yet they look on their country as
the finest in the world. They wear
hardly any clothing and seem not to
feel cold. Because he saw fires on the
shore the explorer Magellan, the first
European that rounded the Horn,
called the island "the land of fire, .
which is almost the worst name he
could have chosen. Their huts are
made of bent boughs and covered with
grass and give only the poorest
shelter. The folk are vain, too, wear
ing necklaces of the teeth of fishes
or seals and painting patterns on
their bodies. Among them some colors
have a novel meaning. White is the
sign of war and red of peace. They
are. great mimics and will initiate
voice and gesture perfectly.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
IN THE MIDST OF PAIN.

At the time that he was composing
the music for "Pinafore," one of the
merriest of operas, Sir Arthur Sulli-
van was suffering from a most pain
full disease. There was hardly an
hour while the work was on that he
was not on the verge of fainting.
If Sullivan could keep his labors
untainted of groans, how much easier
it must be for us who seldom expert
ence such sufferings.
1t takes but little self-discipline to
keep irritation to oneself, to force
cheerfulness to maintain the upper
hand of depression, to present a
brave face to all about us. The per-
son who says that, come what may,
it shall find him unafraid, has won
the greatest thing in life, the mastery
of his own spirit.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
A WONDERFUL sEARcHLlGHT.

1t is ten feet high, it's mirror has a
diameter of five feet, and it weighs
three tons. It's beam is as brilliant as
the sun at o'clock in the morning or
in the afternoon, New York latitude,
and you can read a newspaper by its
light thirty miles away The heat of
it's focused beam is so intense that it
will set paper afire at distance of
$50 feet. 1t has candle power of
more than one and quarter billion.
These are few astonishing facts in
the Popular Science Monthly about the
Sperry searchlight, the invention of
Elmer A. Sperry of Brooklyn, who is
already known as the inventor of the
airplane stabilizer and ship gyroscope
bearing his name and the first electric
arc light.
One of the most powerful beacons
along the coast is the Sandy Hook
lighthouse. But the Sperry searchlight
is twenty-five times more brilliant
than that light. Were the Sperry lamp
substituted for the lighthouse beacon
ship passing out TO sea could be
bathed in light until it disappeared
below the horizon. By swinging the
light back and forth across the sky il
has been made visible lao miles away
For navy use the Sperry lamp
Eliminates a target ten times more
brilliantly than any other protector
devised.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
A QUEER GOBLIN.

Once upon a time in the good old
days when fairies were found in every
buttercup and the little birds and the
wild creatures of the woods were the
friends of the good and true, there
lived in England wise and great
king, who was said himself to be kin
of the fairies.
1t was known that wise enchanter
was his friend and often gave him adj
vice about his kingdom.
And, though this king was so wise
that his name is still known in Eng
land as that of the most wonderful
king who ever ruled the Britons, he
sometimes made mistakes. His name
/ may as well tell you, was Arthur.
Arthur was the strongest man and
the most skilful fighter in the coun.
try. Some persons said there was NO
one in the world like him.
But one day the great Merlin, who
was his adviser, or prime minister
thought he would teach King Arthur
lesson. So by means of the magic
in which he was skilled Merlin made
a queer creature, all heads and arms,
appear before King Arthur and dare
him to a wrestling match.
Arthur smiled when he saw the
figure. Perhaps his friend Merlin was
in the habit of playing tricks like this
on the king, for his majesty did not
seem to be in the least surprised and
frightened by sight odd enough to
scare persons unused to such visitors
out of a years growth.
ooh, yes; I'll wrestle with you
sometime" the king said. But not
today I'm very busy, you see."
The next day the figure came
again, but Arthur had another reason
for. putting it off. Arthur thought
then, but he wasn't sure, that the
figure looked little larger than on
the day before.
The next day it came back and the
next and the next. Always the king
had some excuse why he had not time
to wEestle with the goblin, and each
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
GREATER THAN LAW.

g. 4 ID & = e.
The laws find their root in the Gre.
Gence of the people. A 2-foot stone
wall guards my fine pears and melons
all summer long from droves of hum
cry boys, and poor men and women.
And if one of these people should
question my right and pluck my fruit,
/ could set the cumbrous machinery
of the law in motion, and by good luck
of evidence and counsel I might get
my right asserted. and that particular
offender daunted. But If every pas
senger should make the like attempt,
though the law were perfect, my house
would not be worth living in nor my
fields worth planting. 1t Is the edu-
cation of these people into ideas and
laws of property, and their loyalty,
that makes those stones in the low
wall so virtuous
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24

average for about every decade Of this
period new or extra outside cover of
black leather has been, required to
keep the red morocco binding of the
little book in such freshness as it still
possesses. This Bible is five and a
half inches long and three and a half
inches wide, and tradition says that it
formed one of 10000 which congress
imported in the early days of the
republic to relieve the Scriptural
dearth of the country. The title page
shows that it was printed at Oxford in
1899. This Bible has always been in
the care of the clerk of the supreme
court.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
NOISE AND A GIRAFFE.

Among the curious characteristics
of the giraffe is it's strange indiffer-
ence to loud noises as contrasted
with it's peculiar ..scariness" with
reference to slight sounds. Noisy
sounds, like that of man walking
near in hobnailed boots, the giraffe
does not appear to notice. but should
it be approached by woman whose
skirts give out but the slightest rustic
the sound thereof causes the giraffe
to. start up with pricked ears and
eyes distended in fear. Giraffes fear
the lurking foe, and Q big bang scares
them hardly at all TO them the faint,
rnstling sound is q token OF the great
est danger. In that respect they are
like deer
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
WHEN A MAN KNOWS HIS BOSS

Most men are willing to admit, says
the Ladies' Home Journal, that women
are their superiors. When a man is
unwilling to admit this fact it is be-
cause he isn't a married man. Some
men, when they get by themselves,
where they think their wives or their
sWeethearts will not overhear them,
will often bluster about women good
deal. But any one of these same
brave men, if he gets anything the
matter with him, will lie down and let
a woman do anything she wants to do
to him. Such a man, who has been
secretly asserting that women cannot
add up column of figures, or draw
correct check, or don't know how to
drive a nail straight, if he gets pain
in his chest, Or develops an unusual
flutter in his differential gears, will
permit himself to be covered with
fiery mustard pIasters and will swal-
low anything from goose grease to
ipecac that a woman orders him to
take. In their hearts all men respect
III WOLICA Wh1Ch CaOy
recognize as above them. The little
mother dominates the race. So does
the wife for that matter, for she does
not have to be mother to dominate.
Nay, nay! There may be, for in
stance, somewhere in this world, a
more delightful pastime than helping
a timid, beautiful girl with lovely
golden hair over jagged precipice,
or across raging two-foot-deep
stream, but no man knows what it is.
One of the real reasons why any man
can get so much Simon-pure, primi-
tive joy out of doing thing like this
is because he loves to delude himself
with the idea that he is superior to
the timid creature who so trustingly
puts her hand in his or places her frail
figure in his arms; and such an eX-
perience appears to the man to be a
practical demonstration. But later,
later, after that powerful man and
that beautiful girl with golden hair
are married and settled down and he
finds himself quailing before her
lightest nod-then he knows how mat
tiers really stand. He knows who is
his boss. He certainly does. And
how curiously happy he seems to be
under this form of boss rule
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
THE LITTLE HUNTER.

Sister, please, your little patient
in No. s has been calling for you. He
seems restless tonight. Perhaps"
But Sister Gertrude did not wait for
the nurse to finish. Benny wanted her.
Turning quickly, she fastened down
the long corridor in the direction of
Blessed Theophane's ward.
Benny, did you want me?" asked
the Sister in her kindest tones. What
is it, my lad?" And as she bent over
her small crippled patient, she noticed
with some alarm the regretful express
sion in the boys blue eyes, and the
tears that trickled down the hollow
cheeks.
My back, Sister, it's worse tonight.
I didn't want to call you, because it's
so late. But couldn't help it, The
tears flowed freely. "You don't mind,
do you, Sister? When you come and
sit here and talk with me, almost
forget about my back and that awful
pain that twists my legs
"Of course I don't mind coming,
Benny. I always like to come. But
please, don't cry; it makes Sister Ger
3trude feel so bad to see her little
Benny cry And her gentle hand
smoothed back the yellow curls from
the troubled brow
What wonder if a look of tender
compassion came into the nuns soft
brown eyes, as she gazed down upon
the patient sufferer and thought Of
that darkened, sunless life that had
never known the joys of a mothers
love! How vividly she now recalled
the day, two years before, when they
first brought Benny to her, uncon-
scious, bruised and bleeding, and with
his little back broken and so twisted!
oh, why did not an angels hand stop
the course Of that big touring car be-
fore it had crushed the poor, home
less orphan beneath its wheels? An
inscrutable Providence had decreed
otherwise.
Would you like to hear d story,
Benny"
The wan face frightened. How he
did enjoy Sister Gertrude's stories.
-
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~
day it grew bigger and bigger until at
last it became of such an alarmingly
large size that the king felt that it
would not be safe to put off the match
a minute longer.
So Arthur rose, and the goblin and
the king wrestled long and furiously.
At first it looked as though the goblin
might win, but Arthur would not give
up. At last he had the goblin down
and ready to say it was beaten.
AS the goblin rose to his feet il
said:
Never put off a task till tomorrow
that can be done as well today"
Then the goblin vanished and wa:
never seen more.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24

vigor and zest az to push them down
almost as fast as they were put up.
In order to discourage them the poles
We're studded with aix.inch iron spikes,
the pointed ends outward. The result,
however, did not come up to expecta-
tons. The buffaloes apparently con-
sidered the spikes an added luxury
and INDUCED In perfect orgy of
scratching. Eventually armed guards
were set to patrol the 500 miles of
track running through the buffalo
country, and in the course of single
year more than 225,OO0 animals were
shot
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
MADAGAscAR's TWO CLIMATES.

The island Of Madagascar has two
distinct climates, two classes of ma
tiyes and two classes of fauna and
fora. The island is about the size of
France Along the coast it is tropical
and malarious, and the natives are
darker than in the interior. The in
terror is a high tableland and noun
famous. There the climate is cooler
and the natives smaller and lighter in
color than on the coast. But in the
interior they are more intelligent, and
they rule the island
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
THE .CHILDREN'S HOUR.
DON'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES.

In La Manche, France, there once
lived gentleman whose great aim
was to bring up his children in the
sons, Ferdinand, Joachim and Peter
This gentleman gave each of his sons
little garden for himself, to SOW
what he pleased in it. Ferdinand,
who loved bright colors, sowed his
plot with peonies; Joachim chose sun
flowers, and Peter had preference
for lilies The father reserved a piece
of ground for himself, but did not
tell the boys what he had planted.
Whenever they inquired, which they
did several times, he answered:
Time will tell; wait till you see
what will come up
Spring, for which the boys had
been looking anxiously, came at last.
The little buds began to open, and
the peonies, the sunfiowers, and the
lilies appeared in all their glory.
Each of the boys took the best pos
sible care of his garden, and no
weeds were permitted to raise their
heads.
| But, my young readers may ask,
how was it with the fathers garden?
Nothing was to be seen in it but
green curly leaves, amongst which
appeared whitish flowers, which, to
tell the truth, looked rather shabby
beside their elegant neighbors.
"Ah!" said the youngsters, looking
at them with contempt, Father has
surely made a mistake! What queer
taste to choose such plants when
there were lots of beautiful flowers to
be had."
But spring passed away, and the
heat of summer began. The flowers
withered and fell Off one after the
other, until at last there remained
nothing to the three brothers but 9
pile of dry leaves and stalks, which
they burned.
The fathers turn came. One
morning he went out to his garden
with the boys and two day-laborers
who were provided with spades. They
began to dig, and behold; crop o.
fine large potatoes came to light
There was such an abundance tina
the boys had all they could do to pu
them into sacks as fast as the work
men dug them up. There was (:
sufficiency for the whole year.
The boys were delighted with thei
work; but there was some remors,
mixed with their pleasure.
Father said the boys, 1--WE were
very foolish; we thought we knew
better than you; and when we com
pared the potato-blossoms with tn
flowers in our garden, we said t.
each other: Father has made a mis-
! take Forgive us for our want o
respect
ooh! my children" said the father
!. you are forgiven; but let me caution
you for the future not to be hasty il
. pronouncing judgment. If you judg
!, rashly, and according to appearances
: you make sad mistakes. Nearly tn
:, same thing may be found amongs
, men and women as amongst flowers
Those that appear the brightest an
: the most attractive are not Away
! the best to associate with. Wherea
! there are many whose merits ar
= covered by a veil of modesty, an
: whom you might be tempted
: despise if you judged only by appear
/, ances."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
ABOUT TEMPERATURE.

The best authorities on the science
of meteorology tell us that without
the various changes in the tempera-
ture there would be perfect calm at
all times in all parts OF the globe. A
uniform and unvarying barometric
pressure would everywhere prevail,
and there would be no change of sea-
sons, no evaporation or condensation,
no clouds and no rain. In short, with
out changes of temperature, which we
sometimes think so uncomfortable,
the atmosphere would soon become
poisonous, stagnant and incapable of
sustaining human life.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
WHY BUFFALO DISAPPEARED.

In German East Africa the giraffes
damage telegraph systems by rubbing
their long necks against the wires.
This sort of thing is not new. When
the first overland telegraph was car
ried across the American continent to
San Francisco the buffaloes, which
then swarmed in countless herds on
the plains of Kansas and eastern
Colorado, used to rub their shaggy
hides against these poles with such
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-24
BIBLE oFsTHE SUPREME COURT

In the United States Supreme Court
instead of many Bibles we find but one
small volume, now celebrated as the
Justices Bible, used continuously dur
ing all the years since 1900 for the in
stallation OF oaths of all the justices
and the pledging of allegiance of all
the attorneys who have practiced be-
fore that court. No wonder that On an