The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-09-19

We understand that the ruling O
Provost Marshal Crowder is that tn
new draft law does not exempt "bald
headed men unless they have heirs.
The Southern senator's are makinl
noises indicating they don't want an,
fixed prices on cotton. And if tn
Southern senator's don't want an,
there probably won't be any.
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When an Emmett housewife hear.
that the Allies had captured 126,O0t
German prisoners since the middle OF
July, she exclaimed: "Well, | hope
they'll make them eat cornmeal."
Have you noticed that there is a
new style color of hair around here
now. 1t is cross between a sorrel
horse and Duroc hog and looks like
it could be bought for a dollar p
bottle.
Gradually the public is becoming
convinced that the dye problem is be-
ing solved. The progress down the
street few nights ago of a young
woman clad in bright green skirt
pale pink hose, tan shoes with yell
low heels was a clincher argument
that American genius has won again.
at is marvellous" remarked Old
Bill Misgivens, "what the human
frame viii stand A man can get
used to anything if he goes at it
gradually and stays with it. Take for
Instance the kind of liquor they used
o make in some of these frontier
owns; you would naturally suppose
hat good stiff drink would make
my man curl up and die within Is
minutes after he got it inside of him,
nut have seen men get Injured to the
tuff so that they could drink it regu-
arly and walk off with it and hardly
at an eye. This liquor never saw the
inside of distilery. 1t was made
iPht there out of fusil oil, sulphuric
cid, arsenic, plug tobacco and rain
'atar. There may have been few
Their drugs like laudanum, blue vitri-
and such like to give it "tang," so
, speak When that liquor was right
would eat the bung out of barrel
! IS hours and the saloon keeper had
, keep it in metal tanks or glass jars
hold it. But men got used to it
nd after awhile common ordinary
Risky didn't interest them at all
hey desired something that had
me kick to it. There was Sim Bees
Y, who had run on the range prac
cally all his life and got accus-
med to that kind of drink nd de-
red nothing else. When Sim finally
ed some of the men who had known
m long while had a SOFT of curl
ity to know what sort of insides
man must have who had taken from
rec to 10 drinks day of that hell's
light for more than 40 years and
,od up under it. SO they persuaded
3 coroner to hold a post norton ex
lination and they discovered that
) inside of Sims stomach had
own a lining that looked like sole
ther, so that he had to take two
a LII. k,f fho |
gan to make any impression on his
erior at all But as Sim grew old
breath he carried around was the
nder of that part of the [ rtry.
e day he was going by house when
comes a bull dog that would weigh
nut 105 pounds and it was HUNGRY i
a bite of man. | would Just
nut as lief have had Bengal tiger
ne at me as that dog, but Sim never
wed any concern at all. He just
cd and let the dog come till it was
hit at him and then he just pulled
breath in its face. | never saw
h look of surprise come over the
e of a dog, and that was followed
look of pain. 1t just gasped
Pile of times and then began to
e one fit right after another and
hin 10 minutes it died in agony.
owner of the dog came out and
an to raise a racket and asked
, had killed his dog. 81 did, said
/. "Yer dog wanted to take
| off me and you kin see for your
that | hain't got no flesh to spare
lin no blamed low browed dog l.
that If you don't get away from -
, I'll blow a breath or two on you
poison you" Sims breath was bad mi
any of this poison gas they are ma
lg over in France. He was an OH
bachelor and boarded with Miss ORE
gley. One day Miss Bingley told W
boarders that she was just nearly Cu'
erred to death with reaches. They "h